GREAT DISTINCTIVE NEW WINES – RED, WHITE, & ROSÉ Below are notes on some terrific new wines including the really extraordinary new releases from Bonny Doon Vineyard (white, red, and rosé), a great 2018 Oregon Pinot Noir from Nicholas-Jay which is one of the best Pinot Noirs I have ever tasted, and two very special […]
Click here to read entire article »THE WINES ARE STUNNING & REPRESENT SOARING VALUE! Randall Grahm is the Bonny Doon Vineyard founder and winemaker. My long time good friend, wine buddy and Underground Associate Editor, Ed Lazarus, introduced me to Randall in the 1970s. Randall was searching for property to plant Pinot Noir in the Santa Cruz Mountains and we went […]
Click here to read entire article »ABOUT OUR RATING SCALE & QUOTED PRICES Rating Bottled Wines For wines that are bottled we use a rating system as described below. Perfection — This is an absolutely perfect wine, the ne plus ultra. Extraordinary — A Extraordinary wine is nearly flawless. Outstanding — A Outstanding wine is a wine of clearly superior quality […]
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