I’ve done numerous wine reviews for which the background involved a family-run winery passed down from one generation to the next, but this one is a little different.  The roots of Martellotto Wines go back for generations and began in Italy, but the story now continues in California.
Greg Martellotto’s grandfather immigrated to the US in [...]

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Washington State interests me more and more as a wine region, and I wish I saw more wine from that region on the shelves of my local wine shops.  I expect that over time I’ll see more of it showing up in my mid-western locale.
I’ve previously reviewed the Bridgman Chardonnay, and I need to note [...]

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My favorite holiday is Halloween, even though I sometimes feel too old to celebrate it.  And I was intrigued when I received samples of Halloween-themed wine from Elk Creek Vineyards.  The labels are really cool, but the critical question is “how is the wine?”
I have to admit that my expectations are low for wine from [...]

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As an active wine blogger I get a lot of wine samples.  Most of them are OK… decent wine but not spectacular, so I write reviews with my honest opinions and move on.  But every now and then I come across a wine that I totally love.  This is one such wine.  After tasting a [...]

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Tonight it’s a double-header review with two different vintages of the X3 Cabernet Sauvignon from X Winery.  One of the things I find as a bargain hunter is that vintage is an important thing to note when you find a gem.  And when I do find a producer that consistently produces quality from one vintage [...]

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Los Vascos is another producer that I’ve reviewed in the past.  In fact, they were one of the first Chilean producers to draw my attention.  One of the first things that many consumers notice about Los Vascos is that it’s owned by the highly regarded Bordeaux producer, Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite).
I really liked the [...]

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Today is Earth Day and there are actually a number of different environment-related topics that I could write about relevant to wine. Sustainable agriculture, organic wines and bio-dynamic wines are a few topics that come to mind. But I’m going to write about a less sexy topic—packaging. Actually, packaging can be sexy, but [...]

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