Clarkson Hill
Clemens Hill Vineyard
Cellar Release Pinot Noir 2015
Rich and luscious. Red ripe fruits. Certainly a stalky whole bunch element. A note of ginger. A raspberry note on the palate. A very easy to like crowd pleasing Pinot Noir - high quality Coal River fruit and winemaking. — 9 days ago
Pedernales Cellars
Kyla Kuhlken Vineyard Tempranillo Rosé 2019
This wine shows a beautiful salmon orange color, along with a nose of strawberries, an herbal quality and tangerine peel. The palate lays out red cherry flavors laced with citrus minerality and a razor-sharp acidity which really refreshes. It is bold and even brawny, in a way - unusual for a sparkling rosé but entirely welcome. — 20 days ago
Stone Hill Winery
Chambourcin 2017
Taking a cue from @Severn Goodwin I’m drinking some MO wine, which is made just a few hours from where I live. I had never had anything by Stone Hill prior to this, assuming it wasn’t very good, but I was wrong. This is a great light bodied red and was great with a slight chill. Black and blue fruits, forest floor, and a mineral streak combine with medium + acid and light tannins for an easy drinking, dry, fresh red. I bought a few of this producer’s wines and look forward to trying the others. A pleasant surprise! — 9 days ago
Liquid Farm
White Hill Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay 2019
If you haven’t discovered LF yet, check it out. Chard and Pinot from the SRH. Still great QPR. Vinous ratings 91-93 — 3 days ago
Diamond Creek Vineyards
Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 1987
Remarkable how this has held together considering the abuse the bottle when through. A light green quality runs through suggesting it may have been quite angular in its youth. A very delicate black fruit quality and rich tannins still running through. — 10 days ago
Duchman Family Winery
Sangiovese 2020
Fresh juicy strawberries. Very very pale red with vibrant peachy orange rim. More close to a rose than a true red. Great for summer — 18 days ago
Ridge Vineyards
Blasi Chalk Hill Zinfandel Petite Sirah 2020
More fruit and fuller than the Boatman; liked the fruit and fullness — 2 days ago
Randy Fuller
This bold wine is quite dark in the glass and it offers up a nose of black raspberries, cedar, clove, vanilla and a hint of mint. On the palate, it’s brawny. Big notes of dark fruit mingle with those oak spices in a way that’s both fruity and savory. The tannic structure is toothy, so this wine wants a steak. — 10 days ago