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Sick of seeing my name on stuff lately (in which case, why are you here?… I mean, stop hate scrolling and go do something productive already)? Well, then you’re REALLY going to hate the Summer 2026 issue of Tasting Panel magazine, in which my byline appears not once, not twice, but five freaking times. Including […] This article was originally …

An interesting wine here with a massive Costco discount. $13.00 off the standard price of $32.99 makes the final price a nice $19.99, not bad for a wine from Stags Leap. We tasted and reviewed their Rutherford Cabernet just a few months ago, that also came in with a huge discount, and we really like […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-reputation-stags-leap-district-cabernet-sauvignon/

Hartford Family Winery focuses on single vineyard bottlings of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel, most from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards located in the Russian River Valley. The winery was founded by Don and Jennifer Hartford in Forestville in 1994. Today, Hailey Hartford Murray, daughter of Don and Jennifer and granddaughter of Jackson Family Wines founder Jess Jackson, is President …

Andreola‘s Stefano Pola wants you to know that Prosecco’s main ingredient—Glera—is not a grape that should be dismissed as somehow ignoble. “Considering that from a single grape variety we can create a Brut and Extra Brut, and considering its versatility with food, this is not a smaller grape variety,” he told me during an online […] This article was originally …

We heard the new vintage of this bottle was out there, but it took a few weeks to arrive near us. Glad it finally did because we were getting concerned we’d miss it. This is the third vintage of the Kirkland Vacqueyras, and it’s a bottle we hope sticks around. Like the Cotes du Rhone […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2024-kirkland-signature-vacqueyras/

Today, Spain’s Torres family has winemaking operations on three continents, and we previously visited them in Spain and Chile but, strangely enough, not California. Finally, a few months ago Mike Potashnik and I met up with Marimar Torres and her daughter (and General Manager of Marimar Estate) Cristina at their winery in the Russian River Valley. In this article, we …

The 2022 harvest marked the 25th anniversary of when celebrated Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards founded her eponymous brand. To mark the occasion, Merry Edwards (the brand, not the woman, now with Heidi von der Mehden leading the cellar, who worked alongside Edwards for five years during the transition) released an anniversary Pinot Noir. From my […] This article was originally …