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Recent Wine Reviews- West Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir: Not Just for Summer September 15, 2022
- Pelliegrini’s Three Shades of Pinot Noir September 14, 2022
- Victor Mendes: From Successful Wine Retailer to Negociant September 5, 2022
- Crimson Lane Vineyards: An Exciting New Quality-Oriented Winery in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains September 5, 2022
- Iliana Malihin: Fire and Wine in Crete August 30, 2022
- Lyrarakis Winery: Saving Crete’s Indigenous Grapes August 28, 2022
- New Releases from Bodega Marichal of Canelones, Uruguay August 22, 2022
- 2021 Italian Rosatos of Sangiovese & Other Varieties August 17, 2022
- Morét-Brealynn: A New Promising Pinot Noir Label August 16, 2022
- Italy’s Rosé from a White Grape: Valentino Butussi’s Pinot Grigio Ramato August 15, 2022
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West Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir: Not Just for Summer
The rosés of Pinot Noir being made in California and Oregon are substantial wines suitable for drinking the year-round. In this article, we review some of our favorites from the 2021 vintage. Most of them are cultivated and fermented specifically … Continue reading
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Pelliegrini’s Three Shades of Pinot Noir
The Pellegrini family emigrated from Lucca, Italy, to Santa Rosa, California, in 1915 and soon began growing grapes and making wine. Sixty years later the family established the Olivet Lane Vineyard in the Santa Rosa Plains. Today, Alexia Pellegrini, the … Continue reading
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Victor Mendes: From Successful Wine Retailer to Negociant
Vienna Vintner’s Victor Mendes is offering customers and wine club members a new line of delicious wines sold under the VIX label. The wines are sourced from California’s Central Coast and are crafted in collaboration with Edgar Torres, owner and … Continue reading
Morét-Brealynn: A New Promising Pinot Noir Label
Morét-Brealynn (More-ay Bree-lynn) Wines is a new label of Russian River Pinot Noirs that carries the name of its founder, Morét Brealynn. The three wines reviewed here are her inaugural vintage. They are all delicious and easy-drinking, young wines made … Continue reading
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Current and New Releases of Cabernet Sauvignon: California, Chile, Argentina and Elsewhere
The most widely planted grape variety on earth, Cabernet Sauvignon wines made in the Western Hemisphere are some of the world’s best. We’ve been fortunate to taste many of them over the years, and we’ve written about them in several … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Chile, Countries and Regions, Red Wine, Uncategorized, Washington
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Flora Springs’ Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons: New Releases
Flora Springs is one of the Napa Valley’s storied wineries. Located at the base of the Mayacamas mountain range in Napa Valley, it became famous in the 1990s, especially for its Cabernet Sauvignon. We reviewed Flora Springs wines earlier this … Continue reading
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2018 Vintage Releases from Paso Robles’ The Farm Winery
The Farm Winery is one of a growing number of new boutique wineries in the Paso Robles AVA that are producing limited quantities of outstanding hand-crafted wines. The winery is owned and operated by old friends and Stanford Business School … Continue reading
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Titus Vineyards: Impressive New Releases from Napa Valley
The Titus family recently celebrated their 50th anniversary growing grapes and making wine in the Napa Valley. Lee Titus purchased what is now the 50 acre Titus Ranch Estate in the heart of the St. Helena Appellation in 1968 and … Continue reading
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New Releases of BARRA and Girasole Wines from Mendocino County
The Barra family farms over 300 acres of organically cultivated wine grapes on the benchlands above the headwaters of the Russian River. Winemaker Randy Meyer follows strict guidelines in producing the winery’s certified organic wines, including low sulfite content (45-65 … Continue reading
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Tongue Dancer: Exciting New Releases from Sonoma & Mendocino
James Mac Phail, one of California’s most accomplished winemakers, is with his wife and partner Kerry crafting some superb wines under his Tongue Dancer label. The wines are reasonably priced in view of their high quality and the small volume … Continue reading
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