A fruit driven Sonoma Valley red blend that’s a real crowd pleaser! The Bruce Patch Wine “Take Five” Red Blend was inspired by one of the most performed jazz tunes of all time, Dave Brubeck’s legendary song of the same name. This wine was blended from five grapes — 50% merlot, 20% syrah, 18% malbec,…
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Wine Of The Day: 2013 Josetta Saffirio Langhe Rossese Bianco
Rossese Bianco is a grape native to the Cinque Terra region of Italy. It made its way to the Langhe in the late nineteenth century, and was rediscovered in old vineyards of Monforte in the mid 70s. The Langhe Rossese Bianco DOC was established in 2011, acknowledging it as a grape variety native to…
Wine of the Day: 2013 Urbano Cellars Cotes du Clements
Urbano Cellars sourced fruit fro this wine from the Bokides Ranch, which lies within the Clement Hills AVA which is located within the SE corner of the Lodi appellation. Clements Hills is characterized by rolling hills that emerge out of the San Joaquin Valley to form the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is distinguished…
Wine of the Day: 2014 Seed Wine Red Blend
Seed Wine is a boutique winery crafting less than 200 cases of wine annually. Fruit for this wine was sourced from high elevation cool climate vineyards in Mendoza. It was raised for 16 months in new French Oak in Mendoza’s oldest wine cave. My tasting notes follow: The wine is an opaque ruby violet…
Wine of the Day – 2014 Seed Malbec
Seed Wine is a boutique winery crafting less than 200 cases of wine annually. Fruit for this wine was grown in the prestigious and rugged Altamira district of the Uco Valley from 42-year-old ungrafted Malbec vines grown in well-drained alluvial clay, limestone and gravel soils. The cool, high elevation vineyard is situated at the extreme…