Wine X

Loring Wine Company
Sierra Mar
Chardonnay
Santa Lucia Highland California
2017

Toffee, butter, lemon peel, a hint of satuma maybe, with a long finish that reminds me of my fav scotch server neat.

Imagine an assortment of Girl Scout cookies…. take one bite of your fav three…. except THEY’RE SPIKED!

Wine X Rating: XXX

Vina Amalia
Malbec Reserva
Single Vineyard
Mendoza Argentine
2013

This bottle is like my favorite treats in my Easter basket. Sweetarts & chocolate covered cherries. Maybe a little tobacco… which was in dads easter basket 😉

Wine X Says: a mouthful of XX. Gulp!

Jean Sambardier
Beaujolais Blanc
Chardonnay
2016

Great, easy drinking wine that you need to grab when you can find it. For people that don’t like overly oaked Chards, this is a great bottle. A little lime, pineapple, smidge of oak.

Zesty Zingy gimme more
Wine X Rating: XX

Loring Wine Company
Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara AVA
2015

Another easy drinking, lush and bold pinot from Loring. Not as big and bold as some, but maybe a little more balanced and refined. Easy to love

Lebron in a Tux.. All class. Come sit at my table, man.
Wine X Rating: XX

We’ve had a chance to try a few wines from The J Wilkes brand. We never been let down before and this bottle didn’t dissappoint either.

Katy Perry in a barmaids costume. Bountiful and memorable. Must. be. Invited. Back!
wine X rating XX

Felsina
Fontalloro Toscana
Tuscan Red
Italy
2011

Want a wine for Meatball Monday? Seems like a bold Italian is the only way to go. We love other Felsina bottles and so this one was an easy grab

Tart plum and blueberries, dry and big on the finish.

Wine X says: Tom Brady getting faned by 1,000 Pats cheerleaders. Tarty blue and dry and…[Read more]

Cline
Pinot Noir
Sonoma County
2017

Cline is one of those Uber relaiable quality-price-ratio brands. Here’s how I end up with Cline- out driving, decision on dinner, end up picking a BYOB restaurant, but not remembering to bring a bottle ….. finding a supermarket and scanning….Cline!! Easy pick.

Here’s the thing – Cline is always goo…[Read more]

Francis Ford Coppola
Yellow label
Sauvignon Blanc
(Can)
California

Heard about these little gems. Wasn’t so sure but seriously surprised. Wish I’d tried them in the heat of the summer but i love SB so I guess it doesn’t matter

Pesto chango, hocus pocus, watch now as I defy the laws of nature and make a can disappear! This is a good…[Read more]

Kaye Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa
2011

Like a naughty whipping with cherry LaffyTaffy. Red, juicy and sooooo nice I just wanna say more more more!

Wine X Rating XX1/2.

La Yunta
Torrontes
Famatina Valley, Argentina
2017

So Im going to admit my odd relationship with Torrontes, the wine i totally blew in a most public fashion during my CMS 1 Som Testing weekend. Dude next to me got it. I stumbled like a clueless dweeb trying to do the Urkel for the first time.

This one is a really nice example of a typical…[Read more]

Nickel & Nickel
Merlot
Oakville
2014

Bright fresh teen fuits, a hint of spice and maybe eucalyptus and soft tobacco. Drink this one slowly….. heavier pours for your good friends and lighter pours for the rest

One hand on the wheel of your red Ferrari, the other holding a Cohiba. Sometimes life gives you all of the horsepower you’ll ever n…[Read more]

Charles Krug
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa
2015

Old Napa name, from a low volume year. Lots going on with this wine. Warmed red fruit, mint, white pepper and butterscotch

Sunday dinner at Gramma’s. Delicious and memorable.

Wine X rating: XX1/2

Vidigal Reserva
2016
Red Table Wine
Portugal

Baked Cherry, violets, the women’s scent counter at Saks

Sexy and sleek and something we’ll drink again

Wine X Rating XX

Fitz Roy
Cabernet Sauvignon
Colchagua Valley
Chile
2017

Rrrrrrrrrr
Round, Rosey, Rich and Raspberry

Ravenous

Wine X rating: XX. Solid.

eeeeeEEEEEEEeeeeee. I’m not ashamed to say I like the locations series because they push into some interesting areas, rethinking rules of blending. The E 5 is no excpetion, sourcing a range of grapes from across Spain, and spanning vintages such that this bottle gets a NV. Pull the cork and you’ll get deep purple, joe and baked red and bla…[Read more]

Really a fun bottle. Super approachable with nice dark fruit, white pepper, and an absence of raisin that lets this well crafted wine pair with a huge range of foods.

Turley
Juvenile Zinfandel
2016
California

Nanny nanny boo boo, my glass is better that yours is

Wine X Rating: XX 1/2

locations I 4 (Red)
Italy
NV

Dark, Jammy, Chewy and tart. Really nice drinker that if you brought to a dinner and left with the host, they’d be texting you thanks when they finally open it.

Popping red swee tarts listening to Smoke On The Water

Deep Purple, deep cherry and a whole lot of air guitar. Duh Duh Duuuuuh.

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Interesting Bordeaux blanc. Staw color, nose of mango and tropical citrus maybe even a little green pineapple, something clean and floral like some white jasmine. Mild white grapefruit with some sweet tangelo.

Chateau Argadens
Bordeaux Blanc
2015

A 2018 field trip of 5th graders to Woodstock. Sack lunches filled with Cuties already…[Read more]

Plum, Cherry. Long balanced finish. Delightful.

2014 Trefethen Family Vineyards
Merlot
Oak Knoll District Napa Valley

Chris Stapleton singing on a high wire. Big, burly, bold, and balanced. Encore!

Wine X Rating: XX

I love SB I do.

This one is prefect for pasta in a robust chicken stock base. just delicious with enough backbone to handle the compound butter you’ll want to swirl into your sauce

Ballard Lane
Sauvignon Blanc
Central Coast
2016

Meyer lemon, grapefruit, dash of white peach without the sweetness, lemongrass. Balanced and aromatic

Like a…[Read more]