Category: Wine Reviews

2018 Stolpman “La Cuadrilla” Red Blend, Ballard Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley.The La Cuadrilla or the the crew’s wine, is a pure California gem from Stolpman with the grapes all coming…

2018 A Championship Bottle, Broken Radios, Pinot Noir/Pinot Gris, Whistling Ridge Vineyard, Ribbon Ridge AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon.If you are interesting in exciting and rare Oregon obscurities, you’ll want to…

2018 Moulin de la Gardette, Gigondas “La Cuvee Tradition” Rhone Valley, France.In recent years I have been drawn to the wines of Gigondas and Vacqueyras for my Grenache geek fix…

1995 Ridge Vineyards, Carignan, Oat Valley Vineyard, Cooley Family Ranch, Sonoma County.I am still obsessed with these early to mid 1990s Ridge wines, especially the Zinfandel field blends and Carignan…

2019 Sheldon Wines, Grenache, Ceja Farms, Sonoma Valley.The sexy cool climate 2019 Sheldon Ceja Farms Grenache is as pure as pure gets with a ravishing electric ruby color, showing an…

2019 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling Kabinett, Niederhauser Klamm, Nahe Germany.These 2019 German Rieslings, at least the ones I’ve tried so far, are absolutely charming and unbridledly joyous in their youth, especially…

2018 Laura Lorenzo – Daterra Viticultores, Camino de la Frontera, Vino Tinto, Los Arribes del Duero, Spain.The unique and outstandingly expressive Camino de la Frontera, made from incredibly rare local…

2016 Ca del Baio, Barbaresco “Asili” DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy.There’s so much to admire here in the deep ruby/garnet 2016 Asili Cru Barbersco by Ca’ del Baio, this stuff has raised…

2014 Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot, Volnay, Cote de Beaune, Red Burgundy, France.The lovely 2014 vintage Volnay from the Jean-Marc Boillot domaine, a small winery founded back in 1984 and based in…

2013 Sky Vineyards, Zinfandel, Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley.Lore Olds’ Zinfandels are rare and compelling wines that in some vintages transform into the profound, these wines are rawly authentic and honest…