Category: Wine Reviews

2018 Kenefick Ranch Winery, Cabernet Franc, Caitlin’s Select, Kenefick Ranch Vineyard, Estate Grown, Calistoga, Napa Valley.It was a great pleasure to meet up with Chris Kenefick and taste through his…

2016 Giorgio Pira, Barolo Riserva DOCG “Terre del Mago” Piedmonte, Italy.I had never seen or tasted the wines of Giorgio Pira, who’s family has been growing grapes near the village…

2022 Sheldon Wines, Rosé, Luc’s Vineyard, Fountaingrove AVA, Sonoma County.The beautifully Summery 2022 Rosé from Dylan Sheldon at Sheldon Wines is an unoaked, low alcohol and bone dry pink made…

2020 Coudoulet de Beaucastel – Famille Perrin, Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge, Southern Rhone Valley, France.The beautifully purple/garnet 2020 Coudoulet de Beaucastel is still youthful and bright in the glass, but regal and…

2021 Cantina Argiolas, Nasco di Cagliari IGT White, Iselis, Sardinia, Italy.This beautifully aromatic, pale straw colored and crisply dry all stainless steel raised Iselis white is made from 100% Nasco…

2021 Morgan Winery, Pinot Noir, Double L Estate Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands.The latest Double L releases, Chardonnay and Syrah, are stunning wines, but especially Morgan’s flagship Pinot Noir, which shows…

2020 Bodegas y Vinedos Artuke, Pies Negros, Red Rioja, Spain.Artuke’s Arturo Miguel, like Telmo Rodriguez of Remelluri, is changing the way the world thinks about Rioja, which was for hundreds…

2020 Forteresse de Berrye, Crémant de Loire, Dry Sparkling Wine, Loire Valley, France.With a talented enologist, Olivier Barbou, Forteresse de Berrye is becoming an interesting new Loire label to follow…

2016 Michaud, Sangiovese, The Pinnacles National Monument, Chalone AVA, Monterey County.Michael Michaud’s rare Sangiovese offering from vines grown in Chalone’s chalky limestone soils is truly Italian in feel and flavor…

2021 Domaine Arnaud Lambert, Saumur Blanc “St. Cyr en Bourg” Loire Valley, France.As mentioned, the Domaine Arnaud Lambert, based in Saint Cyr en Bourg – Brézé, is making some of…