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Latest Wine Reviews

An interesting and smooth Gewurztraminer
2007 Helfrich - Gewurztraminer : Limited Release

Middle of the road, not bad, not stellar
2008 Patch Block - Chardonnay : Table Wine

Dry, but this is interesting with spicy food
2008 Panarroz - Jumilla Red

A nice wine to get toasted to
2007 Michel Rolland - Close de los Siete

A knockout in both alchololic power and a cocoa that sneaks up on you
2007 Rosenblum Cellars - Sonoma County Zinfandel

Nice apricots and biscuits
Piper Sonoma - Blanc de Blanc

Dry strawberries and pastry
Jean Paul - Trocadero - Rose

Not bad, not bad at all
Piper Sonoma - Blanc de Noir

The producer redeemed itself
2009 Goats do Roam - White 2009

Great bubbles, but I
Moet & Chandon - Nectar Imperial

A nice bouquet from Virginia
2008 The Williamsburg Winery - Governor's White

A nice Zin made from 100 year-old vines
2008 Cline Cellars - Ancient Vines Zinfandel

A little sweet cocoa, but not lacking
2008 Lucky 7 - Merlot

My first high-end demi sec
Vueve Clicquot Ponsardin - Demi-sec : Demi-sec

A dry rose that aint too bad
2009 Chateau Chavrignac - Bordeaux Rose

Not amazing, but that's what basic French Chardonnay is folks
2008 Domaine Caton - Chardonnay

The wine showed it's true beauty after some time out of the bottle
2008 Luis Felipe Edwards - Carmenere : Reserve

Another surpisingly good wine from Friday Monkey
2008 Friday Monkey - Merlot

I obviously don't like Arinto
2008 Fiuza - Native

A wonderful Portugese red
2008 Montaria - Vinho Tinto

Good for the second vintage that I tasted
2007 HobNob Vineyards - Chardonnay

Deep in contour, but lacking in complexity
2007 Twenty Rows - Cabernet Sauvignon

A different, but nice, take on Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Hess - Lake County Sauvignon Blanc : Select

This lost it's grip some years ago
2006 Twenty Rows - The Grappler

A competent Sauv Blanc from New Zealand
2008 Long Boat Winery - Sauvignon Blanc

 

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