Elizabeth

8.9

East coast ladies of Chicago wine tasting - really nice and light - not too sweet, fruity and flowery, very drinkable — 4 years ago

Kaito Kikuchi

9.1

Fruity and pure — 5 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.2

Take your glasses off and make sure you get every inch of your self into the bouquet of this Sonoma/Napa border red.

Rich, peppery, French cut picnic watermelon, creamy, cinnamon.

Wow. Upon first sip, lemon, cool, smooth mouthfeel, not too creamy, but not too tart either. Good balance. Enough zip to awaken the taste buds, but also enough balance to ground you in an earthy, lemon rind, pepper heaven.

Combines with the deep and impressive bouquet, this wine makes for a well-balanced blend of elegance and complexity.

Truly a pleasure to drink.

$25, local wine shop in the East Village. — 6 years ago

Sarah Taylor

9.2

Really tasty! No aftertaste — 7 years ago

MacSebi

9.0

Curry night with Mike — 7 years ago

Whitney Watts

9.6

Delish east bay wine tasting adventure — 8 years ago

Lineu Paula

9.0

Muito bom. Suave. Com minha irmã Licia em Big Island, Hawat. Novembro 2015. — 9 years ago

Hugh O'Riordan

9.5

A delicious bubbly! Has a creamy , fruit and yeast taste. Long finish. Just yummy. Wish my east coast Buddies lived closer. — 4 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

This fella has lot bottle rest ahead...it took a good bit of air to unpack the present inside. True to Mark Fedor’s skill and style, he hit a right bank bullseye again. Year over year, this rivals KingFamily’s meritage program for CONSISTENCY. Wild bramble and forest underlayer elements combine to OVERACHIEVE. At $22, one of the BEST values on the east coast. Is worth noting that there are no fireworks here, just consistent depth of concentration with very clean and functional tannins. It will be interesting to see how Nate shifts the program - as we already see with the wild meadow Chardonnay — 6 years ago

Tiffany Makowski

9.4

Crisp taste of pear — 6 years ago

marie leadbetter

9.2

Peachy soft and fruity — 7 years ago

with James

kasimir bujak

8.9

smells of honey, stone, oystershell, white flowers, some golden raisins, minerality and salinity....the palate brings butter, chive and lemongrass, hazelnut and lemon, some yeast and yellow apple. unique east coast albarino
— 8 years ago

John B

9.1

Dark red fruit, plum, black cherry, baking spice, a hint of cola. A brooding Pinot. — 8 years ago

Shawn R

9.0

Cloudy with sedimentation in the bottle. Bright straw color in the glass with hints of crushed stone and island fruits on the noise. Fresh acidity on the taste as well as nectarines, papaya with a touch of oak. Long lingering finish. Paired with Cypress Grove Midnight Moon Goat Cheese. — 9 years ago

Connor Smith

9.5

#Nebbiolo is a surprisingly rare grape. Even in its native Piedmont, it accounts for only 8% of vineyard land. There are fewer than 100 hectares planted in the United States. 🕵️‍♂️🍇
Over 80% of prewar Italian immigrants came from Sicily and Southern Italy. Piedmont was the wealthiest and most politically dominant region. But if fortunes were reversed, could Nebbiolo have taken Primitivo/Zinfandel’s place as a grape relatively uncommon on the boot but dominant in California? 🤔🇮🇹🇺🇸
Probably not. The Nebbiolo vine is *not* for beginners. It flowers early and ripens late, making it susceptible to both spring and autumn frosts. It loves the occasional fog bath (some say the name is derived from ‘nebbia’, Italian for fog ☁️☁️☁️) but is prone to the mildew that may result from such humid conditions. Its fussiness would make Pinot Noir blush: it demands southwesterly exposure, a proper gradient, constant sun above, and fog licking at its toes. #diva
Sound anything like California’s Central Coast? 🌅
In the Santa Maria Valley, where the East-West Transverse Range bends back into the North-South Coastal Range, it’s possible. Vineyard selection still requires extreme discretion - an eye like @JimClendenen’s, perhaps.
Jim began the Nebbiolo program at the legendary #BienNacido vineyard in 1994. Production is small, but if you track down his “The Pip” Nebbiolo, it will only run you about $30. You’ll believe anything is possible when you have real California Nebbiolo of this quality come wafting out of the glass at you! 🙌🙌
🏞.“The Pip” is named after Jim’s old cellar dog Pip, a border collie. So it only seemed right to include one of our own pips! 🐈 — 5 years ago

Ming L

9.0

From the first certified Biodynamic winery in New Zealand comes this estate single vineyard Chenin Blanc. Bright acidity balanced nicely by subtle sweetness and very faint saltiness. Textured, almost waxy. Good tension on the finish.

This single vineyard Chenin Blanc is one of the “1001 wines to try before you die” published by Penguin 2008. I don’t know about that, but this 2016 vintage is certainly a beauty. Gisborne is located in the east coast of the North Island very close to the Pacific. — 6 years ago

greg

8.9

Flavours of tropical fruit and gooseberry with a herbal edge. Vibrant full bodied palate. Fresh money acidity gives a refreshing finish. — 7 years ago

Kondo Yoshifumi

9.4

このニュージーランドワイン 旨いよ — 7 years ago

Daithí Lambert

9.3

Easter dinner at Gaga's — 8 years ago

with Sorcha and Matthew

Mindy Logar

10

Crisp, tart and citrusy without being too much like a juice. I am not a fan of sweeter wines and I tend to drink red more often. I tasted this one before I purchased it and I am glad to report that it still tastes as good as it did when I was testing wines and had had several before trying this one. — 9 years ago