Grapelive Latest: Santa Cruz Mountains
Touring the beautiful and mysterious Santa Cruz Mountains is too often an overlooked pleasure and after a wonderful spring Sunday in the green hills I am again a true believer!…
Grapelive Latest: Napa The Splendor & The Silliness
Napa Valley is wonderful in the springtime with the first leaves on the vines giving a lovely green liveliness and the lack of crowds really makes it almost perfect. The…
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Beaux Freres Releases Their Stunning 2006 Pinots I should let my Oregon colleague Alaya handle the Pacific Northwest, as she does her local community very well indeed, but I could…
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It is Almost Spring! This is a great time of year, a time of rebirth in the vineyard and a time when new releases start showing up in restaurants and…
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2005 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate (Bordeaux-Style Cabernet Blend) Washington State Over the years I have grown very fond of DeLille wines and think Chris Upchurch is one of the top…
Grapelive Latest: Reflections
Grapelive Best of 2007 by Kerry Winslow I am going to reflect on just a few of the highlights of 2007 and then we can move on, as this year…
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2001 Masi Amarone “Serego Alighieri” Vaio Amoran, (single vineyard Amarone) Veneto, Italy As soon as I opened this bottling of single-vineyard Amarone, I was inundated with the layers of hedonistic…
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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…
Grapelive Hot Picks! Dec. 7th
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…
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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…