California, Sonoma County: Early Spring Releases

It’s spring release season in Sonoma County, and I’ve been visiting wineries and walking vineyards across the region....

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USA, California, Sonoma County: Winter Releases

This small report features wines mostly from the 2021 vintage. Regardless of preference for variety or style, readers will find plenty here to love....

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USA, California: Peter Michael New Releases – 2018s & 2019s

The timing of my virtual tasting of Peter Michael's new releases this year coincided with the bottling date for the 2019 Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs....

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USA, California, Sonoma County: The 2019 Vintage and an Early Look at 2020

It’s been a bumpy ride in California the last few years. Since 2017, wildfires have impacted vintages to a greater or lesser degree across the state....

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USA, California, Napa Valley: Spotlight on Aubert

California has maybe half a dozen of consistently extraordinary Chardonnay producers. Mark Aubert is one of them....

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USA, California, Sonoma: Vérité 2017 New Releases

As my tasting notes will attest, I am very excited about how these 2017 Vérité wines turned out—they stand out among the top wines of this vintage....

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USA, California, Sonoma County: Where the Wild Things Are

During one of my regular dinners at a Napa restaurant with Ron Washam, AKA the Hosemaster of Wine, where we continually try (and inevitably fail) to set the wine world...

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