Our first stop — and the motivation for this trip — was at the Spire Collection in Calistoga. This operation is owned by Jackson Family Wines. We’ve written extensively about...
We traveled north on February 17. Our main objective was the Spire Collection tasting of wines from Maggy Hawk. A full review will be coming shortly. This is the overview of our weekend in Sonoma and...
Yesterday was my birthday. To celebrate we opened two bottles of RN Estate pinot noir. These bottles are both from the justifiably-famous Fiddlestix Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills AVA. The vintages...
Two years ago we wrote effusively about Reuling pinot noir. We discovered them at Pinotfest 2014. Yesterday we got an e-mail with some sad news. Reuling plans to stop making wine and go back to...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 1, 2, and 3: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: And we are just about exhausted. Forthwith, the fourth and final...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 1, 2, and 4: Part 1: Part 2: Part 4: [Update November 6 to add Phillips Hill’s 2013...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 1, 3, and 4: Part 1: Part 3: Part 4: Update: I just noticed this audio clip from the tasting event. The...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 2, 3, and 4: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: The third weekend in May we headed north for our first visit to the...
OK, we apologize to John Sturges. James and Christine were kind enough to invite us to this event. They know us too well. We could not resist a semi-blind tasting of ten pinots. While we did badly on...
A few summers ago we were invited to a tasting of Virgina wines at Siduri. We were very impressed by several, including Ankida Ridge. (You can read our full review of this event by clicking here.) ...
Well, not Gary himself. The winery, however, was well-represented via winemaker Theresa Heredia. More on Ms. Heredia later. But for now this quote from an interview at Winetable.com will do nicely. →...
We met Picayune Vineyards co-owner Jennifer Roberts at the Family Winemakers tasting in Pomona almost exactly a year ago. We loved their pinot noir and their story is great. Jennifer and her partner...
OK, OK, don’t give us a hard time. We know Farallon’s annual Pinotfest was last November. We have to make a living to support our wine habit … er, hobby. This year there were four noteworthy wineries...
Is California running out of pinot noir grapes? That’s the question that came to mind after finally getting around to reviewing the November 7, 2015 Paso Robles Garagiste Festival. We found two new...
Our friends at Artisan Wine Depot invited us over for a tasting of Hall and Walt wines. We’ve written about Walt before (and consumed several bottles of their pinot noir) so we immediately accepted...