Top Ten California Syrahs - 2016

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Top Ten Wines for 2016

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Top Ten White Wines of 2016

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Top Ten Pinot Noirs of 2016

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Top Ten Sparkling Wines - 2016

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Wines To Glean in 2017

Wine lovers love drinking wine, talking about wine, going to tasting rooms. But it’s easy for any wine lover to get stuck on your personal favorites; Cabernet from Napa, Burgundy, Sonoma Chardonnay, Chianti. True wine lovers are always seeking new things, new wines and/or new expressions of an old...

Wine To Go Buy This Week - 2012 Maryhill Winery McKinley Springs Vineyard Mourvèdre – 89 Points

This family-owned and operated winery on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge is one of the larger producers from Washington State. Mourvèdre typically doesn’t receive much attention, but this 100% Mourvèdre, with fruit pulled from the Horse Heaven Hills AVA who provide about 1/3rd of total grape acreage from Washington State, is aged 16 months in both French and Russian oak, which certainly provides notes of sweet charred cedar, but also rusticity from the Russian wood, along with soft tannins.

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.

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