Susie Reinecke

9.4

Zippy and delightful! — 5 years ago

Michael Faddis

9.5

Sweet AND savory, like cheese and fruit, on a warm and sunny Summer day. — 6 years ago

with Louise and Kimberly

Loren Loftesnes

9.2

Magnum for the win! — 6 years ago

with Rosita

Chris Borges

9.3

2016 vintage — 7 years ago

Simon Weston

9.5

Rich gold color, nose of honey & fruit, taste to match the nose and enough sweetness and acidity to end to satisfy without being syrupy. Wonderful glass to finish a meal. — 7 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.3

Cherries, a hint of cocoa, a little funk, a bunch of acid. Pretty darn good. — 8 years ago

Michael Horne

9.2

Lime zest, persimmon, orange, tart cherry. Funky and fun. Reminds me a bit of an Etna Bianco. — 9 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Really great acidity, light fruit, just lovely. — 10 years ago

Jim Kuhner

Sales/Marketing, Dunstan

9.3

New Claim Jumper Rose of Mourvèdre. Stunningly good. Fresh, zingy, lemonade. 1L bottle. 1 time only production. — 10 years ago

Nick Strate

10

Really nice, mellow riesling. — 11 years ago

Chris Borges

9.7

Great light versatile red wine. Goes great with everything from salmon to grilled chicken. — 6 years ago

Sean Christensen

9.0

Like a flat sour beer — 6 years ago

Allison Lyzenga

9.3

Medium gold; medium intensity aromas of yellow apple, blossom, apricot, yellow plum, creamy hazelnut, vanilla; dry, medium acid, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium intensity flavors of yellow apple, yellow plum, apricot, blossom, creamy hazelnut, vanilla; medium plus finish with some complexity, very interesting — 6 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.2

What a great surprise - honeyed and waxy and viscous but cut with balancing acidity and great texture. This goes toe to toe with the great Rhone whites. Overdelivers, and the only down side is the 500ml bottle. Last ounce on day two was even more precise and crystalline. Wow. — 7 years ago

Rachel Sabo

10

Love this. Nice dry to sweet ratio. — 7 years ago

Mike Ancuta

9.0

Great bottle, 100% Grenache with 25% whole cluster. Cherry and red berry along with some spice notes with some a good tannin structure. Some meaty and minerality notes also come around. — 8 years ago

Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Cafe

9.5

An industry favorite here in Santa Barbara wine country! — 9 years ago

Sayuri Tezuka

9.3

Pure fruits and fresh acidity.
Nice.
Elegant syrah . — 10 years ago

Leta Soza

9.4

#Necessary. — 10 years ago

Nathan Adams

Consulting Wine/Beverage Director, Snake River Brewing, Persephone, King Sudachi

8.9

Delicious at Commis — 11 years ago

with Claire

Connor Smith

9.1

Finger. Lakes. Saperavi.

If this ain’t American winemaking in the 21st century we don’t know what is! 🇺🇸🍷🇬🇪🍇

At least, that’s what we were thinking before reading up on Standing Stone and founders Marti & Tom Macinski. They actually first planted this fascinating Georgian grape here in ***1994*** (just 3 years after Georgia left the USSR, for those keeping score at home) intended for blending.

Increasingly impressed by the quality of the grapes, they offered their first varietal Saperavi in 2010 - as “The Dark Red”, since the grape name was as yet unrecognized by the federal government. Once it was, they became the first American winery to release a wine labeled Saperavi.

Fine tuned to the cold, high mountains of Kakheti in eastern Georgia, it makes sense why it would thrive in the Finger Lakes! The name Saperavi literally means “ink”, a sensible name for a grape with pitch-dark skin AND flesh! 🖤

Marti and Tom sold the winery and retired in 2017. But their enduring legacy may just be budding. We’ve heard of Saperavi planting projects underway in New York, Virginia, and Oregon.

Saperavi’s runaway affinity for the Finger Lakes may have been a bit of a happy accident, but the Macinskis deserve every bit of credit for thinking outside the box, putting it in motion, and bringing it to fruition! 🙌🙌🙌 — 6 years ago

Mark Morgan

9.2

Light on its feet, enough depth and complexity to be interesting — 6 years ago

Jay Miner

9.0

Orange in color and orange rind. — 7 years ago

Kellin

9.8

New vintage. Unbelievable. — 7 years ago

Jay Miner

8.9

Really a nice Chardonnay. Not too viscous, not too vanilla, only subtle oak. Instead, green apple and Meyer lemon. — 7 years ago

Paco Suro

8.9

This is the Blanca. I think 5 hours on skins. Silky body. Golden yellow and cloudy. More to come... — 8 years ago

Adriana Banks

9.5

With Mark Monroe — 10 years ago

Phoebe Lowe

9.2

Very fragrant, balanced, smooth — 10 years ago

frank delzio

9.1

Great. . Some of these wines get to funky as they are "Natural " — 10 years ago

with Jim and Winehouse

Sherry Scheinman

9.8

Screw top at Stan's from Roots. Has kick! — 12 years ago