Howard Williamson

9.9

Up until I tasted this Redstone Meadery was the top of my favorites for traditional honey wine/mead. This mead is particularly smooth and not overly sweet. — 6 years ago

Kim Brater

9.0

Fantastic Pinot Gris from this very small and super fun OR producer, Ross & Bee Maloof. Custard, citrus and mellow finish. Went well with our Mediterranean mezza dinner. Only 71 cases made. The 2016 grapes are from Thistle Vineyard. Jory soils. Fermented in neutral oak barrels and sur lie aged with no batonnage for 10 months. If you can find it...get some! — 7 years ago

David McNally

9.2

Disgorged Aug 2010. Toasty bee pollen, but butter - drinking well — 7 years ago

Kevin Sidders

President VinConnect

9.3

Drinking well and in a great spot right now. Rich and beautiful... — 8 years ago

Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.1

Varietal Notes: Moscato Bianco, Fuilano, Cortese
Vineyard: Flora and Fauna loosely means the collection of plant and animal life of a certain epoch. This version is the collection of varietals from the cellar and also from Sam's ideas that make up the blend for the year. For 2014, The Bee compromises of roughly 60% Muscat Canelli (a.k.a Muscat Blanc, Moscato Bianco), 30% Friulano, and 10% Cortese. The Muscat Canelli comes from organically farmed, well drained volcanic soils on the southwest edge of Lake County. The Friulano and Cortese both come from Fox Hill Vineyard with soils that are well drained with high concentrations of gravel and sandstone.
Vinification: Winemaking starts in the vineyard, and Sam's preference is to find sites that require minimal to no work. In other words, the basics done right and well timed are all a great site needs. When that is the case, the winemaking becomes a simple game of guiding the fruit to be what it already is. For all three pieces of the blend, the grapes are picked at the first sign of ripeness. Sam time picking to when flavors just begin to emerge but the acidity and structure are still the predominant focus. From there, the grapes were whole cluster pressed, fermented via native yeasts, left on all the lees and solids, aged in neutral oak, and underwent native secondary fermentation. The blend was assembled in January leading up to bottling.
Production: 185 cases produced.
Notes: A dry, exotic, and aromatic white that doesn't stray to an over the top or sappy level is hard to find, and it was the rational behind the varietal choices and picking decisions. Macerated orange blossoms, wet river stones, spiced honey, ginger, gardenia, lemon peel, salty ocean air, and rangpur lime all balance in the aromas. The mouth shows great texture and weight without ever getting heavy. The finish is full of spicy acidity.
RATINGS
— 9 years ago

Forrest Marler

9.6

$17 a bottle from a local meadery just 6 miles from home. Tastes wonderful as well. — 11 years ago

Grace Glen

9.0

Wonderful. Notes of wet rose petals and strawberries, earth and tabacco, good acidity. An all round well balanced Pinot — 6 years ago

with Chris

Stas Medvedev

9.1

🏅 Rating 91/100 (4,1🌟)

Fine Rieslings Night

Golden color. All kinds of dried fruit aromas, apricots, bee wax. Flinty mineral with medium-light body. Well balanced medium (+) acidity. Off-dry to medium sweet on the palate.

Just another great wine by "Herr 300 punkts" Markus Molitor.

Wine has a hell of potential, but already drinks well. This kind of wine to stock up and observe how it develops with time. — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Excellent. Just great. Full bodied, textured, excellent mouthfeel. Very well balanced. Good acid, bee pollen-y, deep and delicious. — 7 years ago

Sara Nelson-Carlson

8.9

N: nice funk and floral apples. You can smell the French influence!
P: great balance and more towards the drier side. Purdy cider! #michigan #cider — 9 years ago

Jon Lawrence

9.0

A great food wine this went well with bee cannelloni in tomato sauce. Still fruit and tannins but also a lovely chocolatey finish and enough acidity to face the tomato sauce. Not a classic but great value. — 9 years ago

Yves Etheart

9.6

Good mouth feel, high mineral. Pairs well with oysters. Great value by the bottle at King Bee (http://www.kingbeenyc.com). — 11 years ago

Sasha Cardoza

10

The Honey compliments the blackberry very well! — 12 years ago

E & K G

9.1

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee... light on its feet with lots of fresh acidity, but then you realize it actually packs a lot of fruit and a good amount of oak. But all well balanced so that you don’t realize it.

Top Japanese Chardonnay! — 6 years ago

Catherine Leith

9.0

Hopped Heather Metheglin Mead. Dry, beer-like mead. Paired well with food, unlike most mead. Pairings:  Spicy Asian, Indian foods or a good old burger and fries.  — 7 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.0

This is a well made and well priced orange wine. Savory and herbal. Tea, flint, and orange peanut candy on the nose. Soft and wispy. Texture that can get a red drinker into whites. I want this with blackened shrimp and sweet potato fries, but it’s not too funky to have on its own, or with duck? “It Could Happen to You” — 7 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.2

I'm still surprised that Joey Tensley hasn't received more criticism, mostly avoiding the label of "controversial winemaker," while Dave Phinney seems to take more than his fair share. Tensley's wines stress the boundaries for normally accepted levels of extraction, alcohol, and, for that matter, flavor, and this is no exception. A blend of Viognier, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and Chardonnay, but it masquerades as a Gewürztraminer. Apparently overripe, fat Viognier can come off as fruit cocktail syrup. Well this is the best fruit cocktail syrup I've ever had. Peach, pear, melon, and apricot splash the palate wearing a coat of chalk that's been coated in honey. The weight of wine is like a newspaper laying atop a honey bee; eventually it will get out, but the weight is significant. Not for everyone, but those that it's for will really enjoy. — 8 years ago

Carri-anne Hamer

9.1

This particular mead is aged in a rye whiskey barrel (giving it a beautiful rose hue), which makes for a non over powering sweet-well rounded mead. — 11 years ago

Ben Sacks

8.9

2012 vintage significantly differs from 2011 feels more well rounded. — 11 years ago