Category: Wine Reviews

2017 Hundred Suns, Pinot Noir, Old Eight Cut, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Hundred Suns Wines, a reference to the growing season that lasts a hundred days between flowering and harvest, is…

2018 Joyce Wine Company, Dry Riesling “Alluvial Fan” Monterey County. The lovely and bright new Alluvial Fan Dry Riesling from Joyce Wine Company is more flamboyant in fruit and mouth…

2017 Domaine de L’Ecu, Muse, Rosé of Cabernet Sauvignon, Vin de France, Loire Valley, France. Fred Niger’s Domaine de L’Ecu, one of Muscadet’s top estates, Rosé “Muse” is a unique…

2016 Weingut Willi Schaefer, Riesling Kabinett, Graacher Himmelreich, Mosel Germany. After a wet and cold spring and early summer 2016 turned out to be a kind of a miracle vintage…

2017 I. Brand & Family Winery, Old Vine Mourvèdre, Enz Vineyard, Lime Kiln Valley, San Benito County. Fast becoming a cult like and followed wine, the Ian Brand made Enz…

2016 Saint Cosme, Cote-Rotie, Northern Rhone, France. The gorgeous and stylish Saint-Cosme 2016 Cote-Rotie is a luxurious vintage and opulent version with a textural grace and inner force that reminds…

2015 Chateau Le Puy, Emilien, Red Bordeaux, Francs Cotes de Bordeaux, France. Chateau Le Puy, an estate made terroir driven and natural/organic wine is crafted by Jean-Pierre Amoreau and his…

2014 Tofanelli Family Vineyard, Grenache, Napa Valley. Vincent Tofanelli, known for his Zin and Charbono grown on his estate vineyard also does a great Grenache and this 2014 is packed…

2011 Domaine William Fevre, Chablis Grand Cru, Bougros, White Burgundy, France. There are wines that always light up the faces around a table of wine lovers, Grand Cru Chablis is…

2012 Bonny Doon Vineyard, Le Cigare Volant, Rhone Style Red Blend, California. The gorgeous drinking 2012 Le Cigare Volant is dark Rhone style blend that leans heavily on Mourvedre ,…