Category: Wine Reviews

Grapelive Latest News, January 2008 This is a great time of year to catch up with your reading and spend some quality time with your favorite wines, or explore a…

2005 Ryan Pinot Noir Garys’ Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands Peggy Ryan has the touch to make pretty and lush wines that rewards those lucky enough to get her wine! This…

2005 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Rouge (Rhone Style Red) Paso Robles This amazing Chateauneuf-du-Pape styled red is rich, lively and full of fruit and texture with super balance and…

Richard Alfaro Scores Big with Santa Cruz Mountains Chard & Pinot Nov.24th Carmel, Ca I just finished tasting wines from Richard’s great line up of wines, both under the Alfaro…

2005 Tudor Pinot Noir Tondre Reserve, Santa Lucia Highlands This Pinot is all about purity and elegance with subtle power and solid structure and balance making it all that more…

2005 Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis “Montee de Tonnerre” Premier Cru (White Burgundy) This is wine is always one of the world’s best whites and Raveneau is a master of this…

2006 Radog Gewurztraminer Monterey County This is a nice juicy white with some classic Gewurz charm and spiciness. They is some bright citrus and apricots that shine through here and…

2005 Domaine Assmannshausen Staatsweinguter Kloster Eberbach (Pinot Noir) Spatburgunder Spatlese Trocken “Assmannshauser Hollenberg” Rheingau Everything about this Pinot Noir is lovely and vibrant, well except the label and trying to…

2001 Mastrojani Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy This is a beautiful and pure Brunello that is both clean and old world charming, proving this is one place where you can…

2005 La Spinetta Barbera D’ Asti Ca Di Pian, Piedmonte, Italy I am a hopeless fan of this producer, I feel they might be the overall best winery in Piedmonte!…