Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 26, 2019
2015 Mount Eden, Chardonnay, Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. The gorgeous 2015 Mount Eden Estate Chardonnay shows amazing depth, complexity, texture and length, it satisfies all the senses and is one…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 25, 2019
2016 O’Shaughnessy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley.The 2016 Napa Valley vintage is everything it was promised to be, especially when shown through an impression like this beautiful O’Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon which…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 24, 2019
2016 Schlossgut Diel, Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) Trocken, “C” Cuvee Caroline, Nahe Germany.Armin and daughter Caroline Diel’s Schlossgut Diel in the Nahe region of German are renown for their amazing Rieslings,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 23, 2019
2017 Domaine Lucien Crochet, Sancerre Blanc, Loire Valley, France.One of the best Summer whites, and certainly my favorite Sancerre of the vintage, is the Lucien Crochet 2017 with its purity…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 22, 2019
2017 Halcon Vineyards, Petite Sirah “Tierra” Theopolis Vineyard, Yorkville Highlands.The thrilling and edgy Halcon Tierra is one of California’s most intriguing Petite Sirah(s) with intense and racy inky dark fruits…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 21, 2019
2017 Desire Lines Wine Co. Red Wine, Evangelho Vineyard, Contra Costa County. Cody Rasmussen’s Desire Lines Wine Co.“Evangelho” red is an intriguing old vine Carignan and a touch Mourvedre from…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 20, 2019
2018 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Gruner Veltliner, La Playita Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.One of the central coast’s most intriguing alternative whites has to be Richard Alfaro’s estate grown Gruner Veltliner, the…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 19, 2019
2017 Domaine Vincent Paris, Saint-Joseph Rouge “Les Cotes” Northern Rhone, France.Vincent Paris, whose first vintage was 1997, is one of the Northern Rhone’s awesome collection of great young winemakers and…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 18, 2019
2017 Gregory Brewer Wines, Syrah, Ex Post Facto, Santa Barbara County.A much more serve version of Santa Barbara County Syrah than you’d expect from a wine with close to 15%…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 17, 2019
2017 Clos Ste. Magdeleine, Cassis Blanc, Provence, France.I’m a huge Cassis Blanc fan, I think it is one of the great wines of France and one of the wine world’s…