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Flora Spring of Napa Valley: Current 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. Today, its best known for its flagship wine, … Continue reading
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Ron Rubin’s Very Good Value Wines from the Russian River Valley
Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley is home to some of California’s best vineyards and winemakers, and many of the wines are priced accordingly. It’s not easy to find inexpensive, good quality wines from this part of the wine world. Ron Rubin is … Continue reading
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The Authentic Spanish Wines of Alberto Orte
Alberto Orte Espejo is a talented Spanish winemaker who handcrafts unique wines from Spain’s indigenous grape varieties. The grapes are primarily sourced from low yielding old vines grown in exceptional sites often at high altitudes in different regions of Spain. Orte’s wines … Continue reading
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Bibbiano Chianti Classico: New Releases
Located in the commune of Castellina in Chianti, the 220 hectare Tenuta di Bibbiano is one of Chianti Classico’s historical wine properties. We’ve visited the estate and tasted several vintages of Bibbiano’s wines over the years. And we recorded an … Continue reading
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The Craig Stoller Collection: Sextant and Paris Valley Road
These wines form part of the Craig Stoller Collection created by owner and director of winemaking, Craig Stoller, and his wife Nancy. Craig is from a family of California vine growers and is a graduate in horticulture from Cal Poly. He … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
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Tenuta Santa Maria: New Valpolicella and Amarone Releases
The sixth generation of the Bertani family maintains the family tradition of producing quality Veronese wines at their Tenuta Santa Maria estate. They make a range of wines from Soave to Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Ripasso and Amarone della Valpolicella. The Gaetano brothers … Continue reading
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Cabernet Sauvignon from Lake County’s Hawk and Horse Vineyard: 2008-2016
Hawk and Horse is a family-owned and operated, Demeter-Biodynamic certified vineyard located in the Mayacamas Mountain range of the Red Hills AVA of Lake County [see map below]. The 18 acre, mostly Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard has red volcanic soils and … Continue reading
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Clarice: 2018 Pinot Noirs from the Santa Lucia Highlands
We recently held a virtual tasting of the 2018 Clarice Pinot Noir with the talented veteran winemaker Adam Lee. We originally planned to meet in Washington to taste the wines, as we had last year, but COVID19 got in the way … Continue reading
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Selections from J.K. Carriere of the Willamette Valley
Jim Prosser started the J.K. Carriere label in 1999 and in 2009 planted his own dry farmed, organically farmed vineyard on the southeast flank of Parrett Mountain in the Chehalem Mountains AVA. In addition to Chehalem, he sources fruit from … Continue reading
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Napa’s Castello di Amorosa Spreads its Wings
This Napa-based family winery was opened in April 2007 by owner Dario Sattui. It operates from an authentically built castle and winery situated in the hills just south of the city of Calistoga. On our visit to the Castello a … Continue reading
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