Michael David Winery, Chardonnay 2014, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: This lemon-colored chardonnay has a nose of light oak with green and golden fruit including yellow pear and green apple.[Read more]
Michael David Winery, Chardonnay 2014, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: This lemon-colored chardonnay has a nose of light oak with green and golden fruit including yellow pear and green apple.[Read more]
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards, Midnight Reserve 2012, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: A predominately petit-verdot-backed Bordeaux or meritage that would be an interesting product offering for the larger Lodi region to experiment with and potentially embrace as this wine shows the blend’s promise.[Read more]
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards, Malbec 2012, Rose Two Vineyard, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: A lovely malbec that expresses itself in a uniquely American terroir-specific style.[Read more]
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards, Petit Verdot Petite Sirah 2013, Dutra & River Ranch Vineyards, California
Tasting Note: An interesting blend of red fruit that is low in alcohol for the region.[Read more]
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards, Gewürztraminer 2014, Wheelhouse Vineyard, Clarksburg, California
Tasting Note: An example of hot climate gewürztraminer from California that is not as delicate as the cool-climate expressions of the grape.[Read more]
Cuvée Ronsard, Domaine de la Petite Mairie, Bourgueil 2012, Loire Valley, France
Tasting Note: An inoffensive cabernet franc that shows the basic grape without maximizing on any one aroma or flavor dimension while capturing the region’s characteristic earth-forward style.[Read more]
Jaffelin, Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé Brut, Burgundy, France
Tasting Note: This pale, light-bodied rosé sparkler flirts with red fruit.[Read more]
Silver Thread, Riesling 2014, Gridley Bluff Point Vineyard, Finger Lakes, New York
Tasting Note: An enjoyable slightly-ahead-of-the-pack riesling from the New York Finger Lakes.[Read more]
Bodega Luiga Bosca, La Finca La Linda Bonarda 2011, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Ruby in color, this bonarda will be exotic to those who have yet to experience this widely-cultivated grape variety in Argentina.[Read more]
Marc Brédif, Chinon 2013, Chinon, Loire, France
Tasting Note: Experience wet earth, wet hay and restrained black fruit in your glass with minor red fruit notes in the background.[Read more]