Testarossa sources Pinot Noir grapes from some of California’s most noteworthy vineyards in three contiguous, Central Coast counties:  Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara.  Most of the vineyards are exposed to the cooling influences of the Pacific Ocean.  Winemaker Bill Brosseau uses similar techniques making the wines, so the differences in the wines mostly reflect terroir.   What they all …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for June 10, 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) …

Decanter’s Georgie Hindle tastes Smith Haut Lafitte 2023 en primeur, and other wines from the estate. This morning’s (10 June) release of Château Smith Haut Lafitte 2023 (97-points, Decanter) maintained the trend for price cuts versus the 2022-vintage en primeur campaign last year.  Yet the wine is more expensive than some of the Pessac-Léognan estate’s back-vintages, according to Liv-ex, a …

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Winiarski became one of the world’s most famous winemakers when his Cabernet Sauvignon won the Judgement of Paris in 1976. Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars finished ahead of Château Mouton-Rothschild and Château Haut-Brion in the fabled blind tasting that year. When his wife called to tell him they had won, Winiarski simply said: ‘That’s nice.’ Little did he know that the …

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A glass of Lambrusco In between still and spumante wine styles, frizzante used to be a staple of osterie and traditional trattorie in many regions of Italy. In Campania the bubbles softened the searing acidity of Asprinio; in the Oltrè Po they countered the harsh tannins of the Croatina grape; in Emilia they provided the perfect foil to the richness …

Vineyards in Romanèche-Thorins, Moulin-à-Vent. On 17 April 1924, the area which later became the Appellation d’Origine (AO) Moulin-à-Vent, was delimited – one of the very first in France. Precisely 100 years later, the stars have aligned for this historic Beaujolais cru with the submission of an application to elevate 14 of the appellation’s best sites to premier cru status. Scroll …

The best Rioja wines are designed to be aged, first in barrel and then in bottle, for many years. Some of these wines, produced in exceptional vintages, develop great complexity over decades and stay in pristine shape even after a century or more. Such acclaimed vintages from the 20th century include 1948, 1952, 1955, 1964, 1982, 1994 and 1995. The …

The estate of Château Lynch-Bages. The Bordeaux 2010 vintage stands as a landmark year, one of the most celebrated in recent memory. Superb across the entire region, red wines reached optimum maturity with bright acidity and firm tannins. Small berries produced concentrated wines with many having increased percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blends, leading to a slight advantage for …

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Time for a little change of pace for the Wine Blog. At a friend, and fellow Costco lover’s party, we had the chance to play around with the Kirkland Golden Margarita and Kirkland Tequila Reposado. While we’re not tequila or margarita aficionados, we’d like to think we can taste a good drink when we have … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/how-to-make-delicious-and-inexpensive-margaritas-at-costco/

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Minerally up front, with stone, brine, smoke and oyster shell notes that transition to underscore the core of ripe, juicy fruit flavors, including yellow peach, pineapple and blood orange sorbet, accented by cherry blossoms, vanilla and anise. Vibrant and well-meshed, with linear drive and a refreshing, almost lip-smacking finish. Godello and Doña Blanca. Drink now through 2029. 6,600 cases made, …

This was kind of an interesting new find in the Rose aisle, and we figured we give it a shot to let you know what to expect. This is Rose from Spain made from Pinot Noir; not a varietal you see all the time in Spanish Rose. Often these Spanish rose, and Spanish bubbly rose, … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-torre-oria-rose-pinot-noir-spain/

A direct version, with notes of dark currant and cherry preserves framed with alder and cedar accents. Warm earth echoes through the finish. Drink now through 2026. 10,000 cases made, 8,000 cases imported. Source : 424794ed5dd6746fb57fbe6b2b0192ab

The food in my new book Michel Roux at Home is the food I eat with my family, particularly at my house in France. My family is from the north of France and Burgundy, where the cooking is rich in butter and cream, but these days I find myself gravitating to the food of the south, featuring olive oil and …

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Here’s a new one we have yet to try, and it’s an organic Sauvignon Blanc from Chile, so a little outside the standard lineup in the white aisle, which we are always on the lookout for. The price is very competitive, coming in at $11.99 at Costco, when online we see it going for around … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2021-koyle-costa-la-flor-sauvignon-blanc/

Stari Most bridge spans the Neretva river in Mostar. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has at least 2,000 years of viticultural history, but it has really blossomed during the last 20. More than 30 modern wineries dot this sun-drenched strip abutting Croatia. Alongside these contemporary vineyards, the majority of families in this region of roughly 350,000 …