Markham 2015 Merlot Yountville Estate
91 Points, Michael Rockich, AppellationsTen Attention hedonistic wine lovers! This generous ruby, amber-hued wine is a real fruit bomb – a riot of luscious fruits, not the least of which […]
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Gamble Family Vineyards 2017 Sauvignon Blanc
93 Points, Michael Rockich, AppellationsTen The Sauvignon Blanc grape possesses an especially robust varietal character. This gives rise to a point. When speaking of certain locales or vineyards, we celebrate […]
WillaKenzie 2018 Estate Pinot Gris
90 Points, Michael Rockich, AppellationsTen Pinot Gris does not possess a foreword characteristic flavor of a wine like Sauvignon Blanc, for example. While Pinot Gris flavors are more in the […]
Julia’s Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Cambria Estate Winery Santa Maria Valley
93 Points, Michael Rockich, AppellationsTen It is said beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, but this 2016 is undeniably a beauty recently lying in the soil at Cambria […]
2018 Katherine’s Vineyard Chardonnay Cambria Estate Winery Santa Maria Valley
Cambria 2018 Katherine’s Vineyard Chardonnay (1) 90 points, AppellationsTen, Michael Rockich Katherine’s Vineyard 2018 Chardonnay from Cambria Estate Winery is quite a price performer! If you like Chardonnay, and who […]
The Great Big Bacchanalia: a Singular Pinot Noir Happening
The Great Big Bacchanalia at the Farallon How would you like an opportunity to taste, evaluate, and focus your attention on a single wine varietal at a tasting, also a […]
Taste of Oakville, Review 2019
I just returned from the Taste of Oakville held April 29 at the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley. This is the preferred venue for the event. Every time I […]
Tenth Annual Appellation St. Helena bASH 2019
I just attended a thoroughly captivating contest held in the Historic Barrel Room at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), in St. Helena. The purpose of the competition, the 10TH […]
PinotFest 2018
It would not be easy to find a wine tasting pouring more high-quality Pinot Noirs than the PinotFest. Many, probably most of the producers at PinotFest make their wines in […]
Napa Valley Film Festival 2018
This venue being in wine producing Napa Valley does not necessarily mean that the 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival is wine-centric. But in a wine-conscious society an abundance of quality […]
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