I feel guilty right now. Guilty that I haven’t shared this review with you sooner. You see, I take my tasting notes in sessions where I taste several wines in a category in one sitting. Then later I’ll do some background research on the wines and write up the review along with my tasting notes. […]
I first discovered Four Vines Zinfandels a couple years ago at the Cincinnati International Wine Festival, where they instantly became my favorite wines out of hundreds at that event. And yet I had never heard of them before that event. In my conversation with one of the reps, she shared that Four Vines refuses to […]
Over the past couple years I’ve become a full-fledged fan of X Winery. They are consistently putting out some tasty wine at reasonable prices. I won’t say their prices are ultra-cheap, but they are reasonable and the quality-to-price ratio tends to be excellent with X Winery. This Zinfandel gives me another reason to love them. […]
Ottimino is a vineyard that produces nothing but Zinfandel. Most of their wines are in the $30+ price range, with the exception of their Zinfinity brand. The vineyard for Zinfinity is right next to the Rancho Bello vineyard in the Russian River Valley, but they are quite different. The vines for Zinfinity are the youngest […]
If you’re into movies, I’m sure you know the name Francis Ford Coppola as a great director. And if you’re into wine, you’ve probably noticed that his name is on some wines too. In fact, he’s behind more wine than you may realize. In addition to the wine that bears his name, he is also […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
