I am in the Wine Industry, and so of course I do read the “major” publications. Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, etc. And I recently got to thinking about the publication titles: Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate. What’s… Read More ›
2006 Monte Bello
Monte Bello Collector Component Tasting Event: The 4488 Wrap!
Monte Bello Noir? It was a dark and stormy night. Except it wasn’t. What it actually was, was a warm and sunny morning, with the low sun casting rays through the gauze of morning haze that lightly veiled the vineyards… Read More ›
@jamessuckling,@ridgemb,#cabernet
Man, I have been on a Monte Bello tasting rampage of late! In rather timely fashion I might add, given all this #cabernet business afoot … So, as a first entry, I recently tasted the following with Paul Draper and… Read More ›
Zinfandel: The Art of the Blend!
If you’re anywhere in the area of either our tasting rooms today, and if you have any interest in Zinfandel, I think we may have a little something special on offer for you. It’s the third edition of our Summer… Read More ›
A Four-Decade Monte Bello Vertical: Tasting Notes!
2007 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Deep purple belly in the bowl, with a gorgeous magenta limn … aromatics rich with blueberry, lavender, anise, and fennel, populating an architecture built with great crushed rock and wet-stone minerality … loads of herb & spice front-palate,… Read More ›
Chardonnay Showcase!
Round Two of our Summer Wine Series touches down on terra firma this coming Saturday, and it affords a literally first-in-a-lifetime tasting opportunity; never before have we offered a flight like this one! In addition to closing with the very highly… Read More ›
The French Laundry Cometh …
Had such a fine time today! We very happily hosted the extraordinary wine team from the impossibly fine French Laundry today; wonderful, wonderful guests, and dare I say it, wonderful, wonderful wines. Such a treat to have them here, it… Read More ›
