... ecologically made with straw and solar panels tells you the spirit of these wines ... , besides Ridge, the wines from Rochioli where Victoria works and whose vines are also located ... the wines from Healdsburg, I am totally convinced that a great terroir is there and, here is the most ... to my way of considering the wines. A good example is this memorable chat with Ross, the sommelier...

My collection of Italian wines. Note that 1967 Gaja Barbaresco that I will surely open next year ... to confess my sincere admiration for Italian wines . Of course and surely because they are in the same ... .. ), Barolo and Barbaresco located in Piemonte have been the first Italian wines to awake my senses ... . More rencently, my friend Chris from Portland who distributes there fine Italian wines has opened...

Just recently I posted about wineries going organic, and it is nice to see that wine folks out there in the industry actually read my little ol' blog here because I soon heard from the nice folks at Charles Krug... Continue .

Amelie Joyful, Elegant, Gentle In the Contado, the medieval vineyards and lands ruled by the Counts, it was often the tradition to celebrate a new birth by planting a plot of vines or dedicating to the new born a special wine. This would bid well and endow him/her with symbolic wealth. We thought we would perpetuate this tradition in California by naming a wine after our new born baby girl...

At Ouest over the weekend - as our waitress cleared the table hidden behind the pillar - I asked what they had been drinking - Caymus - Caberet Sauvignon - Special Selction - 2003 - "Criminal" - was my knee jerk proclamation - "How can you be so judgmental" - was the knee jerk response ... Sonoma the next day - touting - Caymus Vineyards Special Selection 2003 - best Cabernet that Napa has...

Have written many times about Coturri Wines - no matter how much I like them - I would be remiss by not admitting - that they're not for everyone - Rich - syrupy - all natural - they are what I call real wines - So I opened a bottle of Coturri - Zinfandel - 2002 - with a summer night steak BBQ - offering my wife a taste - expecting her to immediately switch to a cool white Sauvignon Blanc...

... medal, denoting an ''extraordinary wine.'' The winning entry eclipsed 251 wines in the daylong ... German and French dessert wines I have savored. Alas, most mortals will never see it. Only 75 cases of 24 ... to the premium white dry wine market. The three runners-up, platinum medal winners, were dessert wines. The '86 ... a number of categories of white and red wines said they found too many entries disappointing. An overriding...

wines were stored As he carefully explained - they go back to the beginnings of wine-making ... - a bit of everything - had to define - one of Jay's two - what should I get for under $10 - wines - good...

Annual tasting at one of the 5th Avenue clubs - twenty some assorted wines - set as a walk-around - chance to rate  - the great - the good - the bad - the ugly - Benziger - Sauvignon Blanc - North Coast - 2004 - classic - thumbs up - Lincourt - Chardonnay - Santa Barbara - 2004 - lots of oak ... - but the three wines that I "really" did not like - Chasseloir - Esmonin - Perdrix - were all at the same table...

wines - Alsace is inevitably the last guess - as it was this night - wonderful to drink...