Similarly, the trip up Monte Bello Road is a wine lover's purgatory: The road is much too narrow, the mountain is much too high, and it is impossible to travel faster than a snail. Wooden crosses line the road, where, I presume, luckless travelers have fallen. This chardonnay, like Eric's previous two vintages, is impossible to resist. MORE >>

I traveled the wine world.  I tasted France, Italy, Chile, New Zealand, Australia and some California wines.  tasted many of the wines with a friend and we focused on old world regions such as France and Italy. I tasted a good deal of both red (Pinot Noir) and white (Chardonnay) burgundy. TOO MUCH WORK.  Really great! MORE >>

started with a white blend of 50% Semillon & 50% chardonnay that I really enjoyed. There were only 2 wines, a Chardonnay and a bordeaux blend. The 2006 Chardonnay spends 3 months "Sue Lie" (on its lees or mixture of yeast cells, grape pulp, etc), gets filtered, and then goes back into the French oak barrels for another 7-8 months. MORE >>

then had a Rose' made from Cab Franc before moving on to the reds. As to the wines I started with the 2006 Chardonnay that only sees 5% new oak & is put through no malolactic fermentation. It was a nice Chardonnay and for the price ($28 suggested) a nice buy relative to some of the other $50+ Napa Chards. Nice wines. MORE >>

In the late 1800's after the country had gained it's independence rich Chileans traveled the world and brought back with them vine cuttings of wines that are staples of the their wine industry today such as carmenere and cabernet sauvignon. I have been away for a bit. Sorry ‘bout that. Hopefully we can bring that across. Pretty cool. MORE >>