“It’s one from the cellar tonight, Eddie!” Looking for something to try, that ended up scoring well with the critics, I got my corkscrew into a St-Emilion 2009 Chateau Monbousquet with my husband Eddie’s blessing. It had been a bit since my last one bottle post so I got my pen and pad ready too….
VANCOUVER, Wash., /PRNewswire/ — The Wine Market Journal, the world’s top resource for rare wine valuation, has released its list of the top appreciating wines for 2024. “Two thousand twenty-four was a challenging year for much of the alcohol industry, but high-end wines provided a bright spot, as they generally do, with good strength. The Wine Market…
“Napa County, once the producer of many different crops, is known today for its regional wine industry, rising to the first rank of wine regions with France. Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top American Viticultural Areas in California, and all of the United States, with a history dating back to the early nineteenth century. In…
My usual one-bottle posts include observations on one wine: the color, aroma, flavor and some general notes. This time I thought I would mix it up. I will be sharing tasting notes and scores from other critics, as well as notes from my friend and a wine collector with an estimable palate, Steve Roebuck. I…
ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA –HALL Napa Valley, one of the leading, family-owned Cabernet Sauvignon producers in the country, has announced the date for its annual Kathryn Hall Harvest Celebration. The annual event will be taking place at HALL St. Helena on September 9, 2023. The harvest event, which includes a new, fun theme each year, features…
(ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA ) – HALL Napa Valley, one of the leading luxury Cabernet Sauvignon producers in the Country, has announced a date for its annual Kathryn Hall Harvest Celebration taking place at HALL St. Helena on September 10, 2022. The California Dreamin’ themed event coincides with the release of the new 2019 vintage of…
VERONA, ITALY (PRWEB) – This unique event encompassed so much more than the sum of the individual women: two leading international female journalists, the female managing director of Vinitaly International, and seven renowned Italian women wine producers collaborated to create an event that set aside the natural competition between the players and focused instead on personal…
Los Angeles – The Legacy Cellar Foundation will unveil its first fundraiser in grand fashion with a wine of legends: the singular 27-liter bottle of 2003 Sine Qua Non The Inaugural Syrah. The 100-point wine, a generous donation from The Wine Advocate founder, Robert M. Parker, Jr., will be served at “A Goliath 60th Celebration” benefiting St. Jude…
Let’s talk wine scores. If you have been to our tasting room, you probably have noticed that we do not talk about wine scores. That doesn’t mean that we don’t pay attention to wine scores and read reviews, but we trust our own palates. When it comes to wines from Sta. Rita Hills, we have…