Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

8.9

Medium garnet red. Solid Pinot nose with notes of red cherries, branches, and floral notes. Solid acidity and low to medium tannins (4.5/10). Layers of red fruits, and branches. Not bad at all, great value Pinot from Oregon. Drink till 2021. — 8 years ago

with India

Devan Wells

9.5

Fantastic once opened! Standout mid-range Californian Pinot Noir, with pleasant berry, oak, and vanilla notes. Clear and transparent, medium body means it is good with or without food. Makes me miss home! — 9 years ago

Aaron Miller

9.0

When the waiter poured it, it smelled just like when I bake banana bread at home. Interesting, one is probably enough for me. — 9 years ago

E r n s t

9.1

Definitely grew on me. Enough substance to take it seriously, sufficiently smooth to be enjoyable. — 9 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.5

This beautiful wine was the tie breaker for 1st and 2nd place.
We took the trophy home!!
Such a great wine to take out the win with. #MVON2 — 10 years ago

Robert May

10

This beer makes me want to take an UberX in the middle of a weekday to the nearest liquor store in San Francisco and toss one of these back standing in the aisle gnoshing on a triple size Tabasco Slim Jim while the store owner screams at me to pay for it. I love the combination of a fully hopped IPA with a darker ale backbone. Truly a double but not overwhelming. Yet again, another killer IPA from San Diego. Quite possibly my absolute al time favorite. — 10 years ago

jams jerfy

9.6

gah! tusind tak to christian from ved stranden 10 in Copenhagen for allowing me to buy this and bring it home to the in-laws for delicious dinner of lumpfish roe on toast... — 11 years ago

Matthew Rorick

Owner/Winemaker Forlorn Hope Wines

9.9

Oooh take me home and adopt me — 13 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Got to take advantage of another Wednesday Wine Committee and boy was it worth it. Wow! Killer wines brought by Glenn for his 60th! As always, wines tasted blind. 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert wine.

En mag. Possibly WOTD for me. I don't know if it was due to it being in a sweet spot or what, but this was firing on all cylinders. Room was split on Bordeaux or old Napa cab. A jamminess trait to it, but the finish had a great plum note that lingered. Some cocoa and blackberry pie, too. So good! — 8 years ago

with Will and Benjamin

Brian Broxson

9.2

Always love me some Seghesio. Home Ranch is one of my favorites. — 9 years ago

with Bobbi Jo

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

10

And it's a magnum... Believe me, I am not going home disappointed. — 10 years ago

David McNally

9.1

Makes me me wanna try baking a mushroom and strawberry tart. Delicious and perfect for pizza from the unsafe at any temperature home oven... — 10 years ago

with Michael

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.2

Toasty, smokey. Old school reds. A little umami/ soy without va. Perfect foil for some home smoked pork ribs. Old vine Mendocino Grenache & Petite Sirah - what John Parducci used to tell me was a great combination to slake hearty pastas or roasted meats. Nice wine. — 11 years ago

Shawn Underwood

9.6

A customer opened this to taste, and gave me the bottle to take home. Opened up quite nicely on the way home! — 12 years ago

Brian Duffy

9.3

Delectable? Or, delicious. Take your pick! My introduction to Hoopes was a stirring success. Generous berry entry, smooth midpalate and the most gentle tannins. Drink immediately! And remember, you're not drinking alone if the dog is home. — 8 years ago

Jason and Jennie

9.3

Thought this was a big step up from the palermo at the tasting today. Love the structure. Got the mercury head to take home (95+). So awesome that this is part of the gallo family now — 9 years ago

Jennifer

8.9

A reliable Italian. This is everything you expect from a young Italian white that's both good on a summer night and makes one miss Italy too much . Take me to Italy and let me drink a bottle without sulfites and I'll smile rather sweetly... — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.2

This might be the most structured Home released to date, but it's not closed. It is however very busy with a jumble of things going on right away - a streak of green stemminess, bright, zingy red fruit, a dash of sophisticated oak spice. Sometimes the Rhys wines on release show a lot of sweet primary fruit that needs some airing to mellow out, but that's not the case with this one, the fruit is already fairly restrained right out of the gate. it *still* moves to the background though, and it doesn't take much time before the wine is barely showing any fruitiness at all, just a blue/black complexion and an intense sensation of crushed stones, which combined with the powerful tannin make the texture of this thing very palpably grainy. It stays very drinkable though, never drying on the palate. Not as elegant as some vintages of Home have been, but the complexity is here. — 10 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.4

The usually tight tannic punch has faded and melded with the usual Washington velvet, a dark abyss of blackberry, plum, black cherry, it's in a nice place, I honestly wanted the kick in the mouth, but it's more elegant than you would expect. And I'm okay with buying her dinner, cause she delivers! She wore the long dress, thought I'd be looking at a short skirt, but this long dress is taking me home, thanks! She got feisty after she opened up & she delivers impressed! Give it 1hr and she will sing in your ear! — 11 years ago

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

9.5

Take me down to the Paradise City. — 12 years ago