Sutter Home Winery Review
I got one for ya: The manager of a wine bar, a sommelier, two wine writers, and two college students are all sitting on a front porch one evening drinking […]
Tag Archives: California
Grgich Hills Estate Review
Forty years ago, the name “Napa Valley” meant little to anyone who wasn’t already living there. To those in the wine industry, it was something of a cute experiment, the […]
Mark featured in NBC News article on the Judgement of Paris
Yesterday, I was asked by my friends at Vivino to provide information to NBC News on the aftermath of the Judgement of Paris, a blind tasting that took place in 1976 […]
Robledo Family Winery Lake County Pinot Grigio 2014 – 93 Pts.
After Sonja and I got married, we had to try to fit in a quick honeymoon before I moved over the ocean to London, England, less than one month later. […]
Vermeil Wines Review
As a lifelong fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, Coach Dick Vermeil is one of my sports heroes. He may never have brought a Super Bowl victory to my team, but he […]
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Artemis 2013 – 91 Pts.
I’ve always been a fan of the founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Warren Winiarski. Responsible for the Cab heard round the world in 1976, when Napa’s reds and whites […]
Behind the Wine: Miljenko ‘Mike’ Grgich
When I first saw the movie Bottleshock at a friend’s house in Kansas City, we were sipping cheap Chianti and simply enjoying an entertaining story. Soon after, on a honeymoon in Napa […]
Charles Krug Winery Review
Peter Mondavi (moan-dah-vee), for much of his early life Peter Mondavi (mon-day-vee), died on February the 20th, 2016, in his home in St. Helena, California, just about two weeks prior […]
Volker Eisele Family Estate Review
There was a time in history, no doubt, when the valley carved by the Napa River was truly an image of Eden, pure and unspoiled, a place genuinely and fully […]
Trefethen Vineyards Review
It wasn’t enough, of course, that our low-budget flight from Omaha landed in San Francisco at almost midnight, nor that the flight had been delayed in Denver by nearly half […]
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