Expert articles and wine tasting videos profiling wines from California, California wine regions, Napa Valley, Sonoma County, & more.

Top Ten California Syrahs - 2016

I tend to taste and drink a lot of wine over the course of a year. I am in a few tasting groups, sometimes the wines are consumed at various local wine store tastings and a number drunk with friends and family.
Read full article 

Wine To Go Buy This Week – New Year’s Edition -Domaine Carneros 2008 Le Reve Blanc de Blancs – 90 Points

France’s Champagne Taittinger started its U.S label with the opening of Domaine Carneros in 1987 and has gone on to create world-class sparkling wines in America, of which their flagship Le Reve has always been a consistent standout. This Blanc de Blanc is comprised of five Chardonnay clones from the Domaine’s Carneros estate fruit.
Read full article 

2015 Carlisle Petite Sirah, USA, California, Sonoma County, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2015
Score: 
95
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$35.00USD

In a recent tasting of Carlisle wines, this was the overwhelming favorite.  Clearly, this is in a great place at age 10.  Inky purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is big with a sweet, briar quality.  Also black raspberries and char.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, this is deep and delicious.  Flavors of boysenberries, black cherries with char and gravel.  Long finish.  This is great on its own and would work nicely with grilled foods.  Drink over the next five to ten years.  

Pages