Sam

9.0

This is a perfect lightly sweet wine with out being dry. It pairs well with salted dark chocolate. — 3 years ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

100% botrytized Riesling with succulent wine aromas & flavors! Caramel. Apricot. Graceful smooth sweetness! Cheers🍷 — 4 years ago

Doggfather

9.3

Best Aussie blend on this side of the Pacific Rim. Perfect with 30+ day dry aged New York’s. — 4 years ago

Liv

9.0

Dry lemon that lingers. Sour candy feeling (without the sweet) that burns the tastebuds after a while. Acidic af. In other words, I love it. — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.1

2017 is lean, laser-focused and crunchy as a basket of fresh cranberries. Monster acidity and very taught mineral backbone. Brighter and fresher than the 2016 with comparatively subtle florality. This is an excellent match with a broad range of Pacific Rim foods. — 5 years ago

MaryBeth Zins

9.0

Bold and spicy — 6 years ago

Mark Wong

8.9

Great value. — 6 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.3

medium ruby, tawny rim; plum, raspberry, rose petals, dried leaves; red fruits, good length; mid-weight, nice acidity, fine grained tannin, 14.5% ABV; made from 100% Pinot Noir composed of 53% clone 115 and 47% clone 667, sourced from one of Santa Rita Hills coldest vineyards in southwestern corner of appellation unsheltered from cold winds and Pacific Ocean fog, aged 20 months in 29% new French oak; $70 — 4 years ago

Ricky Egeland

10

Sweet, but not overbearing. Fizzy and tasty. — 4 years ago

Al Shikoh

8.9

medium ruby, amber rim; red cherry, leather; sour cherry; light bodied, light tannins, high acidity, 13.1% ABV; sourced from a ridge only 4 miles away from the Pacific Ocean; opened up and drank better on the second day; $49 — 5 years ago

Kaitlyn Jungblut

9.0

More sweet reisling — 5 years ago

Mary Lanham

9.3

Dark ruby red in color. Dark fruit and leather on the nose. Mellow red fruit on the palate. Velvet mouth structure and a little green vegetable on a nice finish. — 5 years ago

Jackalope

8.9

More sweet than semisweet to me. Delicious. — 6 years ago

Brent

8.9

A sweeter Pinot Gris with hints of melon and sour apple. — 6 years ago

Rachel Gauger

9.8

Luscious Flavors. — 4 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of clear ruby with purple hue around the rim. Nose of cherry and blackberry jam, ripe grapes, stingy sensation in the nose, a bit homey note, and a bit spice. Taste is leafy, tobacco leaves indeed, slightly sweet, marginal tannins, some bitter rind, a bit peppery, ripe grapes, and some chalky mineral. Aftertaste shows some more mineral types of note. Quite dried, mineral dominant, yet pleasantly on par — 4 years ago

Kat Robinson

9.7

Sweet, crisp, fruity, clean — 5 years ago

Connor Smith

9.4

There are a lot of California wineries out there that are valuable to the man at the top mostly as a way to impress their friends. There are not many that are primarily a way to satisfy the founder’s hopeless geekery for wine, soil, weather, and getting his hands dirty. 🍇🌞💨⛏

Kevin Harvey made his money in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur and investor. But his journey to winemaking didn’t begin with a business transaction, but by planting vines in his backyard and vinifying it himself in his garage. He had the itch: he had to get real with it.

Harvey has spent most of the past 20 years developing brand new vineyard sites - often targeting old Christmas tree farms! He is deeply involved with research, planning, getting soil and grape analytics, setting up weather stations, and viticulture - though, with the fruits of his labor (pun intended) being of such remarkable potential, it is perhaps wise to turn the cellar work over to veteran winemaker Jeff Brinkman to realize it.

The result of Harvey’s outstanding grape material and Brinkman’s capable hands in undeniable. In a world full of California winemakers trying to take their shot at Burgundy, Rhys has accomplished what so often gets lost in the pursuit of style: an honest and clear communication from the vines. That’s the true Burgundian spirit.

Harvey has said their goal is to get you “staring into a glass of vineyard”. This Horseshoe Vineyard Pinot Noir, facing west toward the Pacific taking in a daily blanket of foggy marine layer, can only come from one place. In what seems like the blink of an eye, Rhys has become one of the most celebrated wines in America, with good reason. 🇺🇸🍷 — 5 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.2

Light reddish purple with amber rim. Aromas of cherry pie and spearmint with hints of damp earth and cloves. Medium bodied with intense cherry flavor, bright acidity, and 14.3% alcohol. Sourced from a vineyard planted in 2000 to 100% Swan clone on a coastal ridge at about 900 feet elevation 5 miles from the Pacific Coast in sandy loam soils. 10% whole clusters included then aged 25 months in seasoned French oak barrels. This is a lovely Sonoma Coast appellation Pinot. $55. — 6 years ago

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Joe Bello

8.9

Herbal and vegetal nose with hints of underripe peach. Balanced acid with low alcohol. Great for a sunny day at the beach with some cheese or oysters — 7 years ago