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Château Palmer vertical tasting 1959-2004 A bit soaked corks for the age of the wines compared to other estates and ...
Another dinner out with the group. This time at the newly opened Scarlet Begonia located in Victoria Court in Santa Barbara. Our wine theme of...
Our monthly lunch group met to share some fine cuisine paired with wines from Rioja at the ever fine Santa Barbara Club. We ate and drank well and...
Our monthly wine tasting group met to share an evening of Nebbiolo in the marvelous ambience of a private home overlooking the ocean and mountains of...
What did the older vintages of bordeaux like 61 cost when they released (adjusted for inflation) ? What were the top 10 most expensive wines back...
2012 Château Bastor Lamontagne: Pale golden. Apples and a slight tropical touch. Fresh acidity, fairly lively but leanish. 84-86 2012...
2012 Château d'Armailhac: Ruby. Scented, nuanced and elegant nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and elegant, quite lively, good length....
2012 Château Beychevelle: Ruby. Fruity, scented and elegant nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, and elegant texture, maybe a bit boring,...
2012 Château Calon-Ségur: Deep ruby. Fruity nose, cassis, scented and layered nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, again fruity palate, leaner body...
Anyone tried this wine? 95 points from Stephen Tanzer and he rarely gives that kind of scores to below 50 Euro burgundies.
2012 Primeur Pomerol Pomerol The ones to look for is Certan de May, La Conseillante, VCC, Petrus, Le Pin, Clos du Clocher,...
Our dinner group enjoyed an exquisite evening at the Plow & Angel Restaurant at the prestigious San Ysidro Ranch. Our annual wine theme of Big Ass...
Selten gab es ein Jahrgang in Deutschland aus dem die Weine so viel Substanz hatten aber so charmant gewirkt haben." Stuart Pigott Yesterday...
Last friday we tasted blind 10 Top-Spätburgunder of the vintage 2005. The wines were double-decanted 2h before. We were 10 people and we gave no...
Jeff, Looking at the top twenty or so wines of the 2012 bordeaux vintage, which do you think will be shown at the UGC in two years? Does the list...
Pessac-Léognan Blanc: 2012 Château Baret: Pale lemon yellow. Grapefruit and elegant, slightly mineraly nose. Freshish acidity, more...
This is a great Ducru and a great wine. Showing no signs of a downward slope, the wine was firing on all cylinders. In great years Ducru has such a...
The April Santa Barbara Vintner`s Festival weekend is highlighted by Sunday open houses at some of the wineries, especially a few who are not open to...
Nose: Strawberries, violets and herbs but pretty closed, almost like a sleeping grenache beauty. Attack: Creamy wild strawberries, cherries and...
2012 Primeur Saint-Emilion Saint-Emilion The ones to buy from Saint-Emilion this year is Ausone, Tertre Roteboeuf, Cheval...
6 months ago I tried a really Remarkable wine, Tassinaia 2006 by Castello del Terriccio. The fruit and the tannic structure was outstanding for a...
Margaux The ones to look for this vintage from Margaux is Château Margaux, Rauzan-Ségla, Palmer, Brane-Cantenac, Issan and 2012 Château...
Canon-Fronsac/ Fronsac: 2012 Château Barrabaque: Ruby. Fruity, nuanced, liquorice and chocolate nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh,...
Médoc: 2012 Château Blaignan: Ruby. Blueberries, raspberries, touch of herbs on the nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and quite...
Listrac Médoc 2012 Château Clarke: Deep ruby. Elegant and fruity nose, slightly scented. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant if a bit lean,...
Bordeaux/Côte de Bordeaux 2012 Château Reynon Rouge: Ruby. Fruity, nuanced and some spices on the nose. Fresh acidity. Ripe tannins, leaner...
2007 Château Carbonnieux Blanc: Pale golden. Tropical, some apricots, minerals, a lovely youthfull bottle (some are premoxed). Fresh acidity,...
Our dinner group met at the newly opened Toma Restaurant in Santa Barbara which features quality Italian/ Mediterranean cuisine. We had a wine theme...
Our monthly wine tasting group recently enjoyed a broad theme of Grenache/ Garnacha from California/ Spain which most got right. It was hosted by...
Our monthly Friday lunch group met once again at the wonderful Santa Barbara Club to enjoy some fine 1er and Grand Cru red Burgundys to accompany a...
Our fine wine dinner group met recently to enjoy some good fellowship and good sea food that paired perfectly with the fine wines we took. After 2...
I'm trying to find a bottle of '78 Domaine de Chevalier - anybody know where I can get one? There are none in the US according to wine-searcher's pro...
1961 Château La Providence: Estate bottled, top shoulder fill. Earthy, leafy nose with rose hips far behind. Sharp acidity, has body and structure...
2010 Château Providence: Bright ruby. Floral, berries, elegant nose, transparent and layered. Lovely acidity, light feeted but also intense,...
I'm getting excited about the ugc tasting but i wonder how these 2010's will show in the bottle. Are the tannins going to be so overwhelming that it...
1985 Château Haut-Brion. Powerful wine with earthy notes, sweet deep fruits, pipe tobacco and black currants, some tannins, but perhaps lacking a bit...
Great and very intense nose with a lot of raisin and dry cherries in brandy flavors. A lot of sour tannins, oak and raisins on the palette. Long sour...
The UGC is clearly the best organization for the promotion of wine from any appellation I know of. Their annual tour allows consumers a fabulous...
Really loved the gazin at the UGC. I didnt think it had the complexity of the clinet but it did show better with fresher and brighter high quality...
My third and best bottle of this so far. From 375, 01 Suduiraut offers sheer pleasure and decadence. Soaring nose of orange marmalade, apricot,...
A friend brought a '73 Heitz "Pinot Chardonnay" to dinner last night - he was a good buddy of Joe Heitz and squirreled a lot of stuff away (including...
How come that there haven´t any been any French equivalent of the Supertuscan wines so far? It´s true that even high quality wines would be...
An excellent evening of twenty vintages of Château Léoville Las Cases. Rarely have there been more bottles in excellent condition at a vertical...
I didn´t find much info about these wines anyone know if they are any good?
Jeff, I just wanted to compliment you on your article re: 2012 vintage. Very nice!
Saw some activity on this recently, so I decided to kick the tires a bit. My first impression is that this will be a stunner when it is ready. A...
This is a very interesting development in St. Emilion.........in particular, the properties of Clos Fourtet, Clos St. Martin and Grand Murailles. ...
Our monthly lunch group returned to one of our favorite previous locations, The Santa Barbara Club, and enjoyed a fabulous lunch served in a private,...
Does anybody know when Cheval Blanc was 100% labeled and bottled by the chateau? Seems they had negoc bottlings longer than any other First Growth?
Our monthly tasting group met recently to taste through 12 Pinot Noirs from Sonoma County. With a wide open theme such as this, we`re certain to see...
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