Rhone-variety
TagWines below $13 Can be Delicious and Educational
Drinking inexpensive wine is easy on the wallet. You can also learn a lot by drinking wines below $13. But, you have to choose carefully.
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Beckmen Vineyards Syrah & Grenache
Syrah is boss in the Ballard Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara County. And there, bottles of estate-grown and -produced Syrah are debossed, “BAL..
Troon Vineyard — Updates & 7 Wines Reviewed
Troon Vineyard is a fixture in the Southern Oregon wine industry. It’s one of two vineyards that were established in the Applegate Valley ..
Raiding the Cellar for Roussanne
Makers and lovers of Roussanne wines often say they are best consumed either very young or after ten years. In its youth, the variety’s pe..
10 Current Releases from Zenaida Cellars
Zenaida Cellars is located in Paso Robles’ Templeton Gap District AVA, which is distinguished due to the cooling ocean breezes which f..
3 Lip-Smacking Rosé Wines, 3 Different Styles
People are rosé crazy right now. Sales have been brisk for some time but, with the heat over the past few months, bottles are flying off s..
Que Syrah! Rhone Rangers SF is this Weekend
Once a year, West Coast wineries who specialize in Rhone-variety wines gather in San Francisco. And they bring wine! This is that weekend…
Foxen Vineyards and 17 of their current releases
Foxen Vineyard was founded by Bill Wathen and Dick Doré in 1985. They still operate it today. Bill is responsible for winemaking and vitic..
2014 Halter Ranch Ancestor and 3 More New Releases
2014 Halter Ranch CDP Adelaida District Paso Robles 90+ 14.8% 750ml $32
A Chateauneuf-du-Pape style blend with a twist—The Halter Ranch “..
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..