This past weekend was the conclusion of our 2016 Monte Bello Collector Assemblage events. In keeping with this year’s theme, the weekend was cool and wet. However, that didn’t deter our dedicated members from making the trek up the mountain… Read More ›

2000 Monte Bello
Nineteen Wines, and What Do You Get? Three 97-pointers, & an Average Score of 93.5!
This post is all about the remarkable reviews Ridge just received from Antonio Galloni. To see all the scores and commentary, please click here. ~ It is, I must say, a pretty remarkable compendium of accolades. Just a few short… Read More ›
#RidgeSomms: To Dine In The Valleys
When you are Ridge Vineyards, and you have invited 12 of the best and brightest food & wine luminaries in the country to your estates, you are faced with a daunting question: where do you take them for dinner? Part… Read More ›
Assemblage Monte Bello: A Pictorial Remembrance
It was a truly beautiful morning; ripe with promise, alive with anticipation, resplendent with resplendence. For events of this scale, we park our own cars well out of the way, high above the vines. The walk down in the morning,… Read More ›
Classics: The Gospels of Pauls (3rd Anniversary Wine Bloggers Tasting at Ridge Vineyards!)
Classics: The Gospels of Pauls The following summary of our recent and very special Wine Bloggers Tasting is broken up into two parts: in Part I, I run down a description of how the tasting was constructed, and in Part… Read More ›
Judgment of Paris: Let the Anniversary Celebration BEGIN!
Elvis on Ed Sullivan. Jimi Hendrix playing The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. The publishing of Kerouac’s On The Road. The publication of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” The staging of Ridgely Torrence’s “Three Plays for a Negro Theatre.” The… Read More ›
Tasting Notes: 15-Vintage Monte Bello Vertical! (Milestone and Milestones!)
Well, this is a bit of a milestone post for what is still quite a young blog; it’s the 200th post! Accordingly, I want to do something a little special to mark the occasion, and this is what I have to… Read More ›