Category: Wine Reviews

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!…

I’m back from exploring Russia Okay, so the wine sucked, but Russia was awesome and the beer and vodka made up for the disappointment with the wine. I tried an…

2005 Parsonage Merlot Estate Carmel Valley This is the breakthrough vintage for the Parsonage estate Merlot and maybe the dark horse of the vintage! I was impressed with the dark…

2005 Alfaro Family Vineyards Pinot Noir Lindsay-Page Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains Wildly ripe on the nose with fresh flowers and boysenberry syrup leading to a refined and creamy palate, with…