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Sauvignon Blanc Review: Shepherds Ridge

Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 Wine Tasting

Shepherds Ridge Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2006 I picked this up because it was cheap and brought in by Stevenot, an importer who I’ve trusted in the past. Many years ago, Stevenot introduced the USA to McGuigan Brothers wines from Australia. Much has happened since then, with McGuigan going from little-known niche brand to mass-market, Stevenot filing [...]

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Sauvignon Blanc Review: Shepherds Ridge

Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 Wine Tasting

Shepherds Ridge Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2006 I picked this up because it was cheap and brought in by Stevenot, an importer who I’ve trusted in the past. Many years ago, Stevenot introduced the USA to McGuigan Brothers wines from Australia. Much has happened since then, with McGuigan going from little-known niche brand to mass-market, Stevenot filing [...]

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Pinot Noir Review: Fleur 2006

Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 Wine Tasting

Fleur Pinot Noir 2006 - Carneros Ever since “Sideways” came out, everyone and their brother became a Pinot Noir snob, and the wine suppliers reacted by flooding the market with all kinds of swill labeled with that classic French varietal. Four years after the movie, wine shops can’t keep enough Pinot Noir stocked on the shelves [...]

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Pinot Noir Review: Fleur 2006

Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 Wine Tasting

Fleur Pinot Noir 2006 - Carneros Ever since “Sideways” came out, everyone and their brother became a Pinot Noir snob, and the wine suppliers reacted by flooding the market with all kinds of swill labeled with that classic French varietal. Four years after the movie, wine shops can’t keep enough Pinot Noir stocked on the shelves [...]

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Merryvale Cabernet Vineyard X

Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 Wine Tasting

Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Vineyards Vineyard X Oakville Now we’re getting into the serious Cabernet Sauvignons. Merryvale is one of my favorite California wineries, based on its consistently good quality, well-valued Starmont line. Because their “entry level” bottlings are enjoyable, it would stand to reason that their high-end wines would be even better. Merryvale’s Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer [...]

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Merryvale Cabernet Vineyard X

Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 Wine Tasting

Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Vineyards Vineyard X Oakville Now we’re getting into the serious Cabernet Sauvignons. Merryvale is one of my favorite California wineries, based on its consistently good quality, well-valued Starmont line. Because their “entry level” bottlings are enjoyable, it would stand to reason that their high-end wines would be even better. Merryvale’s Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer [...]

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Merryvale Cabernet Vineyard X

Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 Wine Tasting

Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Vineyards Vineyard X Oakville Now we’re getting into the serious Cabernet Sauvignons. Merryvale is one of my favorite California wineries, based on its consistently good quality, well-valued Starmont line. Because their “entry level” bottlings are enjoyable, it would stand to reason that their high-end wines would be even better. Merryvale’s Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer [...]

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Red Wine Review: Mt. Veeder Cabernet

Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 Wine Tasting

Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 As mentioned in the last post, I’ve been on a Cabernet binge. Mount Veeder is both a winery and an appellation — it is an official AVA within Napa Valley, consisting of about 25 square miles along a steep mountainside in the Mayacamas Mountains. The area is rich with volcanic soil and [...]

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Red Wine Review: Stonestreet Cabernet Sauvignon

Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 Wine Tasting

Stonestreet Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2004 I’m on a Cabernet binge lately, so there will be a run of reviews on the grape coming your way. Initially, there was almost nothing on the nose – it was closed up. After letting it sit in the glass for about an hour and a half, some aromas started to [...]

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Red Wine Review: Argiano NC

Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 Wine Tasting

Argiano NC (Non Confiditur) 2004 For those of you who wasted away your childhood watching Saturday morning cartoons such as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids may remember “NC” being the abbreviation for “no class” — which the character Russell invariably used to insult Rudy. However, this wine has plenty of class, and in fact [...]

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Wine Review: Masi Amarone

Date: Tue, Jan 29, 2008 Wine Tasting

Masi Costasera Amarone 2001 Amarone is a big, fairly expensive, red wine from Italy that matches with a fairly small variety of foods. Although, if braised beef cheeks, lamb steaks, venison stew, or similarly gamey dishes are frequent in your home, you may disagree. Since I almost always drink wine with food as a rule, and [...]

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Chardonnay Review: Franciscan Oakville

Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2008 Wine Tasting

Franciscan Oakville Chardonnay Cuvee Sauvage 2005 Generally speaking, I’m against the majority of California Chardonnay on the market — but not against ALL California Chards. What bugs me is the proliferation of formulaic, oak-driven “soda-pop” Chards that taste more like Sugar Smacks than fermented grapes. The bulk of these disasters in a bottle are in the under [...]

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Champagne Smackdown

Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2007 Wine Tasting

Whether you’re ringing in the New Year at midnight or enjoying a New Year’s Day meal, an excellent choice for either celebration is non-vintage Champagne. Champagne because it’s “the real thing” (don’t tell Coca-Cola), and non-vintage because it is an outstanding value. Generally speaking, a “NV” sparkler is going to be significantly less expensive than a [...]

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Champagne Smackdown

Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2007 Wine Tasting

Whether you’re ringing in the New Year at midnight or enjoying a New Year’s Day meal, an excellent choice for either celebration is non-vintage Champagne. Champagne because it’s “the real thing” (don’t tell Coca-Cola), and non-vintage because it is an outstanding value. Generally speaking, a “NV” sparkler is going to be significantly less expensive than a [...]

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