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MUST HAVE – Below the radar 97 Point –  Hot New Napa CULT CABERNET Release – VERY LIMITED

Heimark Vineyard is a celebration of the fruit exclusively sourced from their family-owned vineyard. The [...]

24
Jan
Top 25
Frank’s TOP 25 Wines of 2022

  The Top 25 Wines of 2022! 2022 is long gone, welcome 2023. In 2022 my group and [...]

03
Jan
A MUST HAVE 97 POINT SYRAH

Born in the Midwest, to a large Irish family, wine did not play a role [...]

17
Aug
LAST CALL –  Message in a bottle = Amazing Quality & Value in the bottle

Bibiana González Rave is the founder and winemaker of Cattleya Wines. She is also the [...]

16
Jul
Spottswoode’s younger sibling Cab is now in stock

Part of Spottswoode’s storied history inspired the name Lyndenhurst, a tribute to the fragrant linden [...]

15
Jul
Trestle Glen
EXCLUSIVE FOR GOLDEN GATE WINE CELLARS– Hot “newcomer” Cabernet, worth checking out!

The Trestle Glen Vineyard is grown using sustainable farming practices. The vineyard is located near [...]

28
May
Premier Cru Quality Chardonnay is also found in Sonoma, not just in Burgundy!

Born in the Midwest, to a large Irish family, wine did not play a role [...]

30
Mar
A 97 Point “Whale of a Wine” but sadly… A TINY PRODUCTION
October 19, 2021

  Bibiana González Rave is the founder and winemaker of Cattleya Wines. She is also [...]

20th Anniversary for the Karate Kid Writer turned First Class Winery Owner!
August 14, 2021

Screenplay writer turned Vineyard and Winery owner Robert Kamen has done it again. His ace [...]

Top Sommelier’s 5 BARREL, 94 POINTS SYRAH GEM
October 30, 2020

  My great friend John Lancaster, sommelier and GM at the venerable Boulevard Restaurant and [...]

A 97 Point “Whale of a Wine” under $80 – TINY PRODUCTION
October 16, 2020

Bibiana González Rave is the founder and winemaker of Cattleya Wines. She is also the [...]

96 Point Karate Kid creator’s Cabernet is WOW SPECTACULAR
July 1, 2020

Screenplay writer turned Vineyard and Winery owner Robert Kamen has done it again. His ace [...]

A White Bordeaux… from Sonoma by Ace Winemakers Jeff Pisoni & Bibiana Gonzalez Rave
October 4, 2019

Shared Notes is the winemaking joint-venture between wife and husband, Bibiana Gonzalez Rave (Pahlmeyer, Wayfarer [...]

Best Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc to date!
August 13, 2019

Winery Notes:  “We approach the creation of our Sauvignon Blanc with the aim of crafting [...]

Another Spottswoode (100 points?) Gem
June 26, 2019

“We approach the creation of our Sauvignon Blanc with the aim of crafting a wine [...]

The BEST Sauvignon Blanc in the US Bar None is HERE!
March 18, 2019

Russell Bevan and Victoria De Crescenzo knew they were on to something special way back [...]

95 POINT – 195 CASES – LOW ALCOHOL 12.0% PINOT MARVEL
March 9, 2019

Italian immigrant Antonio Romanini planted this vineyard, his first in Sonoma Valley, in 1954. Since [...]

95 Point Inaugural Release Cabernet
July 3, 2018

Sourced from the legendary Pickberry Vineyard in the Sonoma Mountain AVA,  planted in 1982 on [...]

Value Still “Happens”
October 19, 2017

  Pied-à-Terre is the realization of many years Richard Luftig put in working in the [...]

OLDIE, BUT GOODIE ZIN
September 23, 2017

  Dino Amantite and his mother Norma Pagani Amantite are the devoted caretakers of this [...]

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