Category: Wine Reviews

2016 L’Aventure, Optimus Estate, Stephan Vineyards Red Blend, Willow Creek District, Paso Robles. The deeply inky all estate grown cuvee Optimus Estate red from Stephan Asseo at L’Aventure Winery in…

2015 Portland Wine Company “Love & Squalor” Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Winemaker Matt Berson has done more than ten years of harvests now for his tiny urban winery based…

2016 4 Monos Viticultores, Tinto “GR10” Garnacha, Sierra de Gredos, Vinos de Madrid D.O., Spain. The 4 Monos Tinto is wonderfully vibrant and vivid in the glass with a translucent…

2017 Weingut Korrell Johanneshof, Riesling Trocken “Von den Grossen Lagen” Nahe Germany. The beautifully steely crisp Von den Grossen Lagen Riesling Trocken by Weingut Korrell is a striking and complex…

2017 Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre “Unfamiliar” California. Petaluma’s Dirty and Rowdy Family Wines, was established in 2009 with partners Hardy Wallace and Matt Richardson focused on unique vineyard sites of…

2015 Foursight Wines, Pinot Noir “Zero New Oak” Charles Vineyard, Anderson Valley. One of the best deals around and one of most pure Pinots from the Anderson Valley is Kristy…

2016 Jean Foillard, Morgon “Cote du Py” Cru Beaujolais, France. One of Gamay’s most respected and most sought after superstars, the Jean Foillard Cote du Py is a gorgeous wine…

2018 Cruse Wine Company, Valdiguie Nouveau, Suisun Valley, California. Michael Cruse is one of the most admired new California winemakers, his Cruse Wine Company is an under the radar anti-mainstream…

2016 Foursight Wines, Semillon, Charles Vineyard, Anderson Valley. Kristy Charles’ Foursight Wines are crafted from estate grown fruit and her Semillon is very much made in the Haut-Brion Blanc style…

2018 Poe Wines, Pinot Nouveau, Van der Kamp Vineyard, Sonoma Mountain. Samantha Sheehan’s Poe Wines Pinot Nouveau is a wine is crafted/made in a Beaujolais Nouveau style, and according to…