2017 Anaba Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Managing to be deep without at all bragging about it. $48 A- 2017 Anaba J McK Estate Vineyard Chardonnay (Carneros): Young, figgy, toasty, and delicious. Too delicious. Like, dangerously delicious. $46 A- 2019 Anaba Rosé of Grenache (Sonoma County): By not trying to be Provence, it becomes…
After the Fire (Australian Wine Rebounds at NVWA)
In this time of… well, intense stress and social weirdness, I’m happy to share a bit of good news. My latest for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now available; that itself isn’t the good news, but the topic of that piece is: in How the Australian Wildfires has Impacted the Wine Industry, I talk…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 13, 2020
2017 Decoy Merlot (Sonoma County): Spicy, toasty, and fairly quick to be forgotten. $18 B 2016 Dry Creek Vineyard Meritage (Sonoma County): The old codger likes his wood, but otherwise he provides delightful conversation. $30 B+ 2018 Dutton-Goldfield Green Valley Gewürztraminer (Russian River Valley): For those times when you just cannot get enough roses in…
Shidoobee, Scattered, Scattered (Scattered Peaks Recent Releases)
Hey, remember when we used to go out and stuff? Man, that was awesome. I used to do that. Way, way, waaaaaaaay back in March. Like that time that I caught up with Robert Larson and Joel Aiken at Philly’s Parc to taste through Joel’s new winemaking project, Scattered Peaks. Back when we could travel,…