Category: Wine Reviews

2012 Weingut Andreas Schmitges, Riesling, Kabinett “From Red Slate” Mosel Germany. This gorgeous and bright Riesling is from the middle Mosel and is grown on unique red slate soils, this…

2000 St. Innocent, Pinot Noir, Seven Springs Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Mark Vlossak has been making great Oregon Pinot since the late Eighties with his St. Innocent Winery, based in…

2012 Silvestri, Barbera, Carmel Valley. Alan Silvestri, famous award winning composer who has scored many movies and recently was nominated for another Emmy for his music in Cosmos, owns this…

2007 Weingut von Hovel, Riesling, Spatlese “Scharzhofberg” Saar (Mosel) Germany. From the Saar area near the Mosel, von Hovel is one of Germany’s most acclaimed estates, owned by Eberhard von…

2012 Von Holt, Pinot Noir, Platt Vineyard, Sonoma Coast. San Francisco’s Von Holt, owned by ex secret service agent Chris Von Holt, is a label that has been raising it’s…

2012 Mansfield-Dunne, Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands. This new label from the Santa Lucia Highlands, Mansfield-Dunne, is making some very good Pinot, crafted by Ed Kurtzman the former Roar winemaker…

2013 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Gruner Veltliner, La Playita Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. Richard Alfaro’s latest Gruner is a electric/zingy and super crisp white that will appeal to acid freaks, it…

2012 Egon Muller, Riesling, Scharzhof, Mosel Germany. Undoubtably Egon Muller makes great wines and his are wines that collectors flock to, especially in a vintage such as 2012, but that…

2012 Windy Oaks, Pinot Noir, Estate Cuvee, Schultze Family Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. The Schultze family have opened a new tasting room in downtown Carmel by the Sea and it…

2012 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains. Richard Alfaro makes a great lineup of estate and single vineyard wines, his Pinot Noir lineup includes his…