2017 Sheldon Wines, Grenache, Luc’s Vineyard, Sonoma County. It’s tradition for me to dig out a bottle of Sheldon Grenache to celebrate #grenacheday, and today, well September 21st, 2018, I…
2017 Ameztoi “Stimatum” Getariako Txakolina Tinto, Spain. The Basque Beaujolais! The Ameztoi Stimatum (Esteemed) is 100% Hondarribi Beltza from vines grown on limestone in the Getaria region of northwestern Spain…
2017 Pax, Trousseau Gris, Fannuchi Wood Road Vineyard, Sonoma County. Trousseau Gris, a natural mutation from the red Trousseau grape, most commonly found in the Jura region of France, though…
2016 Drew Family Cellars, Syrah, The Ornbaun, Mendocino Ridge. The new vintage of Drew “The Ornbaun” Syrah, a beautiful wine with an intense spicy nature, is a blend of two…
2017 Kelley Fox Wines, Pinot Gris, Maresh Vineyard, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The racy and unique skin contact (almost like a Rosé or Vin Gris) Maresh Pinot Gris from…
2016 Domaine Emmanuel Darnaud, Crozes-Hermitage, Miss en Bouche, Northern Rhone, France. One of the Northern Rhone’s best kept secrets and producer of some of finest values in the region, Domaine…
2015 Navarro Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Méthode A L’Ancienne, Anderson Valley, Mendocino County. One of California’s best value Pinots, the Navarro Anderson Valley is a classic wine with very ripe opulence…
2015 Pagliarese, Chianti Classico DOCG, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Tuscany, Italy. Fèlsina’s new release is a wine from an old property near by, and it’s a classy Chianti Classico that offers a…
2015 Poe Wines, Pinot Noir, Van der Kamp Vineyard, Sonoma Mountain. The Pinot Noir vines in the Van Der Kamp Vineyard are sixty years-old, and Samantha Sheehan, one California’s rising…
2017 Sheldon Wines, Vinolocity Red, California. To say that Dylan Sheldon, and his wife Tobe, owners of the micro-winery Sheldon Wines in Santa Rosa, think outside the box, is as…