Month: July 2019

2017 Desire Lines Wine Co. Red Wine, Evangelho Vineyard, Contra Costa County. Cody Rasmussen’s Desire Lines Wine Co.“Evangelho” red is an intriguing old vine Carignan and a touch Mourvedre from…

2018 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Gruner Veltliner, La Playita Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.One of the central coast’s most intriguing alternative whites has to be Richard Alfaro’s estate grown Gruner Veltliner, the…

2017 Domaine Vincent Paris, Saint-Joseph Rouge “Les Cotes” Northern Rhone, France.Vincent Paris, whose first vintage was 1997, is one of the Northern Rhone’s awesome collection of great young winemakers and…

2017 Gregory Brewer Wines, Syrah, Ex Post Facto, Santa Barbara County.A much more serve version of Santa Barbara County Syrah than you’d expect from a wine with close to 15%…

2017 Clos Ste. Magdeleine, Cassis Blanc, Provence, France.I’m a huge Cassis Blanc fan, I think it is one of the great wines of France and one of the wine world’s…

2017 Cameron Winery, Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge, Willamette Valley, Oregon.Very different from his Dundee Hills bottlings, John Paul’s Cameron Ribbon Ridge Pinot shows terroir and darker black fruit profile, which…

2018 Ameztoi, Rubentis Rosé, Getariako Txakolina, Spain.The beautifully delicate and mineral fresh Ameztoi Rosé is crafted from local basque grapes 50% Hondarribi Beltza and 50% Hondarribi Zuri grown on limestone…

2018 Russell Joyce Small Lot Collection, Old Vine Chenin Blanc, Carmel Valley, California.The new edition of Small Lot Collection by Russell Joyce, of Joyce Vineyards, is an amazing old vine…

2016 La Torre, Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Tuscany, Italy.The 2016 is going to be legendary in Tuscany and we are seeing the top wines already getting unbelievably good press, but…

2016 Weingut Mueller-Catoir, Scheurebe Trocken, Haardter Mandelring, VDP Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany.The gorgeous 2016 dry Mandelring Scheurebe by Mueller-Catoir, from Germany’s Pfalz region shows a brisk intensity and zesty form…