Retail Price: $60.00 I have to say, the Byron Tasting Room up in Los Olivos always treats me really well, and luckily they happen to also have awesome wines. Convenient, huh? It also helps that they have mostly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, which are my favorites. Coincidence? Yea, actually. Cool. This is their top-of-the-line Pinot Noir and Full Article
Ahh, if only you thought of movies when you think of Oscar night. Oh, you mean one or two of you still do? I thought all anyone thought of these days was red carpets, diamonds, dresses and celebrity gift bags. Okay, so I do like that part too. But the Oscars don’t hold as much Full Article
This week, I brought in a wine I felt the group really should taste. The Shannon Ridge 2008 Chardonnay. You can take a look at my more thorough review here. Prime Directive: A little test to see if the group could guess the price point. Specification Query: Retail Price: $19.00 Average BevMo price: $12-$15 BevMo 5 cent sale: 2 for Full Article
Retail Price: $19.00 Average BevMo price: $12-$15 BevMo 5 cent sale: 2 for $12.99 I love Shannon Ridge Wines. And the only reason I happened to chance upon their existence is due to a tasting with a Shannon Ridge rep present. We just couldn’t believe the value you got for the price, as I call them “VP Wines”. I have Full Article
This week, Rich Magallanes brought in two Summerland wines that Samantha didn’t get a chance to try up at their tasting room. Between Oscar movie talk and how writers probably shouldn’t go see Avatar for the writing, we tried: Summerland Winery 2007 Chardonnay –Rancho Santa Rosa Vineyard – Sta. Rita Hills Summerland Winery 2006 Full Article
Sort This Out Cellars 2007 Zinfandel $34 In a word: Luscious. Spice without harshness. Smooth without narcolepsy. The most unusual and awesome finish ever. Which happens to be the same as what first hits your nose: Hickory smoked bbq. Primary Flavors: Hickory, sweet and smooth dark red berries, Chinese five spice, white pepper and it’s Full Article
Here is a very good point from W.U. contributor and all around wine enthusiast Rich Magallanes. Yes, it’s a controversial issue, but no matter what, one thing is for certain. This topic in the wine community will probably never go away. – Jennifer. I love wine tasting and the wine country but I don’t like what it Full Article
Summerland WInery SPECS: Grape Variety: Chardonnay and Zinfandel. Year and Make: 2007 Chardonnay – Rancho Santa Rosa Vineyard – Sta. Rita H 2006 Zinfandel – French Camp Vineyard – Paso Robles Pairing: Double Cream Brie, Mild Apricot Stilton, crackers, hopeful skepticism. Goal: Rich trying to persuade us on Full Article
A very nice person representing Bouchaine Vineyards and Long Island Wine Council was kind enough to offer some wines for me to try, and see if we could not get the stigma of L.I. wines out of the sticks and onto the map. Well, it’s already on the map big time, but not here in California. Believe you Full Article
A fantastic band of merry drinkers and I have decided to start a little wine club called Thursty Thursdays, where we try 1 or 2 bottles and see what we can learn. Okay, maybe 3 bottles sometimes. But that’s only because our awesome pourer is generous! We try and keep a reasonable sized group, but we Full Article
