5/11/2012 California Shines
A “Golden” Cabernet That Could Only Come From California 2008 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma, California 94 Points, The Wine Advocate     Cabernet is King! And no one ANYWHERE in the world does cabernet like California. That adage is usually applied to Napa Valley, however, Sonoma has stepped into the spotlight also. Chateau [...]

5/4/2012 Trip to South America and Bodega Norton
Hi everyone!  I recently had the pleasure of 7 days in Argentina and Chile visiting wineries and tasting the new releases. The wine, people and experiences I encountered would make a great novel; but I will keep my report as concise as possible. To start with, it’s harvest time in South America.  Wineries are working around the [...]

4/23/2012 Producer Highlight – Weingut Keller
Apart from producing (arguably) the finest off-dry and dessert-level Riesling on the planet, the Germans produce some very fine dry Riesling.  In fact, in Germany, they pretty much just drink the dry stuff; many times, it is drier than what is released as “dry” here in America. But of all the “dry” producers, to me, [...]