David Shaw

9.2

Revisiting the 2018 because it’s bubbly and my college football team pulled off an upset today - cheers! — 5 years ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

9.7

Got this invite the other day. I was impressed with their renovations. It was a lovely space, been visiting meadowood since i was a kid and this tasting was incredible. Kicked off my birthday week. — 7 years ago

Ian Bassin

9.0

Super dry and earthy. Sucks moisture off your tongue like dirt. Heavy for a winter’s day. Not for food other than a heavy meat. But interesting and quite different in a good way. — 7 years ago

Raj Harb

9.0

Started off quite lean and green-apple-tart. Got better with time (maybe even best on day 2) with more notes of pear and stones. Drank similarly to a young, warm, neutral chablis at that point. — 8 years ago

Tony Garcia

9.1

This white wine always intrigues me. From the Lazio region of Italy made by Trappist nuns. Trebbiano, Malvasia ahd Verdicchio grapes. Very chalky, minerals, crisp apple, orange rind, oily. Very off-the-beaten-path style wine but great cold on a hot summer day. — 9 years ago

with Laura

Meg

9.3

As I put my sweet baby girl to bed after a looong day, snuggling with her in her new "big girl bed", I found a stray eyelash on her cheek. Maybe I'm alone in this, but for as long as I can remember I have been superstitiously transferring these from one finger to another...and if I blow the lash off while making a wish, "they" say it will come true. I tried wishing this was a 2007 Screaming Eagle - or that I could magically be beamed onto David Lentine's Napa trip for the night (ha!). Alas, no such luck. Seriously thou, with my kids' lashes, I have always wished the same thing: "may you have a wonderful life." But I made this addition: "may you always have the courage to be yourself." #inthistogether #overturnHB2 #onlylove — 9 years ago

Keith Pires

8.9

Its a special Thanksgiving day at the laundromat. We're starting off with slight, subtle white with cheese and charcuterie. The wine is light & crisp. The wine is straw colored with notes of apricot and light oak — 9 years ago

Jesse Levine

9.8

'98 fresh as the day it came off the line — 10 years ago

Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured through a Soirée. This was firing on all cylinders right from the get go. Beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers and crushed red raspberries and tea. Had that ethereal thing going that's found in the more honest BdM's. Tannins have softened considerably since my last bottle which makes me wonder if there could be some bottle variation. This was delicious with pasta all'arrabbiata. After about three hours, however, it fell off a cliff. It became really disjointed and started to smell a bit like varnish. The next day didn't yield any better results. This bottle was clearly on the decline. I'll try another bottle soon and see if it's the same experience. My advice, zero decant and enjoy with a meal in the near term. — 11 years ago

Kat Thomas

Sommelier Rose.Rabbit.Lie

9.6

Starting the day off! Does not suck! — 11 years ago

barak heller hayun

9.1

this bottle takes me back to Alsace.
i spent a weekend in Strasbourg in 2006 protesting/partying in front of the European parliament that's located there.
no wine was tasted as i sticked to self imported bottle of zubrowka vodka, drops of potent LSD (that were dropped to the tail end of the vodka by a really short vicious smiling man - true story) and local pilsner beer that i remember fondly that's called 'meteor' and came in large 750ml bottles(pretty good ice cold and just ok after the sun warmed up the last 3rd of the bottle).

and now... 13 years later. different tastebuds. but I'm still the same person essentially.

100% pinot gris

off dry officially but feels dry.

14% ABV

pale green 👀

🧀 rind, green apple, pear, very fresh lemon and finely chopped greens👃

full body. I'm guessing the rs helps to build it.
medium plus acidity.

creamy, tart and a bit fruity with added white pepper and maybe even ginger 👄

long lingering pleasent creamy 🎯 like tasty and slightly bitter 🍬

great wine, no doubt about it.
tasty and complex, plays with you and changes every sip, but always superb.

excelent vfm (110 nis). expensive but works hard for your money.

need to try the winery Riesling now.

had it all day on it's own while vacationing.
soft and spicy cheese platter could have helped but I'm too full. — 6 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.3

Another day, another bottle of Raveneau. This 2011 vaillons was singing. It built as it opened up. Started off as beautifully as it finished. The only thing that strikes me as 'chablis' is the oyster shell on the nose and the underlying minerality. Otherwise this is a big and thick Chardonnay with an almost oily texture. It is my kind of wine but not an everyday kind of wine either — 7 years ago

with Nathaniel

Erik Hanson

9.0

This took some time to open up. I’d recommend decanting if trying to drink it in a single day. First open, it was all soil and barnyard flavors witout much in the way of anything else to round it out. The light body was not in agreement with this feature without some fruit flavor there to balance the earthfunk. Day four now, and it’s juicy tart cranberries, black tea, and dried rose petals. All that pastural funk has blown off. Overall, a nice ride over a handful of days. — 7 years ago

Doctor No

9.5

Gorgeously saline, an initial plasticine aroma blows off to reveal orange blossom, roasted pecan, citrus peel, maple candy. Vicious acidity marries will with off-dryness but the acid carries the day. Finish lasts a solid minute. I love this as much as I hate port. — 8 years ago

Danielle Mulvena

9.8

This Sauternes is a true gem! Unctuous roasted peaches, dried apricots, orange blossom water, and candied orange rind play off of the heady saffron aroma and flavor. I could drink this every day paired with absolutely anything. This is perfection in a bottle. — 9 years ago

Devin Bray

8.9

A burly, intense wine, better on the second day, developing some notes of canned lychee or peach in syrup to go with the heavy Diesel/petrol notes dominating both nose and palate. Finish sort of drops right off, leaving a plastic/curiously blank note. Interesting but not perfect. — 9 years ago

Maddie DeWitt

9.0

Delightful, elegant, and perfect for drinking off a 24 hour travel day. — 10 years ago

with Elisabeth

Brian Lutz

9.0

Another spectacular Cabernet from my favorite wineries in Napa. Had the 2012 vintage with some young Gouda an it really sets it off. Stil, it's a bit young in my mind and would be fantastic in a few years. Definitely standouts in my mind as one of the best cabs I've had in a while. Wonderful fullness with soft and integrated tannins. And layers of black cherry, blueberries and coca dance around your tongue as it is sipped. Gonna have it with some awesome authentic german goulash. A perfect finish to a nice day in the South Bay. — 10 years ago

Amanda Paulson

9.5

Nice and refreshing, and very soft with a round flavor, especially for this 90 degree Sonoma day. Yum. Server let me finish off the bottle for extra awesome. — 11 years ago

Erin Fleming

9.1

Belgian Tripel Beer, 8.4%; St. Patty's Day @ Seed; Dad's order — 12 years ago

Amy Axler

9.4

A good bottle of wine with a cherished friend to take the curse off a very sad day. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

An awesome Christmas gift a couple years ago from @Joe Lucca and this had me jolly. As with many old wines from Piemonte the nose was wonky on pop. Wet cardboard, dirty socks, potential TCA, but it all blew off pretty quickly. Instead of fading it ascended as the night went on. It settled in to a classic mature well stored Barbaresco. It still possesses ample sweet red fruit, tobacco leaf, balsamic and mushroom. Reports from @romo are that it was even better on day 2. — 6 years ago

Matt

9.0

Day 1: Reduced. Pushing the limits, there’s a lovely passetoutgrains there somewhere but it needs some serious aeration. Day 2 reduction has blown off, lots of deep red fruits, almost cool and ripe in their character, tart and crunchy palate, mineral. Very pure and slightly more depth than most passetoutgrain offerings, yet still a wine for the table in every way. — 7 years ago

Molly Moore

9.0

Lunch on day off at bufalina. Delish rose. Townes bday — 8 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.7

You know it's a good vacation when you've actually lost track of what day of the week it is! This wine is just beautiful and drinking so well right now. Blackberry and creme de cassis explode on the nose and on the palate as well. Slight hint of chocolate as well but the fruit flavors lead here with the slightest sweetness. It's lush and full bodied with tannins that are nicely integrated at this point but still leave some dryness in the mouth. This is beautiful and will be fun to try this again in a year or two (if I can keep my hands off it!). — 8 years ago

John Behrens

8.9

Light clear ruby--pinkish tinge. Potent nose of leather, rose, unripe cherry pit, tar, and a hint of oregano. Clear grippy chewy sucking tannins. Raw and bright on the palate, aromatic finish. This is my first Nebbiolo, and it's got strong delicious aspects that are clearly different from any other red varietal or blend I've had yet. [Rating it off of its first day: tannins, nose and finish all mellowed deleteriously overnight.] — 9 years ago

Marc Pavan

8.9

Ive been trying to have a theme each week. Either grape varietal or region or technique etc. this month - everything must be on sale! Found this gem for $3 off. #tempranillo will never go wrong. A nose of dark raspberry jam sans the sweetness is married to blackberry notes on the finish. Crisp to bitter on the palate and does not linger. Low acid. Little tannin. Enjoyed without food, late evening, took the edge of too many coffees from a day of work at the firehouse. — 9 years ago

with Leslie

Narelle Burke

9.8

A brilliant red...and a nice drop to top off a fabulous day! Don't ask the price, bloody expensive in singapore! Thanks baby. — 10 years ago

Cathrine Todd

9.3

HAPPY GRENACHE DAY!!! This 2012 Hobo Grenache comes from Sceales Vineyard in Alexander Valley in Sonoma County. Winemaker/Owner Kenny Likitprakong dropped off his kid at school one day, and the teacher said her father was having problems selling his grapes- turned out to be 80 year old dry farmed Grenache from this vineyard. Lots of black & red cherry w/ spice, tar, and lush, lush texture. Great w/ BBQ and spicy food. — 11 years ago

Henri Schock

8.9

Kicking off this Turkey Day right and getting my Riesling on! What are you starting the day with? — 11 years ago