Castello di Amorosa Sangiovese 2012
This is a very pretty glass of wine. Drink with roast pork loins. Highly Recommended. 90 points.
Dutton Goldfield Gewürztraminer
This California Gewürz is a lovely melange of fruit and spices. Drink with cheese pastry. Highly Recommended. 90 points.
Wente “Morning Fog” Chardonnay
Clean, crisp, and refreshing, this would pair beautifully with fried fresh-water catfish. Highly Recommended. 90 points.
Wente “Eric’s Chardonnay”
This unoaked Chardonnay is loaded with tropical and citrus fruits, with a steel backbone. Drink with poached sole. Highly Recommended. 91 points.
Susana Balbo Signature Torrontés
This is a smoking wine, loaded with smoke and fruit, drink it outside, on a breezy porch, with a good cigar. Recommended. 88 points.
Sullivan Family Vineyard Couer de Vigne
This is round, soft, opulent, layered with rich, elegant fruit and other flavors. Drink with fine filet. Very Highly Recommended. 95 points.
Ridge “Lytton Estate” Petite Sirah
Huge, even flamboyant, on the palate, with juicy black fruits, blackberry and elderberry, smoke, the darkest chocolate, and vanilla, all kept just barely in control by firm, structured tannins. Drink with marvelous wine with equally marvelous local lamb. Highly Recommended. 94 points.
Murrieta’s Well “Small Lot” Muscat Canelli
This is a lovely wine, loaded with stone fruit and florals. Drink with fresh rainbow trout. Highly Recommended. 91 points.