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Vintage Tastings – A Day at the Tilsons

Day Two for our Tilson weekend was actually at John’s home, a beautiful sanctuary in Montecito, far away from Meghan and Harry lol. When I walked in the front door, I could feel the fine wine energy seeping through the walls and floors. Who’s afraid of seepage? Not me! The day was beautiful, the view […]

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Vintage Tastings – A Top Ten for 2023

  Last year wines from my cellar were featured at two tastings – one at The San Ysidro Ranch and another at my home which is adjacent in Montecito, California. They were organized by John Kapon from Acker Merrill. His commentary on day one follows. Day two will be in a separate article. Hello and […]

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WINE EVENTS WITH WINES FROM MY CELLAR ARRANGED AND ORGANIZED BY ACKER MERRILL

Below is an article from my good friend Chris Danley. I asked him to write about recent wine events that I hosted with wines from my cellar and I did some minor edits and additions. Easily the best wine experience of my life.  John asked for a write up and here goes, I’m sure my […]

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2020 DOMAINE FREDRICK ESMONIN

    Long ago I became acquainted with Leroy Red Burgundies. Lalou Bize Leroy was a negociant who purchased wine and bottled and sold them under her label. They were purchased from small producers who were mostly unknown at that time. Frederick Esmonin was one of the producers who sold wine to Lalou. And it […]

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TABLAS CREEK VINEYARD – FALL RELEASES

There is no question in my mind that Tablas Creek is one of the greatest California wineries. Established here in Paso Robles in 1989, the founders did everything right from the very beginning: selection of vines and location, establishing a state of the art winery and establishing a great staff of professional experts to take […]

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CHANIN WINE COMPANY

  CHANIN WINE COMPANY     In my area of the wine world (which is Santa Barbara to Paso Robles) there are 2 wineries that  stand out for me. One is Tablas Creek Vineyard that makes Rhone varietals which include several different white, rosé, and red wines (to read my recent article on Tablas Creek […]

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ED LAZARUS – ONE OF A KIND

  It is with profound sadness that I am writing this to announce the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends, Ed Lazarus. I first met Ed some 50 years ago at a wine event. I was just learning about wine and got to talking to him, and he started telling me about […]

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JOSH JENSEN, FOUNDER OF CALERA WINE COMPANY, HAS PASSED BUT HIS LEGEND WILL LIVE ON FOREVER

    It is with great sadness that I recently learned of the passing of Josh Jensen. He and I had our birth year 1944 in common and it was my great privilege to have known him from the time of his founding of Calera Wine Company in 1975. Calera was a pioneer when Josh […]

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DOMAINE ANNE & HERVE SIGAUT

  With this article I am doing something I have never done. That is I am recommending wines that I have never tasted. The reason is that I do not think it is necessary. In fact, I have already made my purchases and I would rather save my limited supply of wine to drink and […]

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TABLAS CREEK VINEYARD

  I have purchased, consumed, and written about Tablas Creek Vineyard wines for many years (to read an earlier article with the background history on Tablas Creek Vineyard including the amazing story of how it came into existence click here). Without question Tablas Creek Vineyard is making some of the very best and most consistent […]

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