Category: Wine Reviews

2012 Sheldon, Cabernet Sauvignon “D’ Alliard Vineyard” Sonoma Valley. The latest from Sheldon Wines is a glorious single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from the western most side of the Sonoma Valley,…

2010 Hirsch Vineyards, Pinot Noir San Andreas Fault Hirsch Estate, Sonoma Coast. The new release of Hirsch San Andreas Fault Pinot is strikingly intense, very Nuits-St.-Georges like (think Henri Gouges)…

2011 Madigan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley. This lovely and delicious Cabernet is a steal, this very complete red is pure Napa artisan wine made by Chris Danielak, who also makes…

N.V. Guy Larmandier, Brut Rose, Premier Cru Champagne, a Vertus, France. The latest disgorgment of Larmandier’s Premier Cru Brut Rose Champagne is a beauty, this is going to leave a…

A Handful of Interesting Syrah Wines from the Spiritual Home of the Varietal By Kerry Winslow Syrah is a great and noble grape, it calls the historic northern Rhone Valley…

2012 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Estate, Nahe Germany. Certainly, you cannot find many QbA Rieslings as good as this Donnhoff, there is just no question, especially this years edition, as 2012…

2010 Martin Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley. This has to be one of the best new wines of the year, this jaw-dropping Cabernet from Aaron Pott and Martin Estate…

2011 Weingut Von Winning, Riesling “Paradeisgarten” Deidesheim Paradeisgarten, Trocken, Pfalz, Germany. The Deidesheimer Paradeisgarten from Von Winning is a stunner, the open and riveting 2011 is drinking much better even…

2012 Weingut Leitz, Riesling “Dragonstone” Rheingau, Germany. The Drachenstein (Leitz Dragonstone) is a lush and seductive wine of suburb quality and intensity with rich layers, but with loads of tangy…

2012 Sineann, Pinot Noir “Resonance Vineyard” Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Wow! This is a blockbuster Pinot Noir from Sineann, the swan song from this fantastic vineyard site, it is fitting…