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Tag Archives: Sonoma
Sangiacomo Wines: Current Releases from Sonoma
The Sangiacomos are third generation farmers in Sonoma with fifteen different vineyards and more than 100 individually farmed sites located in Carneros, Sonoma Coast, Petaluma Gap and Sonoma Valley. Until recently they exclusively sold grapes to the top wineries in Sonoma … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Sonoma
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Sonoma’s Fort Ross Vineyard & Winery: Special Terroir, Special Wines
In 1994 Lester and Linda Schwartz began planting their Fort Ross vineyard on Sonoma’s high coastal ridge overlooking the Pacific. Today they have 32 small blocks on 53 acres that range from 1200 to 1700 feet in elevation with marine … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Sonoma
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Dutton Goldfield Cool Climate Pinot Noir from the California Coast
Steve Dutton and Dan Goldfield have collaborated in making some of coastal California’s finest Pinot Noirs since 1998. The source of most of their fruit is the Dutton Ranch, owned by the Dutton Family and comprised of 1150 acres of … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Anderson Valley, Featured, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma, West Sonoma Coast
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Tongue Dancer Wines: New Releases from Sonoma County
James Mac Phail, one of California’s most accomplished winemakers, is crafting some superb wines under a new project called Tongue Dancer. The unusual name was chosen to reflect his special interest in wines that have texture and mouth feel. Under … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Rosé, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Napa, Russian River Valley, Sonoma
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Clarice’s New Pinot Noirs from the Santa Lucia Highlands & Flaunt’s New High Quality Brut
Clarice is a new project by veteran winemaker Adam Lee. Adam and his partner and spouse Dianna Novy who have been crafting wine since the mid-1990s. They created the Siduri label in 1994 under which they produced first-rate Pinot Noirs … Continue reading
Posted in California, Countries and Regions, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Uncategorized, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Santa Lucia Highlands, Siduri, Sonoma
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Failla Spring Releases: 2016 Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah
These 2016 spring releases are a welcome collection of new California and Oregon bottlings from the talented winemaker Ehren Jordan and wife Anne-Marie Failla. The 2016 vintage in California was a welcome relief from drought with a mild spring followed … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Napa, Sonoma, Willamette
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Sonoma’s Spann Vineyards: New Releases from the 2013-14 Vintages
Spann Vineyards is a small artisanal winery owned and operated by Peter and Betsy Spann. Their vineyards are located in the Mayacamas Mountains on a steeply terraced mountainside in Glen Ellen. They dry farm their vineyards and strive for low … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Sonoma
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Schug Winery: New Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon Releases from Los Carneros
In our Report #48 The Wines of Los Carneros we identified several wineries crafting outstanding Chardonnays, Pinot Noirs and other varieties One of these wineries was the Schug Carneros Estate Winery, the family operation of Walter and Gertrud Schug, originally … Continue reading
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Tagged Carneros, Featured, Sonoma
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New Releases from California’s Blue Rock Vineyard 2015-2016
These three new releases from Blue Rock Vineyard include their Baby Blue White, a delicious Bordeaux blend, a barrel fermented Chardonnay from the Sonoma Coast, and Baby Blue, a delicious and easy drinking red blend, one of Blue Rock’ s … Continue reading
Posted in Red Wine, Uncategorized
Tagged Bordeaux Blend, Featured, Sonoma
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Sonoma County’s Patz & Hall: New Releases from the 2015 Vintage
This winery, founded in 1988, is the product of a successful partnership of Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses and Heather Patz. Over the past 25 years Patz & Hall has produced small lot and single vineyard wines focusing on … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Carneros, Sonoma
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