2010 Trinitas “Mysterium” Red Blend

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Juicy and floral, this kitchen sink wine offers light bright fruit supported by firm tannins. The nose has black cherry, strawberry jam, and rosewater. Black cherry and plum, loaded with plum skins, lead, followed by red currant on the mid-palate. It also has a touch of salinity and cinnamon. Tannins

A Pinot Paradise in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Mary Orlin
Feature Stories
5 min read
Pinot Paradise If I had to name one grape varietal defining the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA in Northern California, it would be pinot noir.  There are as many variables to growing Pinot as there are soil varieties, microclimates and vineyards in this mountainous region.  You’ll find elegant, refined Pinots and

2011 Aquinas Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Black cherry, tobacco leaf, and cocoa waft up from the glass. Blackberry and black raspberry lead on the palate. Cocoa, black cherry, and tobacco leaf show on the mid-palate, and the raspberry and leaf linger on the finish. Tannins are powdery. Acids give a tart zing. Drink with pot roast.

2011 Rodney Strong “Chalk Hill” Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose offers delicious aromas of baking pears in puff pastry. Rich on the palate, it has baked pears and spices and baking bread. Citrus makes an appearance on the mid-palate, a light touch of lemon meringue adding acid that lingers, counter-balancing the baked flavors, through the long finish. Mouth-feel

2008 Kennedy Shah Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Coffee, fig, and chocolate are on the nose. Blackberries and a bit of red currant lead on the palate, which fills out with mocha on the mid-palate. Tannins are big, dusty bordering on gritty, and mouth-drying. Black fruit dominates, but red fruit keeps a spine of tartness from attack through

2010 Law Estate “Audacious” Red Blend

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Silk in a glass. The blend is a little random, with bright, fruity Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon sitting in the same room, but looking the other way and refusing to talk to each other. Petite Sirah gives a deep black fruit anchor, and Syrah adds some meatiness. The mouth-feel, though,