7 Deadly Zins

March 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Wines, Zinfandel

This past week, issue #10 of Mutineer Magazine hit the shelves, including my Wine Steals column which is all about Zinfandel in this issue. There’s one Zinfandel I didn’t include in the article, despite the fact that it may be the one wine more people ask me about than any other and that one is [...]

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Martellotto Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon

February 17th, 2010 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Cabernet Sauvignon, Californian Wine, Red Wines

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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Forest Glen Gewürztraminer

February 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Gewurztraminer, White Wines

I’ll be honest with you, California isn’t the first region I think of when I’m looking for a Gewürztraminer. And Forest Glen never comes to mind as a brand I would expect to turn to for Gewürz. But then Forest Glen has surprised me before, like when their Pinot Noir topped some other Pinot’s more [...]

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Luna Vineyards Sangiovese for Snow Day

January 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Wines, Sangiovese, Wine Blogging Wednesday

There’s a thing that wine bloggers do called “Wine Blogging Wednesday.” It’s an event that happens once every month… usually on a Wednesday. The idea is that several wine bloggers all write about the same topic that day. Then there’s a host, who summarizes the collective thoughts and points you to all the writers for [...]

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Crane Lake Brut

December 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Sparkling Wine

It’s funny how often I hear people proclaim that they are not wine snobs, yet as I sat down to write this post I thought to myself that there are going to be some haters out there who post comments about how I must be out of my mind for finding this to be good. [...]

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Domaine Laurier Brut

December 17th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Sparkling Wine

As a reviewer of cheap wines, value wines, budget wines, or whatever you want to call them, I taste a lot of inexpensive wines. Not all can be great. Fortunately, thanks to technology, most cheap wine is much better than it was 20 years ago. Unfortunately, that didn’t help this one.
I tasted this wine in [...]

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Barefoot Bubbly Review

December 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Holiday Wine, Sparkling Wine

I’ve reviewed a number of different Barefoot wines on this site and it’s one bargain brand that seems to do OK. I’ve never been totally blown away by any of their wines, but they’ve all been quite drinkable and great values. That continues to be the case with their line-up of sparkling wine… none of [...]

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