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Royal Tokaji: Tradition meets the future in a new facility for an audacious Tokaj producer
Royal Tokaji: Tradition meets the future in a new facility for an audacious Tokaj producer
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The Chain Gang
The Chain Gang
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The Chain Gang
The Chain Gang
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Hot Small Brands of 2010 – WillaKenzie Estate
Hot Small Brands of 2010 – WillaKenzie Estate
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Central Coast Chardonnay: The Chronicle recommends
Central Coast Chardonnay: The Chronicle recommends
There are oceans of Chardonnay in the long stretch between San Francisco and Los Angeles - including prodigious efforts from Monterey's Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara, in particular, is turning out nuanced efforts without the price tag that might accompany some North Coast bottles. That said, messages about restraint might be filtering through slowly; too many of approximately 40 bottles tasted showed an excess of both oak and winemaking. But when ripe fruit is allowed to take center stage - particularly from the subtle 2008 vintage - it offers a lot to please the armies of...
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Toasting a Vintage, With Few Quibbles
Toasting a Vintage, With Few Quibbles
The critics have weighed in from every conceivable angle, and the results seem to be unanimous. The 2008 vintage for Oregon pinot noir is superb. While we on the wine panel occasionally enjoy the contrarian’s role — not that we seek it, mind you, but the hype machinery sometimes forces it on us — in this instance we must join in the acclaim. Indeed, the 2008 vintage for Oregon pinot noir is terrific. Our No. 2 bottle was the fresh, vibrant WillaKenzie Willamette Valley, which combined intriguing, exotic fruit aromas with an earthiness on the palate. For the entire article,...
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The Party Wine of 2011
The Party Wine of 2011
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The Asti-ization of America
The Asti-ization of America
Suddenly, everywhere that I go, everyone seems to be talking about Asti. Actually there are two Astis- both wines made in Asti in Piedmont from the same grape (Moscato) but producing two very different wines. One is the fully sparkling, fully commercial product (Asti Spumante) and the other is the more obscure (and to my mind) much more delightful: half-sparkling Moscato d’Asti. These are the wines that I love, particularly from producers like Saracco and Ceretto and La Spinetta (Rivetti) who produce some of the easiest-to-love dessert wines in the world. Low in alcohol and wonderfully aromatic - marked by...
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The Grace Kelly of Wines
The Grace Kelly of Wines
Over the years I've learned to love Meursault, Chassagne Montrachet and even select New World Chardonnays, but I've always maintained a soft spot for the wines of Puligny, a small village on the lower slope of the famous hillside known as the Côtes d'Or. Puligny-Montrachet is located in the southernmost part of the region, the Côtes de Beaune, home of the best white Burgundies, made exclusively from the Chardonnay grape. In 1879 the tiny village of Puligny, in an effort to boost its own profile and the price of its wine, attached its own name to that of its most...
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From the Robb Cellar: J. Davies 2007 Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
From the Robb Cellar: J. Davies 2007 Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
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