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Bohemian Highway

Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Spanna Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo 2019

Dave
9.4

Wow, this is spectacular! Plenty of life ahead of it, too. The wine is a very pale brick color. It is fresh and vibrant, but beautifully complex. Red sour cherries, juicy and acidic, leather, mint, a little dust on the rose petals. Medium plus on the tannins. I would love to have this with a lot more age. Should be a great wine for a charcuterie spread, and at $19 I feel like a highway robber.
Listening to Benjamin Gibbard and Jay Farrar — 5 days ago

Paul, Scott@Mister and 17 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Dave, I knew zippo about this producer until maybe 16-18 years ago. There was an importer/retailer east of California where I purchased bottles of 1996/2000/2003 Vallana wines, I have a few left, but they seem somewhat immortal (I guess Nebbiolo is the key). I also purchased four vintages of the early 2000s Wynns Black Label Cabs from the same source (all sub-US$15), which I thoroughly enjoyed — @Bob McDonald could fill in on what a bargain those wines always are!!!
Dave

Dave

@Doug Powers , your stories never disappoint, and I don't know how you can remember so many wines with such clarity. I can barely remember what I've had this year without looking at my notes.
Bob McDonald

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@Doug Powers You are right Doug. Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s great wine bargains. Can’t remember exactly but now with a heritage of over 50 vintages.

Bell's Brewery

Lager of the Lakes Bohemian Pilsner

Philip Patston
9.5

Extremely authentic Pilsener. Very good. — 5 years ago

Neil, Byron and 5 others liked this

Peter Paul Wines

Gravenstein Highway Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2018

Chris Koupal
9.5

Fantastic- absolutely everything you want in a Sonoma county Pinot. — 6 years ago

P, Ron and 3 others liked this
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P A

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Alexandria Nicole

a Squared Bohemian Horse Heaven Hills Red Blend 2017

Robyn Metcalf
9.7

Purchased at Clusters and Hops for thanksgiving 2023 — 2 years ago

Highway 12 Winery

SRB Sonoma County Red Blend 2019

Brian G
9.1

Oddly, this red blend from Sonoma from Costco … was delicious. Rich, fruity, deep fruit … like a fresh cab (?) I’d buy this again. — 3 years ago

Château de Beaucastel

Coudoulet de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2016

Mark Eastom
9.0

From magnum. This vineyard is just across the highway from the winery and the chateauneuf du pape appellation, thus cotes du rhone. But made the same way as all of their other reds. Spice, bramble fruit, incense, gravely minerality, medium tannins and nice acid. Should’ve waited, but on vacation, so.. 😁 — 4 years ago

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Highway 12 Winery

SV Sonoma Valley Red Blend 2017

Daniel Peters
9.1

Surrrrr good! 2017. Bought at Costco. Nice nose and smoky! Good with hard dry cheese . — 6 years ago

Blankiet Estate

Paradise Hills Vineyard Merlot 2004

Stefan Lindberg
9.5


This is a wine that need lots of time in the decanter or big ass glass.

Trying to understand this wine from just pouring a glass and drinking it is pointless.

Full bodied (Imagine meatloaf in fight club, may he rest in peace) complex, super tight and vivid yet 18 years young. On the nose I sense tar (freaking new highway asphalt!) probably new and old reused oak. Scent of white spirit in that haze of tar before sweet jammy fruit appears between a rich autumn forrest with leaves that start to decompose in my nostrils. Mineral notes between iron, copper, gravel and a plummers jacket. This is by far a wine that I can’t decide if I like or love I’m intrigued by its mystique and bedazzled by its harsh appearance. These grapes must have grown on vines stuck with its roots deep in some serious steriod soil.
On the palate, long jammy blue fruit, violets, ripe black plum, blackberry, liquorice, tar, rich iron minerality towards licking your own wound. Long lasting finish going to sundried blue fruit, tobacco and jeez this wide palete with its perfectly integrated oak and smooth tannins.

I’m ready to give my verdict after 4-5 hours in the glass, I love this wine so much. — 3 years ago

Highway 253

Gewürztraminer 2019

Joe Monaghan
9.5

A really great taste and good balance of acidity and taste. — 4 years ago

Carneros Highway

Carneros Chardonnay 2019

Jonas Johansson
9.0

Some how I keep on pouring my glass with this one. Will buy more. — 5 years ago