Just last night we opened a Robert Sinskey 2005 Los Carneros Merlot ** that was nicely textured and tart. It’s just that this year I had hoped for some understanding from them, with corresponding price reductions, considering the ultimate demise of the investment banking industry and everything that went down the toilet with it. MORE >>

I've been wondering recently what it would mean if Hanzell, which planted the first pinot noir vines in California in 1953, received 95+ points from the major trade press regularly. Hanzell previously reviewed: 2005 Chardonnay 1995 Pinot Noir. I didn't expect to like this 2004 Chardonnay from Hanzell Vineyards as much as I did. MORE >>

wine I really loved and found quite unique was the 2005 Domaine de Roally Vire'-Clesse' from the Macconnais, France. tasted 4 of them; a 2005 from grapes with botrytis (a desirable mold that when properly managed leads to long lived sweet wines), and 3 Vouvray. Making my way past the French wines I landed in the California section. MORE >>

You will find both 2005 & 2006 vintages in stock. The 2005 is selling for $12.50 But as the wine industry has matured (vineyards & wine making techniques have improved) and customers have become more sophisticated, the wines of Gamla have improved by leaps and bounds. Buy it up, drink it and be proud. Galil Mountain. MORE >>

Stag's Leap is one of the most prominent wine producers in California. tend to focus on the under twenty-dollar range but if I were to go above such limits in the California category this producer would on the short list. love hearing groups of wine geeks bantering about the industry. I'm just a wine geek. How do I begin? MORE >>