Discussions and comments about specific varietals and/or blends.
In advance of tonight’s First Friday debut of the new 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah, we’re doing a little tasting of our own! Notes below: 2008 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Estate Syrah Aromatics: A genuinely alluring mélange of olfactory components, each a… Read More ›
Ah, 2013! Lucky 13! If one is searching for harbingers of hope early on in this newborn year, one need not look much farther than this Friday at Monte Bello. Or should I say, FIRST Friday … That’s right folks,… Read More ›
You’re reading this blog, so it’s probably reasonable to assume you’re aware of Jon Bonné. Possibly from just reading this blog, but more likely because of his excellent wine column in the San Francisco Chronicle. He’s an excellent writer, with… Read More ›
I cannot help myself; I’m in the Year-End-List spirit. I MUST make my Best-Ofs … And for today’s canonically contributive endeavour, I am going to grapple into submission a task never yet set; I am going to attempt to name… Read More ›
I lived in New York once, and then left, and then moved back and lived there again. That should tell you something about my feelings for New York. That said, I lived in Northern California once, and then left, and… Read More ›
2008 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Estate Syrah/Grenache Evidencing an intensely saturated and amethystian concentration of color in the glass, the borderline-impenetrable density of the liquid is visually lifted by the brilliance of the light-catching garnet limn. As the wine rolls against the… Read More ›
In the Zone with the Bone on SpeakerPhone, settin’ skills on Hone, takin’ the Throne on Loan from the Combat Zone, and Prone to Condone the Rhone! Meaning, one of my all-time favorite Ridge releases is due to unveil its new vintage in… Read More ›
