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2016 Bonny Doon, Pinot Noir, Enz Vineyard, Cienega Valley. The wine coming from this dry farmed old vine vineyard in Lime Kiln Valley on the eastern side of the Gabilan…

2016 Theopolis Vineyards, Rose of Petite Sirah, Estate Grown, Yorkville Highlands, Mendocino County. More serious than refreshing this Rose of Petite Sirah is bursting with flavors and why brisk and…

2015 Domaine Clotaire Michel, Beaujolais-Villages, La Napoleon, France. Wow, this is great stuff, one of my favorite under $20 bottles of the year so far, what a value, those that…

2013 Dos Lagos Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley. Tom and Marcie Dinkel’s Dos Lagos Vineyards high on Atlas Peak is a tiny estate vineyard, farmed by famed vineyard…

2014 Albatross Ridge, Pinot Noir, Cuvee Vivienne, Estate Grown, Carmel Valley, Monterey County. Another wonderful effort from Garrett Bowlus and his Albatross Ridge Vineyards Estate in Carmel Valley grown on…

2014 Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Blanc Reserve, Beeswax Vineyard, Arroyo Seco. Like chasing windmills, Randall Grahm has for years tried to bring white Rhone varietals to greater attention, and while…

2016 Weingut von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Diedesheimer Paradiesgarten, Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany. Von Winning’s gloriously brisk Paradiesgarten Premier Cru dry Riesling is a killer wine, one of the top values…

2012 J. Rochioli, Sauvignon Blanc, Old Vines, Russian River Valley. This was the first time I got one of the rare original block old vine Sauvignon Blanc from Rochioli, which…

2013 Platinetti Guido, Nebbiolo, Colline Novaresi DOC, Piedmont, Italy. This gorgeous and satisfying Nebbiolo from the hills of the Colline Novaresi in the northern Piedmonte, this has to be one…

2013 Gerard Boulay, Sancerre, La Cote, Loire Valley, France. Gerard Boulay is one of the elite Sancerre producers, they farm by hand and all organic in the historic village of…