Dancing Bull was established 8+ years ago as a brand focused on Zinfandel, and to this day that’s the wine for which I assume they’re best known. We’ve reviewed reviewed their Zinfandel in the past, and it was pretty good. But that’s not all they’re producing. After their success with Zinfandel, they’ve branched out into […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 it’s something […]
I was intrigued when I saw a kosher wine from Chile on the shelf, so I had to give this one a try. I’ve reviewed a number of Chilean wines recently and have been generally pleased with what I’ve gotten, so I was really curious how this one would stack up. In doing some digging, […]
Today we are trying another kosher wine, this one from Barkan. The roots of the Barkan winery go back more than a century, but it was born into it’s current name and ownership in 1990. The winery overlooks a 120 hectare vineyard at Kibbutz Hulda in Israel and has capacity for 12 million liters of […]
