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Here’s your chance to grab an exclusive bottle (or six) of a prime 2013 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The mid-2010s saw some awesome vintages for Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa, but most of the bottles of the powerful vintage were quickly snapped up upon the initial release. Rarely do you see a 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon still…
Impeccably balanced Chardonnay from California’s emerging superstar A seismic shift is occurring in epicenter of California Chardonnay. Napa and Sonoma have ruled the roost for the nineties and oughts, but a significant part of California Chardonnay’s future can be found in Santa Barbara. The present, too: The husband and wife team of John Hilliard and…
Sta. Rita Hills’ best-kept secret NO MORE Around this time of year, the annual “best-of” lists start falling fast and heavy and causing those of us in the wine business an office-holiday-party-sized headache. The sleeper hits and niche finds we’ve discreetly kept to ourselves for months are inevitably outed, driving up demand and prices and…
The 2013 J Gregory Celebration Cabernet is silky and seductive, with the kind of beautifully integrated tannins that only come with a few years in the cellar. Mark Jessup broke into the Napa Valley wine scene at the perfect time, working first at Inglenook, then catching on at Mondavi in 1980, just in time to…
California’s Cult Masters’ Take on Santa Barbara The owners of Screaming Eagle, Napa Valley’s iconic $1,500 Cabernet, have made their mark in Santa Barbara: Winemaker Matt Dees’s Jonata has flirted with perfection, with eight wines over 97 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. The 2013 Jonata “Todos” earned a “smokin’” 94 points from the Advocate…
Former Gary Farrell Cellarmaster and the Bumper Crop of 2013 We’ll make this very simple: a downright delicious Pinot Noir made by a former cellarmaster at Gary Farrell Winery with fruit from five exceptional Russian River sites — at the mind-boggling price of $19.99/bottle! This is a CASE BUY. In 2015, we had one of…
A youthful Craig MacLean first spotted the impossibly steep slope at the base of Spring Mountain in 1994. MacLean was then the head winemaker at Spring Mountain Vineyards and was coming to know the mountain about as well as anyone. But this hillside that he found most intriguing spoke far less of the mountain than…
A Dream Come True on “Heart Attack Hill” In the spring of 1994, Craig MacLean got his first look at a steep slope at the base of Spring Mountain. MacLean was a student of the mountain, and the head winemaker at Spring Mountain Vineyard thought he knew its many faces about as well as anyone….
100-Point Winemaker’s Kick Ranch Red Kick Ranch in Sonoma has been a source for Paul Hobbs, Delectus, Failla, Venge, and Kale, among others. At a tasting in the vineyard, the under-the-radar reds of Sonoma native Kale Anderson were clear stand-outs. Kale is one of the youngest winemakers ever to earn a perfect 100-point score from…
A Diary of 126 Years of Shiraz Excellence The diaries start from Day One: Feb. 2, 1891, the day Herbert and Frederick Kay took possession of the McLaren Vale property they’d bought a few months earlier. They tell of the backbreaking labor required of these tough Australian pioneers to plant 90 acres of vines in…
“Game-Changer” Vintage + Sonoma’s Rising Star AVA Not only is the 2013 Keller Estate Pinot Noir La Cruz Vineyard a “powerful coastal Pinot,” at 92 points, it’s also Exhibit A for why Sonoma’s Petaluma Gap Region is on the verge of promotion to AVA status. Showcasing fruit from the distinctive 15-mile opening in the coastal…
A 168mph Fastball … and an Unheard of Rise to Cult Royalty On April 1, 1985, Sports Illustrated published a cover story about a walk-on at the New York Mets training camp, a pitcher who had already been deemed unhittable. Headlined “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch,” author George Plimpton reported that Hayden Siddhartha “Sidd”…
Screaming Eagle, Sine Qua Non, Kind Cellars … and a 168mph Fastball On April 1, 1985, Sports Illustrated published a cover story about a walk-on at the NY Mets training camp, a pitcher who had already been deemed unhittable. Headlined “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch,” author George Plimpton reported that Hayden Siddhartha “Sidd” Finch…
In 1997, Dan Kosta and Michael Browne pooled every nickel they’d saved while working the floor at John Ash & Co. in Santa Rosa to cautiously launch a small winery in Sonoma. Then, just a decade later, in one of the more talked-about wine deals of its time, the self-taught winemakers sold a controlling interest…
Michelin-Starred Truffles and Piedmont’s Most Exquisitely Mineral White If you ever find yourself in the Piedmontese town of Alba in autumn, thank your lucky stars. Each year, this gourmet capital, nestled amidst the rolling hills of the Langhe region, jolts to life with the arrival of the world-renowned white truffle season. When we stopped through…
A Modern Classic Michelangelo’s David, Ferrari, Armani—some things are simply Italian classics. The 2013 release of La Rasina’s signature Brunello di Montalcino is right in the same pocket, cut of a classic, and deserves to be paired with the best Bolognese you’ve ever made. Adorned with a 96-point rating from Wine Spectator’s former European Bureau…
Parker: “One of My Favorite Wines From Barrett” From Napa’s legendary five-time 100-point winemaker Heidi Barrett comes the big, bold 2013 La Sirena Pirate TreasuRed, overflowing with ripe berry fruit, silky tannins, and spice. Barrett became California’s most famous cult winemaker—Robert Parker’s “First Lady of Wine”—thanks to her work at Dalla Valle and Screaming Eagle,…
We don’t like to think about it, but it’s possible that one of Napa Valley’s greatest winemakers has made his last Napa red. Since last July, our friend Dan Petroski—the San Francisco Chronicle 2017 Winemaker of the Year and longtime winemaker at Larkmead—has been fully dedicated to his white-wine-only Massican label. This means that, despite…
“Like a Chapoutier Single-Vineyard Hermitage” — Robert Parker In the late spring of 2014, we traveled to Napa Valley. Our packed schedule included private tastings of the spectacular 2013 vintage with Paul Roberts at Colgin and Phil Titus at Chappellet. To be perfectly truthful, we had no intention of visiting Lawer Estates in Calistoga, or…
We sifted through all 8,500+ acres in Montalcino to find today’s 2013 Le Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino—the 95-point “linear and bright” classic that demands space in your cellar. Beautifully restrained, Le Ragnaie emits aromas of black cherry, crushed blackberry, and espresso, tinged with dark chocolate, which lead to a core infused with dark raspberry, plum,…
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