Oliver Creekbend Vineyard Tawny 2013 – 92 Pts.
I first met Tony Milhon around infancy, his father and my mother being colleagues at the local, rural hospital in the tiny town of Valentine, Nebraska, in which I spent […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Ca’Momi Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 – 88 pts.
For those who read my reviews and like it when I tell stories, I’ll just warn you in advance: this story sucks. When a story sucks, it’s not because something […]
Oliver Creekbend Vineyard Catawba 2015 – 88 Pts.
The heat index was said to have broken 115 degrees in Omaha today, a statement that I can neither confirm nor deny because I spent most of the afternoon in […]
John Anthony Syrah 2012 – 93 Pts.
I had just finished taking my WSET I exam at the Napa Valley Wine Academy after a day-long course, and had stepped out into the warm summer breeze of early […]
On Rating Wine
A number of people have inquired about how I rate wine, in particular perhaps because I often write something such as “90 points on my scale” as the end of […]
Smith-Madrone Riesling 2014 – 95 Pts.
Happy Friday! Next month, a full-length piece I wrote on Smith-Madrone’s entire portfolio will come out in Food & Spirits Magazine. Until then, however, I wanted to start the weekend off […]
Pride Merlot 2013 – 93 Pts.
Upon arriving at Pride Mountain Vineyards, a lodge-looking structure that sits high atop Diamond Mountain, straddling the line between Napa and Sonoma counties, we were greeted by a somber sight. […]
Schramsberg Vineyards Review
The northern Napa Valley was still a thickly forested, rugged terrain, and a difficult place to navigate when Jacob Schram set forth to establish the second winery in the area, one year […]
Pellet Estate Barrel-Fermented Chardonnay 2013 – 94 Pts.
Here’s the problem: I’m way too particular when it comes to Chardonnay. If we’re drinking Merlot, I can appreciate a wide variety of styles and takes on the varietal, from […]
Far Niente Winery Review
The “noble experiment” that was Prohibition, the result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, lasted from 1919 to 1933 and did irreparable damage […]
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