November - 2017

2016 Sauvignon Blanc Horse Hills Vineyard/ Chateau St. Michelle

Here’s a good Washington state Sauvignon Blanc, and comes with a genuine cork. Because St. Michelle produces so much wine from its...

2015 Albarino Martin Codax

2015 Albarino Martin Codax Somewhere in Spain, in the Medierainian sea breeze, these Albarino grapes matured and got stomped into a...

2015 Whole Cluster Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

We’ve discovered every W.V.V whole cluster Pinot is good. Some years are more distinctive, and ‘15 is one of those years. The WC begins...

2016 Valdobbladene Prosecco Mionetto Vineyard, Italy

Our Thanksgiving, ’17, was a bit different, in that we served a Prosecco wine. Even more different was the Jeroboam. Six adults...

2016 Whole Cluster Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

We began making wine tasting trips to Oregon in the mid 1990’s. One of the coastal wineries produced a “Whole Cluster” Pinot Noir. The...

2015 Honoro Vera Monastrell

Here's a bottle for your wine education. Spanish wine from organic monastrell grapes. They say its hard to balance the tannin from the...

2015 Tres Picos Bora Garnacha

This Spanish Garnacha is worth a repeat. It’s a pleasant red wine that fits any quiet evening: sit on the deck and watch a sun set. The...

Chandon Brut

But its good. Is it Champagne? No. It was made in California. But it is good. Is it vintage? No. I can't ever even find a date on a...

2013 Domaine de Cause Malbec

“That’s sort of odd”, I said to myself, “A Malbec from France.” I know that French winemakers produce quite good wine. But a Malbec?...

2015 Catena Malbec

My first red wine interest was Merlot, and I have graduated to Pinot Nior. Now, I’m just getting into Malbec, which is another serious...