The 2010 Mark West California Pinot Noir was sourced mainly from vineyards in Central Coast AVA (primarily Monterey and Santa Barbara) along with grapes from Mendocino, Sonoma County and Lodi grape growing AVA’s. Then to give the wine a little extra shine, they blend in Pinot Noir from their more expensive bottlings, 5% from Santa…
Read MoreThe 2011 Noble Vines 446 Chardonnay is a single vineyard, single vineyard section (maybe), single Chardonnay grape clone wine, that just happens to list for $12.99. Nobles Vines is one of the many labels produced by Delicato Family Vineyards and the grapes are sourced from Block 46 of Delicato Family Vineyards 5,000 acre San Bernabe…
Read MoreThe 2011 Gnarly Head Pinot Grigio was mainly sourced from vineyards in the Lodi AVA of California, and a small proportion of the grapes came from Delicato Family Vineyards (Gnarly Head is their label) premium San Bernabe Vineyard (to give the wine a little extra shine) in Monterey. The front label lists California as the…
Read MoreThe 2009 Emerald Bay Cabernet Sauvignon is 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot sourced from grapes grown in several vineyards in California’s Central Coast AVA. Emerald Bay is the value entry level label for Chateau Julien, a family owned and operated winery since 1982, located in Carmel in the Monterey AVA. There isn’t a fancy…
Read MoreThe 2010 Coppola Diamond Collection Merlot is 80% Merlot, 19% Petite Sirah and 1% Syrah sourced from vineyards all over California (they mention Paso Robles, Sonoma and Monterey as some of the vineyard locations), though the core of the vineyards used has been the same since 1996. This Merlot was aged in French oak barrels…
Read MoreThe 2010 Cycles Gladiator Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot and 5% Petite Sirah sourced from vineyards located in the Lodi AVA inside the Central Coast AVA of California. Cycles Gladiator is one of the labels owned by Hahn Estates, Monterey, California. Cycles Gladiator was the brand name for a French bicycle…
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The 2010 Mirassou Pinot Noir is sourced from grapes grown in several California grape growing AVA’s, with some of the grapes coming from Sonoma and Monterey. The Mirassou family have been growing grapes and producing wine since 1854, they are the first to introduce Pinot Noir grapes to California and were among the first to…
Read MoreThe 2009 Samantha Starr Pinot Noir is sourced from grapes grown in the Central Avenue Vineyards located in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA inside Monterey County, California. The winemaker is, I.C. Balderas who was the winemaker at Talbott Vineyards (which is just down the road from Central Avenue Vineyards). He produces a Pinot Noir and…
Read MoreThe actual name of this wine is, Marc Mondavi’s The Divining Rod Chardonnay, like a Hollywood stars name above the title of the film. This wine is sourced from vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA which is located inside the Monterey AVA in Northern California, it has a cool temperatures and fog off the…
Read MoreThe 2010 Robert Mondavi Private Selection Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from vineyards in the Central Coast AVA, primarily Monterey County. The front label says California which indicates the grapes can be sourced from more than one AVA, but only Central Coast grapes were used and the 2011 label has been redesigned and now shows Central…
Read MoreThe Rex-Goliath Cabernet Sauvignon is a non vintage wine sourced from more than one California grape growing AVA. About ten years ago Rex-Goliath was a pretty reliable supermarket wine, back then it was Hahn Estates entry level wine sourced from grapes grown in Monterey and the Central Coast. The brand has since been sold off…
Read MoreThe 2011 Line 39 Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon is a project involving Roy Cecchetti and Bob Broman. Bob Broman is the chief winemaker and he has been the winemaker at Stag’s Leap (on the high end) and Redtree (on the inexpensive side), as well as other projects in his career. The grapes are sourced from…
Read MoreThe 2010 Bogle Chardonnay is sourced from vineyards in the Clarksburg and Monterey grape growing AVA’s in Northern California. Bogle Vineyards (family owned) is the largest winery in Clarksburg and the majority of the grapes grown in Clarksburg are sold to wineries in other California growing AVA’s. This is an under $10 Chardonnay, but this is…
Read MoreThe 2010 Poppy Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay is sourced from Estate vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA (near the Monterey Bay) which is located inside the Monterey County AVA. The poppy is the state flower of California. The Poppy Chard is a combination of Chardonnay aged in oak barrels and undergoing malolactic fermentation and unoaked…
Read MoreThe 2009 Field Recordings Chardonnay is sourced from a single, family owned, sustainably farmed vineyard located in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA of Monterey County, California. This Chardonnay underwent full malolactic fermentation (a process where the naturally occurring tart malic acid is converted to softer, more rounded tasting lactic acid, it also helps the wine…
Read MoreThe 2009 Pennywise California Pinot Noir is 94% Pinot Noir and 6% Syrah of which 60% is sourced from a single vineyard in the Clarksburg AVA, 30% from the River Junction AVA (a very cool section of the Central Valley) and 10% from the Monterey AVA. Pennywise is one of Don Sebastiani & Sons labels,…
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