Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.0

Gaiole Classico is a slam dunk with a pork chop. This was a little bit too ripe for us, but of incredible quality. — 7 years ago

Jackie Smith

9.0

Slam dunk on the funk — 8 years ago

Tom Wood

9.1

Very happy to revisit this little franc. Some late night study, no think, just slam study aid sorta wine. — 8 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.4

This chick is a slum dunk no matter who, what, where, when, or why. Beyond a safe bet, even at $200. And yes, it's ready to go NOW — 8 years ago

with Taylor

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.3

Grand Cru is grand slam! — 8 years ago

Kashy Khaledi

9.3

MJ #23 free throw line slam dunk competition style hang time finish. The 2010 is still very young with mouth drying tannins. Espresso/Dark Chocolatey flavored yet maintains acidity. Very curious about this guy in 25 years or so when it reaches its peak. — 9 years ago

Krista Vanmoorlehem

9.0

For the price? A slam dunk pairing wine. Lush, med bodied, balanced white. This is the Shirley to your Lavern. Best supporting actress. Yes please. — 9 years ago

Chris Harwick

9.0

Slam dunk baby. — 9 years ago

Elizabeth Benney

9.7

Slam dunk from @bigbasinwine — 10 years ago

Matt Bernstein

9.5

This is good. Dunk contest time. — 10 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

10

A slam dunk. Absolutely mind-boggling. Power, finesse, authority, transparency and all those things. It was also super clean! — 11 years ago

Jeremy Noye

CEO Morrell & Company

9.4

Slam dunk — 7 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.3

The color of this wine is striking. Beautiful grassy, herbaceous, and floral notes on the nose. Acid is tame. Oak influence is perceptible in that it rounds out the wine, giving it more body. In the mouth, more of that delicious herbaceousness, plus grapefruit, and smoky minerality. I could drink this every day, in large quantities. A slam dunk with oysters! — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Mitchell Mulder

9.3

Big hype about this beer, as is "Hop Slam" this one much easy to get, in fact, in CA you can get in many places all the time, price is reasonable too, just check the bottled or canned on dates since it travels far, solid IPA, really nothing new or different, just done very well in the style, if you like your IPA's balanced between malt and hops, like Dogfish then this is perfect fit you, not for me, I prefer the hops be the "Show" but I am not knocking the Beer for that, just I think it is a little over rated — 8 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.1

14.5% alc.
A blend of 52% Malbec, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot (and black as midnight).

This is of course still extremely young and it might just be the blend that makes it taste "closed down" and forbiddingly tannic.
I think there's potential here but based on a few other recent 2013 Napa's I've tasted am also starting to think if this vintage really is the "slam-dunk" FOR EVERYBODY (?) that it is hyped to be....😐 — 8 years ago

Vin Zering

8.9

Very good wine. Muted cherries at the start then some dunk on the nose and clearer/cleaner cherry available. Should shake off the funk in 2-3 years and become even more enjoyable. — 8 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.0

2013 all top notes, fresh, explosive. First warm day this spring, dunk in ice bath for 10! — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.4

So many things. Peach. Pomegranate. Plum. Sneaky tannins. The echo of animal. Grand Slam home run with braised rabbit parpardelle. So good. @Hardy Wallace killing it. — 9 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.1

A slam dunk with fried clam strips. — 9 years ago

Caroline On Crack

Writer/blogger Los Angeles Magazine, carolineoncrack.com

9.5

What a way to end a hot day. Bright, bitter and refreshing. — 10 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.2

Fino en Rama intended to be dunk in 3 months of bottling. now w/1 yr. Med yellow. Pungent and big bass note of earth. Viscous/rich. A little nutty but also salty. Sturdy but on tiptoes. — 11 years ago

Lori Mike

9.2

Dark fruit makes your olfactory senses dance as you approach the plate and open this bottle. The layers of complexity are astounding. Cherry and leather are up as you round first base, but you continue in the glory with second and third base easily with black cherry and blackberry while this wine mandates you round third and head home with the toasted vanilla. This 2013 Winemaker's Handprint Merlot is a home run people! I mean the ball is hit out of the park and still hasn't hit the ground grand slam! The wine is a blend of two vineyards, one each from #alexandervalley #drycreekvalley . — 7 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.1

Every time I have cider from someone other than bordelet I'm sorely disappointed at how boring apples are. I'm almost sorry if that offends you. Bordelet is the Michael Jordan of cider producers. I think of that scene where Jordan goes flying through the air for a dunk and the glass backboard shatters and showers shards of glass all over 3 other players in the game. 💥 — 8 years ago

Steve Moore

9.9

Absolutely the most wonderful Zin blend ever. Grand slam, hat trick three point and one . All the superlatives wrapped up in this bottle ! — 8 years ago

Tom Dare

9.7

Slam dunk for a ridiculously underpriced pinot. Burgundy lovers check this out, off the hook delicate fruit and finesse. The good Dr Heger strikes again! — 8 years ago

Chris Hyde

9.3

High slam-ability factor.. — 8 years ago

with Will and Will

Rachel Macalisang

Lead Sommelier - The Bazaar by José Andrés

9.5

A slam dunk pairing with chef's rendition of "spring" — 9 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

10

The one and only, Pliny The Elder, hard to find if you are not here on the west coast, King of the IPA's , is it worth all the hype and trouble, I would sincerely say yes, you are still a beer geek virgin if you have not had this, it is so well balanced with big hops, citrus and tropical notes,truly a remarkable beer, there other beers that come very close to this perfection , but fall just slightly below the high bar this beer has set, I have this on tap at my favorite brewery, if you follow my posts you know where that is, now Pliny The Younger, that is a little more hard to get, you need to buy a ticket for that, after a few times, I got one, will review that one soon, the best way to get this beer outside of the area it is brewed in, Soma, is beer trades with other beer geeks, I will trade this for Hop Slam, Heady Topper, Zombie Dust, those are some of the more popular trades from West Coast to East Coast beer geeks, well worth seeking out, not impossible to get, not like the "Younger" — 9 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.3

From a favorite estate in the heart of Chianti comes this simply gorgeous Tuscan table wine for the table. 90'ish % Sangiovese with a splash of Merlot just to round-out the edges, the 2010 (Sebastiano) "Cappone" Chianti Classico, simply put, is a slam dunk.

For the buck: you will find few better.
— 10 years ago

with Beth

Orr Reches

9.5

Slam dunk pairing with pasta, cream sauce and shrimp. — 11 years ago