2021 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
The 2021 Patelin is a Rhône-style blend of 54 percent Grenache blanc, 29 percent Viognier, 9 percent Marsanne, 7 percent Roussanne, and 1 percent…
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2021 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Rouge Paso Robles
Tablas Creek uses mostly purchased fruit for this Rhône-style red, all sourced from Paso Robles vineyards. The blend is 43 percent Syrah, 28 percent…
Tarlant Zero Brut Nature Champagne
Twelfth generation grower-makers Benoit and Melanie Tarlant now manage Champagne Tarlant, which was founded in Oeuilly in 1687. This wine is a blend of…
2021 Drusian Prosecco Brut Nature Sui Lieviti Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti wines are always 100 percent Glera, hand-harvested. The wines earn their sparkle in the bottle (versus autoclave tank, where most…
2021 Troon Vineyard White Blend Druid’s Fluid Applegate Valley
Troon’s biodynamic white Druid’s Fluid is a blend of 65 percent Vermentino, 22 percent Marsanne, and 13 percent Roussanne. The Vermentino was foot trodden,…
Laherte Frères Brut Champagne
Lahert Frères is a négociant in Chavot, France, and their nonvintage brut consists of 60% Meunier, 30% Chardonnay, and 10% Pinot noir, sourced from…
2019 Hawk and Horse Vineyards Sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé Red Hills Lake County
This vintage traditional method rosé from Hawk and Horse uses biodynamically farmed Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is the color of pink tourmaline and animated…
2019 Brooks Winery Dry Sparkling Muscat Terue Eola-Amity Hills
This is a dry, traditional method sparkling wine made from Muscat, a mix of orange and early clones. The fruit was direct pressed and…
2012 Henriot Champagne
Henriot’s 2012 vintage wine is a little more than half Chardonnay and a little less than half Pinot noir. The grapes are from premier…
2018 Brick & Mortar Pinot Noir Cougar Rock Vineyard Napa Valley
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…
2020 RAS Wines Arkadia Sparkling Blueberry Wine Maine
If two recent reviews prompted disclosure about the affinities of friendship, this wine prompts disclosure about the affinities of terroir. I was born and…
2021 Joseph-Jibril Carbonic Pinot Noir Marshall Ranch Sonoma Coast
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,…