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2009 Siegendorf Red

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This Cab-Merlot blend may make you re-think Austrian red wine. The nose shows a blend of red and black fruits, elderberry and very ripe black cherries, butter, and tobacco leaf. On the palate, it leads with black fruit, moves to red on the mid-palate, all with underpinnings of butter and

2010 John Duval “Entity” Shiraz

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Deceptively explosive and expressive, this is a true gem. Blueberry and elderberry on the nose barely hint at the explosive palate to follow. It opens with blue and black fruits and asian spices, fruits that seem to increase in concentration toward the mid-palate, like they were being turned from fruit

2011 Trinitas “Rose’ary” Rosé

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose is fresh-sliced strawberries floating in strawberry soda. Strawberry and watermelon move toward maraschino cherry from attack to mid-palate. Touches of vanilla and sweet cherry are kept in check by dry leafy herbs. There is a little RS, but this is no 1977s white Zin. This is a joyful,

2011 Inman Family “Thorn Ridge Ranch” Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A velvet-clad delight. Black cherries, Bing cherries, and a cabinet full of fresh and dried leafy spices all come out on the nose. Black cherries, dried strawberries, sage, marjoram, and a touch of tarragon all open on the attack. The mid-palate turns sweeter, cherries taking the lead and offering a

New Zealand’s Grape Expectations

Michelle Locke
Feature Stories
3 min read
Kiwi winemakers widen horizons with Riesling, sparklers and more It’s a warm spring night in Queenstown and the mood at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards dinner is convivial as winemakers, uncharacteristically gussied up in black tie, giggle at the PG humor of the emcee and polish off steaks of

2012 Shoofly Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Is there really Pinot this good for this price? Roses, cherries, dried strawberries, and smoke waft up from the glass. The silky texture enfolds cherries, rhubarb, allspice, and hints of smoke from a distant hardwood fire. Tarter fruits come through on the mid-palate and linger for quite a long time.

2012 La Rochelle Pinot Meunier

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Pinot candy. On the nose this would be picked, blind, as a Pinot Noir, with cherry pits, cola, a touch of black earth, and a very pretty floral background of rosewater. Cherries and plum lead on the palate, followed by black tea. Everything then takes an interesting candied turn, with

2010 Toccata Sangiovese

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose smells like a bag full of freshly-picked Michigan cherries and Earl Grey tea. Complexity on the palate is surprising and fun. It starts with tarter red fruits, cranberry and raspberry, and quickly moves to sweeter red fruits on the mid-palate, fresh cherries and dried strawberries. Tannins are deceptive,