Waipara Springs

Rapaura Springs

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Loved the 2021 Vintage and the 2022 is wonderful! Fruity, crisp and delicious!! One of my favorites! — 7 months ago

Kentucky Springs Distilling Company

Basil Hayden's Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 2013

Gift from Matt. I really like this. Each time I have it. — 2 years ago

Arnot-Roberts

Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah 2007

TBT wine on a Saturday. Still great. — 3 years ago

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Wow, I think I might have this, too. Old A-R style. Sounds like it’s still intact.

Flora Springs

Gamut Napa Valley Malbec Blend

64% CS, 28% ME, & 8% CF. No Malbec as listed in the description. I’ve had this for awhile. Didn’t like the first bottle so I avoided trying again. When I did try again I was surprised how much it improved with some age. — 4 years ago

Pax Mahle Wines

The Terraces Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah 2005

Wow. Surprising. Restrained. In the zone now. — 4 years ago

Flora Springs

Napa Valley Red Blend 2013

Flora springs. One of our favorite labels! Never disappointed. Smooth blend. Super easy drinker. Crowd pleaser — 6 years ago

Jauma

Prisca Blewitt Springs Pet Nat Chenin Blanc 2013

12 August 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 7 years ago

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Twin Springs

Ed's Smooth Red

Smooth, nice wine. Great value for the price. — 9 years ago

Clarendon Hills

Blewitt Springs Vineyard Old Vines Grenache 1996

You're my cherry pie. 🎵 — 9 years ago

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St Innocent Winery

Vitae Springs Vineyard Pinot Gris 2013

Vlossak crafts some of the best valued, most underrated whites in the NW. Lovely texture, crispness, and layers of tropical fruits. — 10 years ago

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Jauma

Blewitt Springs Sand on Schist Chenin Blanc 2013

Brilliant Jauma Wine tasting with James Erskine in Tokyo last night | Highlights were the killer chenin blanc cuvées incl. the 2013 Blewitt Springs Sand on Schist — 10 years ago

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Evening Land Vineyards

Anden Seven Springs Estate Pinot Noir

Light red fruit, a bit earthy. A bit Burgundian. — 7 months ago

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Pax Mahle Wines

Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah 2011

Hello, California Syrah!!

From everything we’ve read, the Alder Springs Vineyard sounds like a truly majestic place.

It’s isolated in an undeveloped part of northern Mendocino County, situated in California’s North Coast region, where the steep and rugged terrain meet sweeping views of the ocean, bordered by rivers, redwoods, and snowcapped mountains… elevation stretches up to 1,800 feet above sea level.

It’s no wonder so many acclaimed producers, like Pax Mahle, source their fruit from here, where vines are sustainably farmed and cared for by Stuart Bewley. We were fortunate to visit Pax in Sebastopol in 2022, where we picked up this 2011 Cahto Ridge Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah. We’ve been waiting patiently to taste it. And here we are.

100% Syrah. Whole cluster fermented. Aged 12 months in neutral French oak barrels.

This wine is deep ruby trending towards garnet. The aromas are concentrated with ripe boysenberry, black cherry, blackcurrant, next to violet, black peppercorn, licorice, cured meat, peat moss, smoke, clove, leather and olive notes. On the palate, it is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, high alcohol (14.6% ABV), medium (+) fine-grained tannins, and a long, elegant finish.

It’s both elegant and wild all at the same time and we love it.

Cheers!
— 9 months ago

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Flora Springs

Napa Valley Merlot 2017

dark red. nose: leather. prunes. overripe berries. lots of jam. mouth: full body. medium big tannins. more jam and leather on the mouth. drinks like a cab. medium follow through. love it — 4 years ago

Evening Land Vineyards

La Source Seven Springs Estate Pinot Noir 2014

Masking up and scanning your menu sucks but washing it down with a nice Pinot makes it better. — 4 years ago

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Flora Springs

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016

Very silky with nice honeysuckle notes. Balanced. Some pineapple finish — 6 years ago

Alesia

Alder Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

Heavy on the melon, plenty of a acidity and just a whisper of oak. — 7 years ago

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Clarendon Hills

Blewitt Springs Grenache 2005

Locorice braised candied cherries desert like distinctive — 9 years ago

Lytton Springs Winery

Sonoma County Zinfandel 1977

A wine to remember. Plenty of fruit after 38 years. It continued to open for an hour and held on long after that. A truly special wine. many thx Mike for letting us help "rescue" this one from a worn out cork. — 9 years ago

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Mike McGlone

Special to share good old wine with good old friends. Improve with age.

Alesia

Alder Springs Vineyard Chardonnay 2011

Very nice; interesting floral notes, but not overpowering. — 10 years ago

Evening Land Vineyards

La Source Seven Springs Vineyard Chardonnay

Burgundian. Aged in Austrian oak. — 7 months ago

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Patz & Hall

Alder Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

Nose like a Pinot, mouth feel and ripe fruit almost like a Merlot. — 8 months ago

Flora Springs

Soliloquy Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2021

This is a delicious white blend from Napa Valley.

Medium plus in body and creamy.

Dry on the palate with medium plus acidity.

Showing green apples, grapefruits, gooseberries, light vegetables, herbs, minerals and white pepper.

Long tangy finish with limes and almonds.

Elegant and well balanced. Crisp, refreshing and easy drinking. An Interesting wine.

Good by itself or with food. A good sipping wine that I had by the lake. Paired nicely with Brie cheese.

A blend of 73% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% Chardonnay and 13% Malvasia. Aged for 7 months in used French oak barrels. A small production of 600 cases.

14.2% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$60.
— 2 years ago

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Ravines Wine Cellars

White Springs Vineyard Dry Riesling 2017

A pre-dinner bottle while we do meal prep tonight.

Prior notes still apply:
Nose has lime zest, lime juice, green hay, wet granite/limestone pebbles, oxidized green apple peel, polyethylene tubing and tangerine peel.
Palate has Key lime flesh, cold tangerine slice, apricot skin, wet-pulverized limestone, lemongrass, tangerine zest, (minor) dried apricot and light honey on the medium finish, medium acid, great balance.
— 4 years ago

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Charles Krug

Limited Release Cold Springs Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Outstanding!!! Very smooth with a hint of wood and tobacco. — 7 years ago

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Flora Springs

Reserve Rennie Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Greg Ballington
9.3

Pre-Release.
Deep and dark ruby red. Lovely and thick nose with dark cocoa, lots of bright red cherries, cinnamon and more baking spices. Heavy tannins (8/10) and drying. Lots of red berries, especially cherries on the palate. Some twigs and earthiness too. Long and lingering finish that needs some time. Little bit of heat in the finish. Drink till 2030.
— 8 years ago

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Tongue in Groove

Waipara Valley Riesling 2013

Yep. Still rocks. Fish tacos, people... Fish tacos. — 9 years ago

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Pegasus Bay

Waipara Valley Sauvignon Blanc-Sémillon Blend 2012

Jason Rzutkiewicz
9.0

A blast from the past. Fell in love with this wine while in NZ for my honeymoon in '03. Still dig it! — 9 years ago

Patz & Hall

Alder Springs Vineyard Chardonnay 2003

Donald Patz
10

My all time favorite Chardonnay we've made. — 10 years ago

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