The Joel Gott California Sauvignon Blanc 2020 has become our hot-weather white wine of choice. Widely available for about $10. We get ours from Total Wine’s Mountain View store. Aromas of honeydew...
Last night we uncorked Sean Minor’s 2018 Sonoma Coast pinot noir ($22), This is another bargain from Sean Minor. At this price, refill your Eurocave™. The wine opens with aromas of...
Siduri and the Loring Wine Company both make superb pinot noirs. And now they are running two post holiday sales worth your time and money. Siduri routinely has a post-holiday warehouse clearance...
Artisan Wine Depot is currently featuring two WALT pinot noirs at bargain prices. We’ve written about WALT several times before. When we read about this we rushed over to pick up a couple of bottles...
[Editor: Mr. Minor never really left. What went missing was the author’s brain.] We were excited to get an e-mail from this old favorite. And we were even more thrilled to discover that Sean is...
We’ve reviewed Knez Winery before. They were a major find on our jaunt to the Anderson Valley. Now they’re offering a year end bargain that’s hard to resist. Their 2013 Anderson...
It’s been a while since we visited Artisan Wine Depot. (For a retired couple we seem to be awfully busy.) But then we were invited to a tasting of Italian wines, olive oils and imported foods. How...
Balletto mainly grows grapes. They keep ten percent for their use. And their wines are pretty terrific. Not to mention reasonably priced. All their wines are estate grown and bottled, with a Russian...
Bargain of the decade. Trader Joe’s is offering Schloss Biebrich Sekt for $5.49 a bottle. This is a sparkler from Germany’s Henkell & Co. Gruppe. Trust us, this will not compete...