Category: Wine Articles

2012 Big Basin Vineyards, Syrah, Rattlesnake Rock Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. Bradley Brown’s Big Basin Vineyard wines are compelling and rewarding wines, especially his estate Rattlesnake Rock Syrah, which is…

2015 Laura Lorenzo-Daterra Viticultores, Mencia/Godello, Casas de Enriba, VdT Valdeorras, Spain. This wine reinforces my initial belief and confirms the amazing talents of Laura Lorenzo as a vigneron, her gorgeous…

2015 Schlossgut Diel, Riesling Feinherb, Von Der Nahe, Germany. The wonderful and lushly textured Von Der Nahe is a slightly off dry style Riesling of great poise and vibrancy, but…

2015 M & C Lapierre, Morgon Cru Beaujolais, France. Expressive and outgoing, the latest Mathieu Lapierre Morgon is a beauty with glorious mouth feel and hedonistic charm and pure Gamay…

2014 Jean-Francois Ganevat, De Toute Beaute, Vin de France Rouge, France. A crazy blend of 50% Gamay from Fleurie, Syrah from Côte Rôtie, Mondeuse from Savoie and Pinot Noir d’Alsace…

2015 Weingut Leitz, Riesling “Dragonstone” Rudesheimer, Rheingau Germany. The 2015 lineup at Leitz is an amazing set of wines, especially pleasing is the feinherb/QbA (slightly off dry) style Dragonstone Riesling,…

2014 Cobb, Pinot Noir, Coastlands Vineyard: 1906 Block Pommard, Sonoma Coast. I tasted this majestic Pinot Noir with Ross Cobb at the IPOB grand finale tasting, In Pursuit of Balance,…

2014 Jean Foillard, Fleurie Cru Beaujolais, France. The Foillard Fleurie 2014 is one of the most beautiful Gamay expressions I’ve ever tasted, I am always intrigued by Foillard’s wines and…

2014 Ojai, Pinot Noir, Kessler-Haak Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills. Adam Tolmach’s The Ojai Vineyard Pinot Noir Kessler-Haak 2014 was one of the sleepers at the final IPOB Tasting in San…