Wine Valentine

Chateau Breze Vineyard grows its varietals in Loire, France; the area of historic fine tasting white wines produced form its chalky...

Smooth; the NorthStar winemaker got this one right. He got all those basics meshed into the wine - - balanced earth tones with black...

There’s a bit of Kansas City history in this Ayers Vineyard bottle. The vineyard’s winemaker, Brad McLeroy, was a wine shop owner, who...

A dry Chenin Blanc takes sands to produce. This dry white was produced from mature California vines. An intriguing factor is wine color,...

The bottle looked great; its label was unmistakable. Nebbiolo was grape varietal. Then the tasting evolved into something else! When...

Here’s a bold red wine. Cabernet Sauvignon lovers would be pleased with its taste and texture. Using estate grapes, the winemaker went...

Rose is sort of an in-between wine. Something fell astray, leaving this Rose is between a rock and a hard place. The wine comes from the...

Those red wines from Italy present a buyer lots of conundrums Do I drink it now? Do I want to cellar it for later? Do I dare serve it to...

The Covid lockdown kept us from our Walla Walla, WA wine trip. As noted earlier, I ordered wine from several area vineyards. Northstar...

I pour some Seghesio Zinfandel when being casual; it’s one of those friendly, quality vineyards. But this ’18 bottle didn’t taste like so...