Luck By Design

Shypoke Cellars

Olivias Block Calistoga Sangiovese 2007

I'm partial to this winery, as Peter Heitz is a friend and I helped design the label, but this vintage is probably better now than it was after first bottled. Above & beyond any Sangio. that I've ever had. — 11 years ago

Domaine Valette

Vieilles Vignes Pouilly-Vinzelles Chardonnay 2009

The owner has no internet connection, no phone, nada! Good luck buying from the source unless you make the journey! — 12 years ago

Dirty & Rowdy

Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvedre 2011

CS
9.3

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it. — 13 years ago

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Château Phélan Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Juicy plum, serious but lyrical. Wish I had some steak frites right now. A heaping plate of porky lentils for good luck will do! Happy NYE 2014! — 11 years ago

Jamsheed

Warner Beechworth Syrah 2012

Louis Schofield
9.3

Juicy and supple with a touch of graphite for good luck — 12 years ago

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Corvus Cellars

Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Good luck finding this... Surprised the people at Delectable could identify it... Small, small winery in Washington State... Turned on to it by some of my brothers friends in Seattle... May not be Quiceda Creek, but very good. Bought two cases myself, LOL — 12 years ago

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Have you tried the 2011?

Bodega Maetierra

Libalis Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains Blend 2013

Delicious white wine from Spain. This mellow, slightly fruity wine pairs surprisingly well with spicy Indian food. Love the funky design of the packaging too! #Libalis#datenight — 11 years ago

Heitz Cellar

Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

Very memorable wine, you can really taste the age of this one and the classic mint/eucalyptus. Good luck getting the cork out too! — 12 years ago

Casa Nuestra

Dorado Late Harvest White Blend 2010

An awesome winery my brother-in-law found by luck, this place had a very hippie vibe. The wines were delicious. Although I bought a dessert wine the day before at another vineyard, this one was too good to pass up. — 13 years ago

C'est la vie

Vin de Pays d'Oc Syrah 2010

Light, floral, cool packaging design — 13 years ago