Old vines and fresh spices. Fresh blackberry, black pepper, and loads of cloves waft up from the glass. Blackberries are more jammy on the palate. Black pepper shows more and cloves less, and vanilla shows on the mid-palate. Tannins offer a gentle grip. The finish has plenty of spice. Drink
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
The nose offers strawberries and oyster shells. More tart on the palate, it has strawberry-rhubarb with a chaser of cranberry. Oyster shells linger in the background throughout. A hint of lime lingers on the finish. Dry and very crisp, this would pair well with a lentil salad. Try this lentil
British wine critic Jancis Robinson has something of a romantic debt to American wine. Not only was her first British national wine story about American wine, but she met her husband, Nick Lander, when they organized a tasting of American wines in London. At the time, wines from the US
It was the kind of day that always makes us happy we have our little hideaway north of New York City. Outside was Currier and Ives--gray sky, melting snow, moody, skeletal trees. Inside, a fire that John had tended all day bathed our old dog’s body in a golden
2008 Shippey Vineyards "Flaming J" Petite Sirah The nose is dark, mulberry and black pepper. This is just as dark on the palate, with the same mulberries. There a loads of black pepper on the finish, paired with unsweetened chocolate. It is still young. It's big tannins are still rough,
In a half-bottle, this wine is a no-brainer for a two-person barbecue. It has notes of strawberry and a very light touch of pepper in the aroma, both of which continue on the palate. The body is somewhat light for a zinfandel, but there are some tannins to balance the
At 143 years of age, the Original Grandpere Vineyard in the Sierra Foothills is the oldest documented Zinfandel vineyard in California, and it still produces wines of high quality. Its history is closely linked with that of California wine, and with United States wine consumption in general. The identity of