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We can state unequivocally that for us, Chateau Latour has no equal. No wine has given us more pleasure or better memories per dollar than Chateau Latour. This is the holy grail expression of Cabernet and no client's wine cellar should be without some bottles from the best vintages. Read More
In the past decade Chateau Lafite Rothschild has emerged as the most sought after of all the First Growth Bordeaux. And with the opening up of the Asian market, Lafite's price has soared for both newer and older vintages. The 1996 Lafite has sold for over $3000-a-bottle in recent auctions. Read More
We first fell in love with this estate two years ago on a trip to Aix de Provence. We had it with a duck breast grilled over an open fire with a lavender honey glaze. It was the most memorable meal of our trip and the wine was perfection. So soft on the palate, enticingly aromatic on the nose.. Read More
The global spotlight is now focused on Bordeaux, which leads to the impression that Bordeaux is too expensive. However, there are many outstanding producers throughout the sub-regions producing wonderfully satisfying wines at very reasonable prices. Read More
For nearly thirty years Williams Selyem has been considered to be one of the premier California Pinot Noir producers. Why? The one word answer is: Passion. Since 1979, when Ed Selyem and Burt Williams made their first wine... Read More
Peter Michael's Bordeaux Blend Les Pavots has been one of California's best and most age-worthy wine for almost two-decades. French for "the poppies", Lady Michael named this vineyard after the wild Califonia poppies that grow on the mountainside. Read More
For many years the proprietor of Domaine Leroy, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy, was synonymous with the Domaine Romanee Conti whose distribution she managed until 1992. Since then she has devoted her energies to making Domaine Leroy the most distinguished in all of Burgundy. Read More
We are not alone in our appreciation of the Peter Michael Winery's exquisite Chardonnays. Their dedication to non-intervention winemaking, their pioneering use of natural yeasts in fermentation, their bottling without filtration, their careful, meticulous.. Read More
We are fascinated by the diverse personalities of Syrah, whether it is the boldly flavored Syrahs from Australia, California and Washington, or the more subtle, complex Syrahs of the Northern Rhone and Oregon. Read More
Haut-Brion has a long history of being served by Presidents. Washington, Madison, and Monroe are all reported to have served it in the early years of the Republic. No doubt they were as captivated by the enchanting aromas of Haut-Brion as we are today. Robert Parker highlights this quality when he notes that, "Aromatically, a great vintage of Haut-Brion has no peers." Read More
We are pleased to offer our first release of Grover Family Vintage Port. The grapes for this wine came from our old vine Carignane vineyard in Mendicino. From the beginning this was a labor of love to see if we could produce something exceptional from some very old Carignane vines. Read More
In Part 2 of our retrospective we are highlighting a number of chateau that fall in the middle tier of pricing but offer no compromise in terms of quality and aging potential. These are wines that are for the most part are beginning to show their true personalities. Most of them should continue to improve for another decade. Read More
The 2000 millennium vintage in Bordeaux was one of the most hyped vintages in many years. At ten-years-of-age, wine writers, journalists, and collectors have been re-tasting the wines and offering-up progress reports. The good news is that the wines are developing beatifully. Read More
OK, we admit it. We underestimated how much demand there is for an affordable Napa Valley Cabernet. Our 2005 Murphy Cabernet offering sold out in two hours. We suspect some of our clients missed out. So what to do? Fortunately we just tasted another gem of a Merlot Cabernet Franc blend from Napa that.. Read More
Every cellar needs a good everyday Cabernet. Awhile back we offered our clients an excellent example of that in the 2005 Murphy Vineyard, Napa Valley Cabernet. We held back some additional cases of that wine and are pleased to offer our clients a second chance to stock up on it. Read More
For this offer we are offering a lovely example of Barolo at its finest that has aged beautifully. Newly released vintages of Cerequio designated Barolo, which need a minimum of 7-to-10 years of aging, are going for two-to-three times the price of this perfectly-aged bottle. Barolo is a wine like no other.. Read More
Every now-and-again we come across a wine or winery that demands to be recommended to our clients with no apologies or qualifications. Such a winery is Tenuta di Petrolo. In recent years their Merlot -based Galatrona has received the highest praise from just about every wine-writer in the world. Read More
Cabernet and Cabernet blends from Sonoma don't get the respect and attention they deserve, but that might change if the success of Verite is any indication. These are wines that are meant for extended cellaring as they are extremely tight and tannic upon release. Read More
Over the past decade-and-a-half, no other Chardonnay producer has achieved such acclaim as Kistler. What truly distinguishes Kistler Chardonnays is their ageability. "Kistler Vineyards is undeniably one of the world's finest winemaking estates." -Robert Parker Read More
Almost two years ago we featured the 2004 Napa Redwoods Estate Mount Veeder Cabernet. It was still youthful with firm silky tannins, but the flavors it revealed as it opened up over time were truly impressive. The response to the offer was spectacular and we quickly sold through our allotment. Read More
Chambertin is arguably the best known name in Burgundy. As Matt Kramer writes in his Making Sense of Burgundy, "It is an amalgam and an amplification of all the virtues of Gevrey-Chambertin. If it were human, we would call it 'saintly'". Read More
Those who bought and tasted this lovely wine on its first offering know what a remarkable wine for the money it was then. Now with some additional bottle age it is even better. We have a small additional quantity to offer our clients. Read More
The richest and most primal of Red Burgundies for many, some consider Richebourg even more profound than Romanee-Conti. "If the Burgundian slate were wiped clean and a new hierarchy established, it's a fair guess that Richebourg, rather than Romanee-Conti, would be anointed the greatest of all red Burgundies. " -Matt Kramer Read More
With all the rain we've been experiencing these past weeks, it's no wonder we've been in a Cabernet kind of mood. We have been drinking and sampling a lot of very different Cabernets...and are struck by the astounding breadth and diversity of this noble grape. Read More
We fell in love with Lamborghini Campoleone with the 1999 vintage and it is now one of our favorite Italian wines. It never fails to impress and it is no surprise that the man behind the winemaking is Riccardo Cotarella, one of the most acclaimed winemakers in Italy. Read More
Floodgate Vineyard is located in Anderson Valley in Mendocino County in Northern California. The mountainous property has 52 acres of planted vines, primarily Pinot Noir, and is situated on the shoulder of a narrow ridge-top in the northernmost section of the valley. Read More
We have tasted and savored one of the most delicious Italian wines to come our way in many months. If you told us at the beginning of the year that our best discovery of the year would be from Puglia made from a little-known grape variety we would have taken your temperature to see if your were running a fever. Read More
"The brilliant 2005 Grand-Puy-Lacoste exhibits classic aromas and flavors of creme de cassis along with stony/floral notes. Propietor Xavier Borie has created a wine that should rival the brilliant 1982, 1990, 1996, and 2000." Robert Parker, rating this wine at 95 Read More
"...the best 2005's are very special wines that absolutely deserve a place in your cellar." Allen Meadows, Burghound. We have been sampling a number of 2005 white Burgundies over the past few months and we must confess, we find them very appealing. Read More
"...one of Pauillac's most consistently brilliant wines. It can rival the three famous first growths of this commune." Robert Parker. The super Seconds are an unofficial list of Bordeaux's second growths whose performance rivals that of their more famous first growths, i.e. Lafite, Mouton and Latour in the case of Pauillac. Read More
We would like to share one of our favorite wines of recent months, the 2004 Volpaia Chianti Classico Riserva. Here is a wine that delivers on all fronts. It has a wonderful, aromatic, complex nose, exquisite balance in the mouth and a long satisfying finish. Read More
The decade of the 1980s that Robert Parker refers saw Chateau Margaux emerge as a true First Growth again after a number of years of sub par vintages. The purchase of the property by the Mentzelopoulos family in 1977 was the beginning of a major renaissance for Chateau Margaux. Read More
Chardonnay is arguably America's favorite white wine grape by a large margin. We consume vast quantities of it from every appellation imaginable from Napa and Sonoma to Santa Barbara in California, from Burgundy in France, from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa and South America. Read More
Brunello: Masculine and Feminine, 1997 and 1999 Vintages
"The two vintages are both excellent...The 1997 is extreme elegance and the 1999 is extreme power." Read More
Tradition, dedication and the choicest grapes converge to yield the heavenly Yquem. Wine Spectator describes the 1967 Vintage, one-of-two to be rated 100: "Powerful, yet it seems weightless on the palate, almost defying gravity as it tangos around with its vanilla, peach and apricot flavors." Read More
Demand for large-format bottles has grown substantially in the past few decades. The appeal of large formats is that they age more slowly than the standard 750ml bottle.  Read More
"Full-throttle Cabernet, intense, deep, rich, and lively, with layers of cedar, currant, toast, and tobacco that echo long and full without straining. Very seductive." Wine Spectator  Read More
Cheval Blanc is the perfect marriage of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, producing in the best vintages, one of Bordeaux's most acclaimed wines. It seduces in its youth with its alluring nose. Read More
"A hell of a Sauvignon for a relatively modest price." wrote Ray Isle last year in Food and Wine Magazine about the 2008 Ata Rangi Sauvignon Blanc which at the time was not being imported into the U.S. We have just tasted the newly arrived 2009... Read More
Helen Turley and her viticulturist husband, John Wetlaufer, are dedicated perfectionists who will do whatever is necessary to produce wines as memorable as any being made. For more than a decade Marcassin has been in the forefront of the quest to produce great Pinot Noir in California. Read More
We have enjoyed every vintage of this remarkable mountain grown Chardonnay going back to the 2000 vintage. The four acre vineyard located at 2020 feet atop Napa Valley's Spring Mountain is spectacular. Set among some of Spring Mountain's greatest wine-producing vineyards, the terroir of the estate... Read More
Musigny is indeed an individual and distinctive wine...Delicate, feminine and fragrant, the epitome of finesse: lace, silk and taffeta; violets and dog-roses; raspberries and blackcurrants with a finish of liquorice; amplitude and generosity; intensity without a trace hardness. Read More
Mouton was the first great estate to insist on bottling its wine at the chateau beginning in 1924. A revolution that changed forever the way Bordeaux produced and marketed its wines. But Mouton's most astounding achievement was its elevation from Second cru in 1973 to Premier Cru status... Read More
"...The Chardonnay grapes used to produce its various wines come principally from the three 'greats' of the Cote-Le Mesnil, Oger, and Avize." so writes Michael Edwards is his excellent new book on Champagne, The Finest Wines of Champagne, University of California Press, and highly recommended. Read More
We are focusing on the "King" of all Port, vintage Port. Vintage Port is produced from a single vintage and bottled after two years in wood. Grapes for vintage Port are still crushed by foot in stone fermenting tanks called lagares. Fermentation is stopped when approximately half of the natural grape sugar has fermented. Read More
There are gifts and then there are gifts that take us to another realm. An assortment of the famed Domaine Romanee Conti wines is just such a gift. We have two assorted cases to offer our clients this holiday season, one from the 2000 vintage and one from the 2001 vintage. Read More
At one mile wide and three miles long, Stags Leap District is one of the smallest appellations in the U.S. Yet from this tiny appellation Shafer Vineyards continues to produce year in and year out one of the signature wines of the Napa Valley, Shafer Hillside Select. Read More
The holiday season is upon us once again. This is the season to bring out your best wine to share with friends and family, enjoy that special bottle you have been saving, or try the latest new "best wine" on your list. Read More
Silver Oak's unwavering focus on making exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon enables them to continually improve and refine their craft. Each of their two estates - one in Napa Valley and the other in Alexander Valley - is dedicated to producing a single wine. Read More
Terralsole is at heart a love story, a love of the land and a love of Tuscan wines, above all the wines of Montalcino. It began when Mario Bollag, the son of a Swiss lawyer from Basal left home and after stops in Central Africa, India, Nepal and Haiti landed back in San Francisco. Read More
..an affordable Pinot Noir that is elegant, aromatically complex, and balanced, with good acidity. This is exactly what we expect from a good Mendocino: Anderson Valley Pinot Noir...when we were able to taste an offering from a new winery..that had exactly those characteristics, we were all ears, or tongues. Read More
We sat down to one of our retrospective tastings with our Fine Wines Tasting Group. It proved to be quite an experience. From that tasting, several wines from the early 1990's stood out and reminded us of just how good well-aged Cabernet Sauvignon can be. Read More
"You know how there's some movies you like the first time you see them, but it isn't until the second time you realize how really great they are?..There was some of that in my response to Othegraven's astonishing 2008's...The wines, intrinsically, are among the most stirring miracles of Reisling I have ever known.." Read More
Chateauneuf-du-Papes have garnered the most acclaim for this outstanding vintage, and rightly so. But echoing Parker we have been tasting an astounding range of great wines from other appellations in the Southern Rhone as well. We thought we would showcase a few of our favorites thus far... Read More
The story of Argentina's rise in the global wine market is a compelling one. Over the last decade new investment in the Argentine wine industry has soared and the resulting wines that have been produced have clearly demonstrated that Argentine wines can compete in the global market with anyone. Read More
Phoebe Beringer spent seventeen years working in the Napa Valley before she decided to direct her attention to the up and coming wines of Argentina. As she noted, her inaugural buying trip to the Lujan de Cuyo region of Argentina entailed sorting through the Malbecs of Mendoza ... Read More
"...the absolutely sensational La Proportion Doree" is how Robert Parker described the 2007 vintage of Morlet Family Vineyards unique blend of Semillon (64%), Sauvignon Blanc (34%), and a dollop of Muscadelle (2%). Inspired by the very best producers of Bordeaux Pessac-Leognun... Read More
"The Wines of Harlan Estate possess...individuality, power combined with elegance, extraordinary complexity, remarkable aging potential, and compelling richness without ponderousness. Harlan Estate has produced one of California's most impressive Cabernet Sauvignons. Read More
Brunello from Montalcino in Southern Tuscany is one of the greatest wines of Italy. Made from a clone of Sangiovese, it doesn't really begin to show its true character for at least ten years. This doesn't mean you can't find much to admire in younger Brunello, because you can... Read More
The Shiraz grape of Australia is the same as the Syrah grape of the Rhone valley. Many find Shiraz to be a little sweeter and more like toffee and chocolate than its french cousin which is found to have a gamer, spicier quality. Shiraz is the most widely planted grape on the Australian continent. Read More
This twenty acre vineyard in the Pritchard Hill area of Napa Valley has been carved out of the rugged, rocky terrain of a one hundred and twenty acre hillside parcel.. Noted vineyard manager David Abreu has helped to craft the Colgin estate vineyards into some of the finest in the Napa Valley. Read More
...during the last year I have had an opportunity to taste some ten year old Kistler Chardonnays, and they have aged well in the bottle...the Kistler techniques of whole cluster pressing, slow malolactic fermentation, aging on their lees... Read More
As many have observed, Piedmont's soulmate is Burgundy. Matt Kramer noted in his excellent A Passion for Piedmont, "Both share an intense, almost maniacal devotion to tending tiny plots of vines planted to quarrelsome grapes (Nebbiolo in Piedmont, Pinot Noir in Burgundy)." Read More
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux gained fame as the vintage that put Robert Parker on every wine collectors map. He was the first to tout its greatness and now at twenty years of age the wines are at their peak. Read More
Like a Titan rising out of the mists in ancient legends comes the 1947 Cheval Blanc. A wine that Michael Dovaz, in his book "Fine Wines: the best vintages of the 20th century", says is "invulnerable and defies the laws of modern oenology..." Read More
As we move into the fall season our thoughts turn to slow cooked stews and game dishes flavored with wild mushrooms and truffles. And with those bold and complex flavors there is no more perfect match that a hearty red wine from the Southern Rhone. Read More
We have selected a number of prime examples of Napa hilltop Cabernets for part II of our mythical tour of Napa Valley. Cabernets produced from hillside vineyards exhibit more intensity and body as compared to wines produced from the valley floor. This is due to a number of factors... Read More
With the 2009 vintage now in full swing in the Napa Valley we though it might be fun to offer our clients an imaginary tour down the Napa Valley, starting from the North in Calistoga and making our way south to Oakville with stops in St. Helena, and Rutherford. Read More
Vilafonte is a joint winemaking venture between Zelma Long and Phil Freese from the U.S. and Michael Ratcliffe from South Africa. Zelma Long has had a legendary career working with a number of wineries in California, most notably at Simi in Sonoma beginning in the early 1970s thru 1999. Read More
For a long time in California no one was really sure just what the origins of the grape and wine labeled variously 'Petite Sirah', 'Petit Sirah', 'Petit Syrah' really were. Those of us who have been in the wine business since the 1960s can recall fondly the wines labeled Petite Sirah that were produced by Concannon... Read More
It is said that vines have been grown in Hermitage since Roman times. The name, according to Remington Norman, in his book Rhone Renaissance, derived "according to legend, from the 13th century Crusades. A wounded knight, Gaspard de Sterimberg, sought refuge on the hill, planted vines and... Read More
The blend in this wine may be classic Bordeaux: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30%, but the 10% Syrah tilts it into a category of its own. Il Bruciato is the second wine of the esteemed Guado al Tasso Estate that started as a joint venture between the Antinori and Robert Mondavi families. Read More
"In my opinion, the vintage produced wonderfully perfumed and majestically refined Brunellos with an excellent balance of fruit and refined tannins. Many are beautiful to drink now but will be even better with two or three more years of bottle age." James suckling, Wine spectator  Read More
Marchese Lodovico Antinori discovered the property of Tenuta di Biserno near Bibbona, in the Alta Maremma area of Tuscany, in 1994, while looking for additional land to expand his Tenuta dell' Ornellaia vineyard. Tenuta di Biserno is now a joint venture between Marchesi Lodovico and Piero Antinori. Read More
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