Dusty Nabor is a character, completely appropriate for the Garagiste festival. Working with Karin Langer, his eponymous winery produces mainly syrah, grenache, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, and...
Etnyre Wines is a close second for best pinot at Garagiste 2022 Paso Robles. They make pinot noir and syrah. We were greeted by Ethan and Karen Etnyre. Both were charming. Ethan’s knowledge of every...
Apologies for the all caps in the title. You’ll soon see why. Volatus had the best pinot at this Garagiste. Added bonus: they also have a chardonnay. Hal Schmitt, owner and winemaker, is a TOPGUN...
As regular readers know, RN Estate Winery in Paso Robles is one of our favorites. We have been wine club members there for longer than we can remember. Last night I discovered two 2019 pinots from...
Our friends at Maggy Hawk were kind enough to forward an invitation to this event. So on January 7 we checked into the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert right next to Palm...
Here’s the list of wineries we plan to write about. If you’re really curious about a specific entry, e-mail us and we’ll try to move it up our priority list.
We were greeted by Sam Lando, founder, owner, and winemaker at Lando Wines. These folks only make Sonoma Coast and Russian River Valley pinot noirs. Our bliss point! Sam was pouring three pinots:...
Domaine Della uses the allocation system. There is no wine club per se. Sign up for their e-mail list and they will notify you when wines are available. There is a deadline for ordering. We ordered...
From the website: Beau Marchais Winery began on a summer evening in July of 2018 in the town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. I was fortunate enough to be invited to Philippe Cambie’s home for dinner and...
A few years ago we were pleasantly surprised to receive a magnum of this wine. The Lynmar 2013 Quail Hill Vineyard pinot noir magnum was a special gift to long-time members of their Advocates club. ...
Overview Music, mood and mirth with plenty of wine at Siduri’s warehouse winery again! This year CaliforniaWineFan.com staff imbibed a Lemoravo single-vineyard pinot noir that was new to us...
Belden Barns is hosting a series of virtual wine tastings starting at the end of March. Here’s the idea. You order wine from them. Then you participate in the virtual tasting via Zoom. But...
On December 14, 2019 we made the trek to Santa Rosa for the annual Siduri holiday dinner. Great food, friendly crowd, terrific wine and – bonus – an excellent duo creating music. We’ll get...
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...
On November 16, 2019, we received an e-mail with news that marks the end of an era at Siduri. Adam Lee is stepping down as winemaker. The 2019 vintage will be his last. I’ve included a pdf...