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Our journey through Napa Valley would continue as we worked our way south, in this case to the AVA of Oakville. Oakville is roughly in the middle of the valley, and home to some pretty iconic wineries. Names like Opus One, Heitz Martha’s Vineyard, Groth, Harlan, and Robert Mondavi’s To Kalon Vineyard dot the
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Our journey through Napa Valley continued at a winery we are quite familiar with but have never visited, Clif Family Winery. Winemaker Laura Barrett crafts the wines at Clif Family, from organically grown grapes in the estate vineyards, and with selected grapes from other growers. The Clif Family estate vineyards have been expanding, and she
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Here is a great option for a complex and delicious red wine, from an area that produces some of the greatest values on the planet. This wine garnered multiple 93 point scores from the major wine publications.
Wine: 2016 Bodegas Manzanos Voché Rioja Reserva
Winery Location: Rioja, Spain
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After three days in Sonoma Valley, Cheri and I took the mountain road through the Mayacamas Mountains and emerged in Calistoga, in the fabled Napa Valley. Home to some of the world’s most iconic wines, the history here, as in Sonoma, is long and rich. There is a rivalry between the two, jokingly alluded to
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We’ve reviewed the wines from Seamus several times over the past few years. They’re made by Jim Foley Jr. in the Sonoma Valley. Using relationships Jim Jr. has developed over years, he sources grapes from premier vineyards and produces small batch wines of high quality. A comprehensive review from several years ago is here, and
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Let’s take a look at two Portuguese white wines, both of which use the Loureiro grape. One is 100% Loureiro, and the other a blend with two additional, indigenous Portuguese grapes. Here they are:
Wine: 2021 Quinta do Ameal Loureiro
Winery Location: Vinho Verde region of Portugal
Tasted By: Neil Date: November 2022
Tasting
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Foppiano Vineyards has a rich history in winemaking. Located in Healdsburg, in the northern Sonoma Valley, the winery goes all the way back to 1896. The vineyard and winery is still owned and operated by the Foppiano family. They’ve seen a lot over the years, from Prohibition to the Great Depression, World Wars, fires and
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You probably wouldn’t expect to find a wine tasting room in Sonoma Valley which focuses on Italian grapes and traditional spirits, but that’s exactly what you’ll find on the Sonoma Highway in Kenwood, California, at Muscardini Cellars.
Michael Muscardini comes from a traditional Italian family, and periodically spends extended time back in Italy visiting them.
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Sonoma Mountain rises 2463 feet above sea level, part of the Sonoma Mountain range in Northern California. On the eastern side of the mountain one of the smallest American Viticultural Areas (AVA) in Sonoma Valley is designated as the Sonoma Mountain AVA and includes vineyards located up to 1700 feet in elevation. This is a
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Our first winery stop on the recent trip to Sonoma and Napa Valley was in the town of Sonoma, and more particularly in the Carneros American Viticultural Area (AVA). Located on windswept hills beneath the Petaluma Gap, Schug Carneros Estate Winery is a family business with strong winemaking roots. The founder, Walter Schug, immigrated from
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