Winemaker Alex MacGregor has been with Mendocino’s Saracina since it started up, back when Dave Ramey was consulting with them. And to hear him tell it (from a media samples live Zoom tasting I attended with him and current Saracina owner Marc Taub), he’s not planning on leaving their 250 acre ranch anytime soon. Or,…
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Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 36: Sonoma County Chardonnay Tour with Dutcher Crossing
Recently, I had the kind of online wine sample tasting experience that would make my girlfriend cringe – only because she happens to dislike 99% of the Chardonnay wines that I put in front of her (I know… I know… I’m working on it, people!). For those of us who never gave up on California’s…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 35: Closing Ranks (DIAM Tasting 2021)
The latest recap of what I hope will soon be a thing of the past – COVID-era Shelter-in-Place Zoom tastings in lieu of being able to actually get together in real life in the same place – has us revisiting some old friends. Several, in fact. First, there’s Evan Goldstein, MS, of Full Circle Wine…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 32: Roero Deep Dive
If Italy’s northwestern region of Piedmont is known for one thing, it’s being known for many things. So many wine regions overlap in Piedmont that it’s not uncommon for the skills being used to produce, say, Barolo also being employed to produce Barbera, Moscato, or – in today’s case – Roero. I recently hopped on…