Betterhalf Garage Wines

Tank Garage Winery

The Art of Surfing Sierra Foothills Tempranillo Blend 2017

Ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Strong nose of red and black fruits with tobacco, chocolates, coffee and peppercorn.

Full-bodied and soft with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black cherries, black plums, black currants, coffee, light oak, licorice, spices, dark chocolates, earth, herbs and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This interesting red blend from Sierra Foothills is drinking very nicely now.

Spicy and tangy. Rich and fruit forward. Complex with a great and elegant mouthfeel.

This 7 year old is drinking at its peak now, and feels like a California Merlot.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 30 minutes. I gave it a light chill and had it by the water. Really enjoyed the nose at this point.

I had this vintage 5 years ago, and it is so much better now. Worth the wait.

A blend of 48% Tempranillo, 39% Sangiovese and 13% Barbera. Only 725 cases were produced.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$50.
— 22 days ago

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Garage Wine Co.

Lot #63 Old Vine Pale Carignan & Mataro 2019

8 h skalmacererad mörk rosé. Nästan roséchampagnelik! Saftiga bär, granatäpple, småcitrus, wiengummi. Syrligt och mineraligt avslut. — 4 years ago

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Guilliams Vineyards

Reserve Estate Bottled Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Just pure Spring Mountain fruit. I remember sitting in folding chairs outside of their garage drinking. Great people and great wine. — 4 years ago

Tom, Elliott and 3 others liked this

Garage Wine Co.

Phoenix Ferment Pais 2020

Pais-Carinena 2020 — 5 months ago

Garage Wine Co.

Lot #55 Sauzal Vineyard Carignan Field Blend 2014

Rustic in a very good way. Nose has crunchy red berries, juniper, stony gravel, and a teeny bit of leather. Forceful flavors buoyed by forceful acids, pure, zingy, cherry fruit and a chalky minerality. Some relatively soft tannin. Not an erudite, pinky-extended sipper, but a great wine for pasta night. — 4 years ago

Eric, Ron and 10 others liked this
David T

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Tasted through the entire line up at Derek’s house in April 2018. After, we all took a couple of bottles to dinner, got up the next morning & drove 2 1/2 hours to this vineyard to harvest. It was a good 24 hours. Interesting farming in the vineyard that I’ve not see anywhere else in the many regions I’ve traveled.
Tom Casagrande

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@David T - Sounds like a very cool experience!

Garage Wine Co.

The Ploughmen Sauzal Vineyard Carignan Field-blend 2016

Better than my first bottle last June.
Parker 95 Wine Maker notes,


Derek Mossman began Garage Wine Company at a time when there were relatively few smaller, family owned wineries in Chile. He not only started his venture to produce hand made wines on a human scale, but also to buy fruit from and support farmers with great quality fruit throughout the country. Along the way, he also banded together a group of like minded wineries to create MOVI, a platform to promote smaller production wineries in Chile.

Tantalizing aromas of blueberries, violets, orange peel, raspberry leaf and aniseed with a touch of aromatic herbs that provide freshness. The palate is electric, with pulsing acidity, ultra-fine tannins and very good length. Both rustic and elegant, wild and subtle, it has precision, elegance, balance and life. Shows no alcohol nor wood. A fresh, Mediterranean blend from a vineyard that was forgotten, revived, regenerated and today shows what the Maule is capable of.
— 4 years ago

Adam, Tom and 19 others liked this

Garage Wine Co.

Vigno Maule Valley Carignane 2017

Detta är ett pangvin utöver det vanliga. Blåbärsfärg, hallon lakrits batteriet dör. — 4 years ago

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Zichichi Family Vineyard

Garage Red Dry Creek Valley Red Blend 2014

2014 zichichi garage red. Not the Zin...but a nice petit Syrah mash up. Great, balanced blend. Big, juicy fruit - be an excellent pair for a hearty red meat. Too bad I’m a pescatarian. — 5 years ago

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