Deep ruby color; cherry, plum, blueberry, strawberry, balsamic, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, menthol, leather, coffee cocoa on the nose and palate. Continue reading
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Tenuta Cucco Barolo Bricco Voghera DOCG 2020
Medium garnet color; cherry, raspberry, cranberry, balsamic, tar, licorice, orange peel, rose hip, dried flowers, leather, black tea on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Bodegas Luis Cañas Gran Reserva Red Wine, Rioja Alavesa DOCa 2018
Deep ruby color; plum, blackberry, fig, rosemary, thyme, leather, licorice, cocoa, coffee, black pepper, meat, tar, cedar on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Anaba Sangiacomo Roberts Road Vineyard Pinot Noir, Petaluma Gap 2021
Pale ruby color; cherry, raspberry, strawberry, rosemary, chocolate, black pepper forest floor on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Rodney Strong Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County 2020
Deep ruby color; black cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, plum, violets, mocha, vanilla, baking spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domaine St. Laurent Pinot Noir, Rogue Valley, Oregon 2023
Pale ruby color; cherry, raspberry, redcurrant, strawberry, cranberry, blackberry, vanilla, clove, orange zest on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Tenuta Gorghi Tondi Coste a Preola Nero d’Avola, Sicilia DOC 2023
Deep ruby color; black cherry, black raspberry, plum, orange, peal, licorice, spice, herbs, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Benziger Family Winery Merlot 2022
Deep ruby-garnet color; black cherry, blueberry, plum, cranberry, vanilla, chocolate, pepper on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Textbook Mise-En-Place Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville, Napa Valley 2022
Deep ruby color; black cherry, blackberry, plum, blueberry, black olive, cedar, chocolate, oak toast on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Wine’s tough year 12-30-2025
Ah, it was a heady wine time while it lasted. Wine enjoyed more than 50 years of vineyard and winery growth, more than 50 years of improving quality, more than 50 years of consistent year-over-year market expansion. Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end. We’d sing and dance forever and a day. Continue reading
