Fruit for Kathleen Inman’s estate Pinot is farmed organically. The grapes were harvested at night, mostly de-stemmed, and fermented with ambient cultures in a…
Gaja’s Magari Super Tuscan is 60 percent Cabernet Franc, 30 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10 percent Petit Verdot. It has a fresh ruby color…
This is the 17th bottling of Tablas Creek’s varietal Mourvèdre, the fruit grown organically and biodynamically on the winery’s estate vineyard. About 140 cases…
The wine is a mix of whole cluster and de-stemmed fruit, with a net of about 20 percent stem inclusion, grown on seven- to…
Cathy Corison’s 2017 Napa Cabernet is lovely now, but, like all of her younger wines, has many years ahead of it. The color is…
Cougar Rock Vineyard straddles 1,450 to 1,800 feet of elevation in the Vaca Mountains, east of Yountville. The Pinot for this wine was harvested…
If two recent reviews prompted disclosure about the affinities of friendship, this wine prompts disclosure about the affinities of terroir. I was born and…
As I mentioned in my review of the Joseph-Jibril rosé, I can’t be fully objective about this wine, having met one of the winemakers,…
The 2015 vintage was Cathy Corison’s twentieth from her estate Kronos Vineyard, so it was a natural choice to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary….
This wine is 100 percent Syrah, as required for Saint Joseph red. The robe is nearly opaque, a deep velvety garnet. The wine is…
Boedecker sources fruit from four vineyards in the Willamette Valley, principally in the Chehalem Mountains and Yamhill-Carlton, to make this dark wine. The fruit…
Raptor Ridge began transitioninng to organic, biodynamic, Salmon Safe, and certified sustainable credentials for all its fruit sources in 2016. The winery is certified…