Tag: Chardonnay
Lodi – the Motherlode of Affordable California Win...
Posted by Tom Gable | Mar 28, 2019 | California, Discoveries, Values | 0
Beyond Malbec: Premium Wines from Valle de Uco, Me...
Posted by Tom Gable | May 31, 2018 | Argentina, Discoveries | 0
Cool Wine Country: Santa Lucia Highlands
Posted by Tom Gable | Feb 28, 2017 | California, Discoveries | 0
Memorable Chardonnay Wines from 2022
The top 20 include nine from California and eleven from Burgundy. On the former, I’ve been a fan of Stony Hill of Napa and Hanzell of Sonoma for some 40 years. I prefer more classic styles, which these small producers...
Read MoreExploring the Wines of Santa Barbara, California
by Tom Gable | Jul 31, 2022 | California, Discoveries, Touring, Values | 0
The Santa Barbara County Vintners Association visited San Diego recently for a trade and media tasting featuring wines from 10 members, including wineries and wine families with more than one label. The vintners are on a...
Read MoreFavorites from 2021 — Classics and Values
by Tom Gable | Dec 31, 2021 | Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Classics, Discoveries, France, New Zealand, Oregon, Rhone, Values | 0
It’s always memorable to go through our tasting notes for the year. We recorded the notes during a wide range of tasting experiences, from trying new wines at home, to dinner parties with friends, to trade tastings, industry...
Read MoreEasy Sipping Spring and Summer White Wines
by Tom Gable | Mar 31, 2021 | Burgundy, California, Champagne, Discoveries, France, New Zealand, Spain, Values | 0
With warmer weather in the offing and restrictions easing on getting together in crowds of more than four and spaced at two-meter intervals, it’s time to explore lower-cost, tasty wines to have handy for any group gathering or...
Read MoreWhite, Red Wine Values for Continued Hunkering in 2021
by Tom Gable | Dec 30, 2020 | Burgundy, California, Discoveries, France, Italy, New Zealand, Values | 0
Some celebrants usher in the New Year with a little bubbly and an expensive vintage wine or two. Based on requests from some friends for lower cost wines to get through the first quarter of 2021 under a pandemic budget, we took...
Read MoreSummer Whites: Easy Sipping Party Wines, Plus a Few Complex Classics
by Tom Gable | Aug 31, 2020 | Australia, Baja California, Burgundy, California, Classics, Discoveries, France, Germany, New Zealand, Oregon, Spain, Washington | 0
The following white wines rose to the top of our tasting leaderboard the past three months, scoring for overall quality of the wines and values delivered. Most are widely available, except for classics from the cellar and...
Read More18 Chardonnays for Spring and Summer Sipping
by Tom Gable | Apr 30, 2020 | Argentina, Burgundy, California, Discoveries, France, Values | 0
The following wines were selected from tastings over the past three months for a combination of quality, style and price. Sources were local grocery stores, wine merchants, online discount houses and a warehouse store. Prices...
Read MoreWillamette Valley and Seven AVAs — Exploring Oregon Pinot Noir
The seminar was titled “It’s Willamette, Damnit,” to break the pronunciation barriers, and offered...
Read MoreBurgundy Wines – Hunting for Quality in Less Famous Appellations
It’s a good day that starts at 9 a.m. with an introduction to the wines of Burgundy. Or you could...
Read More32 Wines Under $23 for Spring Sipping, Picnic and Party Fun
by Tom Gable | Apr 30, 2019 | Argentina, Australia, Bordeaux, California, France, New Zealand, Oregon, Rhone, Values, Washington | 0
The following wines rise to the top in price and value from among several hundred wines tasted over the past few months, from individual bottles with food at home to sampling through scores at trade tastings and industry...
Read MoreLodi – the Motherlode of Affordable California Wines
by Tom Gable | Mar 28, 2019 | California, Discoveries, Values | 0
Randy Caparoso, wine journalist, wine country photographer and columnist for The SOMM Journal, led...
Read MoreChampagne: What’s Behind Those Famous Bubbles
During a recent trip to Champagne, we enjoyed tasting a wide range of sparkling wines, from...
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