Californian Wine

Tarrica Wine Cellars Limited Release Sauvignon Blanc

I was just going through my tasting notes and I discovered that I still had notes for this wine from the sauvignon blanc series...

Cline Marsanne Roussanne

I'm really excited by some of the wines coming out of Cline Cellars these days.  They're producing a number of Rhone varietals in...

Eleven Zinfandels Under $20

I haven't done a roundup article in a while, so I thought it was time to give you a quick summary of the recent...

Stillwaters Vineyards Chardonnay

Issue number 18 of Mutineer Magazine hits shelves today and my column in the magazine this month includes an overview of some great...

Cline Zinfandel

Today we have a double-header!  Two different zinfandels from Cline Cellars. Cline Cellars is actually pretty well known for their zinfandel.  It's their specialty, along...

Glen Ellen Proprietor’s Reserve Zinfandel

A question I get asked every now and then is, "Is any of the wine in those big bottles any good?" The short answer is,...

Villa San-Juliette Zinfandel

We've been talking about zinfandel for the past few weeks, and while many of those we've reviewed have been from Lodi, California, now we're...

X Winery Zinfandel

While many of the zinfandels we've been reviewing lately come from Lodi, California, that's not the only place that's producing great zin.  This one...

Mettler Family Vineyards Epicenter Old Vine Zinfandel

The holiday weekend is over but we're still talking zinfandel, which happened to be the wine of choice for our grilled foods this weekend....

Earthquake Zinfandel

Tonight, we're shaking things up.  OK, not really.  That was going to be a play on the Earthquake name of this wine, but truthfully,...