Wine Reviews
CategoryNew Mission Winemakers Tasting Highlights
Where else would you hold a New Mission Winemakers tasting than in a nice, SOMA garage?
New Mission Winemakers “is a loosely affiliate..
Red Wine Bias? More Thoughts and Questions
Do wine critics display a red wine bias? In a pair of recent articles, Wine Curmudgeon argues that they do and encourages you to agree. He..
Vina Robles Estate Cabernet Sauvignon & two other new releases
Vina Robles was founded in the late 1990’s and has long been a source for very good wines, such as the Vina Robles Estate Cabernet Sau..
Port and Douro DOC Wine Tasting
The Association of Port Wine Companies (AEVP), in conjunction with Please the Palate, held a trade event in San Francisco on Octo..
Bonny Doon Syrah and more—6 Reds Reviewed
Part of the Bien Nacido Vineyard, a source for Bonny Doon Syrah
All of the wines reviewed here are quite good. Please know though that..
Don Miguel Gascon Malbec Reviews
Don Miguel Gascon Malbec grows in Mendoza where the landscape is dominated dramatically by the Andes Mountains
Argentinian Malbec cont..
Red Wine Bias among Wine Critics?
Yesterday, The Wine Curmudgeon (Jeff Siegel) posted an interesting article on Expert Scores and Red Wine Bias. He pointed to a study b..
Bonny Doon Le Cigare Blanc & Reserve
The colorful Randall Grahm
Maybe you’re looking to break out of a Chardonnay rut. Or maybe you just want a darned good white wine that..
Imaginative White Wines from Markus Wine Co
The label of Nimmo, one of Markus Wine Co.’s unique white wines.
Markus Niggli, winemaker at Borra Vineyards in Lodi, has been releasi..
Crocker & Starr Commemorative Vertical Tasting
Charlie Crocker and Pam Starr in their new winery
St. Helena winery Crocker & Starr conducted their first ever commemorative vertical ..