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Ameztoi

Rubentis Getariako Txakolina Hondarrabi Beltza Hondarrabi Zuri Rosé Blend

Yum! Cranberry-rhubarb-rose water mid-summer glory. Low ABV, enough acidity to scrub a couple layers of enamel off your teeth. Perfection with fresh heirlooms, BBQ chicken, and cold spicy peanut noodles….I love basque Tzakolina with its vivacious light pink personality. Note to self: purchase a boatload before it’s gone. — 3 years ago

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Dawn E.

Dawn E.

@Stephen Redenbaugh love this wine! Cheers!

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Classically big, juicy, fruit-dense, and powerful—smooth tannin structure—not much secondary and tertiary notes—loving Caymus is, as always, a question of your palate — 6 years ago

Belle Glos

Meiomi Pinot Noir

Ha! The comments on this wine are amazingly varied. I found it very overt on a chocolate tip, and more robust on the fruit side than your usual PINOT...but I really enjoyed it, would buy again.... — 7 years ago

Matthiasson

Linda Vista Vineyard Chardonnay

New world Chablis emulation but with a little more ripe fruit character and butter notes. Butter mochi, ripe green apple, cooked apples. Really tart finish with duality if fruit character. 0 new oak usage in this wine, fermented in used oak barrels and battonage for a year. Not your typical Napa chardonnay by any means but elegant and pretty. Perfumed and pretty. — 7 years ago

Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga

Riserva Rancia Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2013

Raise your hand if you like Felsina? Ok, too many hands up. I get it. Consistent and predictable in a good way. Not everyday chianti but fun nevertheless — 8 years ago

Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay

🤤 big, juicy, coats your mouth. Exactly what I love — 8 years ago

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Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

What more could you want in a cab? One of my favorite wineries and an excellent vintage. Well worth the money to add a few bottles to your collection. — 9 years ago

A. Rafanelli

Unfiltered Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel

What a sublime and elegant wine. I'd be turned off by the waiting list but now that I have my hands on a bottle...holy heck it is just so refined. Not a jam-monster, not too light...it is the Goldilocks of Zin. Blog review coming shortly but know getting on the list is good if you like an aristocratic Zin. If you don't it may not be your jam...literally. But I am INTO this. — 9 years ago

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Dan White

Dan White

Delicious wines. And another nod to the greatest Zin producing region in CA, Dry Creek Valley! :)
Ellen Clifford

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@Dan White Tis true! I ordered a few while I could...I shall hang onto one to share with your family! Not sure if you have had the A Rafanelli goodness...
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The Zins have had a following for decades now. Great pull @Ellen Clifford

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

Paul J
9.4

1 hour plus decant. Dark purple color. Nose and wine were a mix of Bordeaux and Napa. Wine was fruit forward with dark cherry. Very young wine that coats your teeth. Little bit of a rough finish with some tartness and pepper. Probably needs 7+ yrs. — 6 years ago

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Caymus Vineyards

Special Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

First impression on the nose is of freshly installed carpet and peppercorn. Hits the tip of your tongue as a tingling glitter and down the back of throat with notes of peppercorn, blackberry, Cuban cigar ash, and slight smoke taint. — 7 years ago

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Continuum

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Top juice, this will develop for many years but is extremely good now with a 2 hour decant, puts a smile on your face. Big wine, big flavours on the nose and the palate, built for the long haul, buy at least two so you can try one now and confine the other to solitary for a long stretch. — 7 years ago

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Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Stellar wine. Drinking really well. Not your typical Bordeaux- — 8 years ago

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Shawn R

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Thank you both!
Severn G

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Belated happy birthday bro, nice bottle.
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Thank you.

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1940

What a beautiful person inside and out! I'm blessed beyond measure to be able to call him "Dad". Words can't adequately express how much I Love him. We opened a few bottles last night that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. We are celebrating his completion of 6 rounds of chemo therapy in his battle against Prostate cancer. This is his 3rd time in the ring against this opponent and it appears that he's won with a unanimous decision by knockout at this time!!!!!! Love you dad!!!!! So proud of your strength through this process. My Father was born in 1940. A difficult year to say the least:
Germans entered Bordeaux in June of 1940. As dictated by Hitler himself, it was the sworn duty of each and every commander to search and seize whatever could be used for the advancement of the German cause. Bedlam broke out. Chateaux' were ransacked, wine cellars were looted if not used for target practice. The Chateauxs were forced to continue producing wines. It's poetic justice that Mother Nature provided the Germans with the worst growing season from 1940 to 1944!!!! The Germans left Bordeaux in 1944 to the cheers of the residents "Au Revoir Les Allemands"!!!! The 1940 bottle that we enjoyed this evening survived World War II. It Survived the ransacking, pillaging & plunder of countless German soldiers. It's outer capsule showed evident signs of its struggle but it's inner beauty was unblemished and glorious. I've had many, many vintages of Latour from 1928 and on but none have ever tasted as perfect as the one we enjoyed tonight. This 1940 was perfect. It was a fighter, it never gave up, it never relinquished in the face of adversity. That's my Father, that my role model. He's a beautiful person inside & out. I think 1940 is the best vintage that I have ever had the privilege to enjoy. Special thanks to my good friends Michael Troise whom provided me with much of the insights in regards to the incredibly difficult vintage and David Page whom gifted this bottle to me for our celebration this evening. I will never forget your generosity. It was a glorious evening to say the least!!! Wine has a way of bringing people together and encapsulating an evening and event. I couldn't think of a better way to rejoice in his victory than to open a Father & Son birth year wine.
— 9 years ago

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Drinkward Peschon

"Entre Deux Mères" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

So delicious. Plums, black cherry and Christmas spices. Lots going on and lots to love about it. This wine will also have a special place in our hearts because it was the first wine we opened after our son was born. Unbeknown to us before pulling it, the cork says "Love Your Mother". — 5 years ago

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Alex Lallos

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I had the first vintage 2005? It was way good. Not sure I’ve had it since but looks like the ladies are on it and I need to revisit
James Forsyth

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@Alex Lallos I think it goes back to at least 2001. But certainly would say it's time to revisit. Not many values in Napa now, and this is certainly one.

Krug

Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne Blend

2001 vintage? Please. Only Krug could produce a wine this good from such a bad vintage. It has massive strength, minerality, a finish that dances on your palate. Tastes 20 years younger. You almost forget how wimpy the mousse is. — 6 years ago

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Craig Williams

Craig Williams

This was amazingly great!

Billecart-Salmon

Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend

This is just a delicious brut rosé, really one of the best out there that isn’t four figures...beautiful fruit that melts on your tongue, just excellent — 7 years ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2001

It’s just so good when it touches your lips. Still deep purple in color with mocha, currant, cherry , licorice touch of mineral and tobacco. Very Bordeaux like and very awesome — 7 years ago

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Adam Quarello

Adam Quarello

So good! Herbs, spices and leather. A testament to Napa.

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1967

When a friend says: “Hey, let’s open a few bottles of your birth year” 😜 — 8 years ago

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Mathieu Drouet

Mathieu Drouet

Et donc ça donne quoi ?
Tom Glocer

Tom Glocer

Bébé

Jean Foillard

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay 2014

Simply beautiful Beaujolais the aromas bursts out of the glass. Floral and delicate like walking through a garden on a sweet spring day. Tons of red perfectly ripe fruits such as strawberries and red cherries. Just as delicate on the pallet as the nose with mouth filling flavors of cherry and red current. Surprisingly long finish that lingers throughout your pallet. Perfect BBQ wine on a cool summer night simply fresh and enjoyable. — 9 years ago