Famille Delong Château Majoureau, Doux 2018, Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire, France
Tasting Note: A sweet Bordeaux done in a lighter style that is aperitif worthy.[Read more]
Vignobles Darriet Château Dauphiné Rondillon, Cuvée d’Or 2009, Loupiac, France
Tasting Note: A dessert wine oozing with ripe-fruit, body and wonderful complexity and minerality.[Read more]
Sunce Vineyard & Winery, Winemaker’s Reserve Meritage 2009, California
Tasting Note: When you think of meritage blends, you often think big, brooding, inky wines, but this well-balanced, medium-intensity meritage shows you what this style looks like in a cooler vintage and with more ripeness restraint.[Read more]
Sunce Winery & Vineyard, Reserve Merlot 2015, La Prenda Vineyard, Sonoma Valley, California
Tasting Note: If there was more merlot like this, I could fall in love with merlot.[Read more]
Kivelstadt Cellars, Father’s Watch Red Blend 2016, North Coast, California
Bottle Note: A tart, unpretentious, red-fruit-dominated blend.[Read more]
Quinta da Murta, Bucelas Brut Nature 2014, Portugal
Tasting Note: A sparkling wine from Portugal for those who adore bone-dry sparkling wines with an accent of lemon citrus.[Read more]
McCay Cellars, Petite Sirah 2012, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: A voluptuous petite sirah with inky black fruit and baking spice that is very reminiscent of Michael David’s Petite Petite.[Read more]
Sunce Winery & Vineyard, Mourvedre 2015, Sandy Lane Vineyards, San Francisco Bay, California
Tasting Note: A red-fruit-first mourvedre with florality and depth.[Read more]
Sunce Winery & Vineyard, Old Vines Touriga Nacional 2013, Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino County, California
Tasting Note: A Portuguese grape finds a welcome home in California and in this bottle that is filled with plush, floral-and-black-fruit flavors.[Read more]
Penns Woods, Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Pennsylvania
Tasting Note: Zesty in the fore-palate, this wine has sauvignon blanc’s classic flavors but turned up a notch.[Read more]
