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5 Stellar Chardonnay Wines to Toast This Week

Raising a glass of Chardonnay is welcome any evening in our home, especially when they come with the provenance and quality of our five feature selections today. Each shines as an ideal example of why Chardonnay remains one of America’s most popular white wines. When crafted with intention and care, the luscious white variety is remarkable. #Cheers Benovia Vineyards and Winery‘s Martaella…

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5 Russian River Valley Estates & Wineries

5 Russian River Valley Estates & Wineries

I’ve read that Economist John Maynard Keynes said on his deathbed that his only regret in life was that he had not drunk more champagne. After the pandemic, many of us realize that life is unpredictable, so recently I traveled up to Sonoma County to drink more wine and champagne. After visiting Korbel to drink more champagne, I discovered that the Russian River Valley is a haven for Pinot Noir…

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🌧 then a 🌈 (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTFkxQA5twDE4r_kDtTYDybzNjakp_y8be5bc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mhfkfukvbh45

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Wine Recommendations

https://j.mp/36WrGyB Wine Recommendations https://j.mp/36WrGyB The NewsletterWine ReviewsLuxury ChardonnayGood Value Pinot NoirLuxury Cabernet Sauvignon from NapaSpanishItaliansCal-italDinner WhitesFun, Dumb, and Delicious: the WhitesFun, Dumb, and Delicious: the RedsSerious (but cheap) RedsCabernet/SyrahOld NewsGallo’s HumorKeith’s Cheat Sheet Wine Reviews Luxury Chardonnay These represent the best of what California Chardonnay can be, although they are mostly in the big-big-big oak and buttery buttered butter style. Talbott “Cuvee Audrey”Patz and Hall Hyde Vineyard MacRostie “Wildcat Mountain” Chardonnay Hyde de Villaine CarneroBeringer Sbragia Good Value Pinot Noir Nether thought this would happen, but sure as hell, it has. There is good Pinot for under $25. If you are telling yourself, “I know a bunch of good Pinots for under $25”, then you are in desperate need of a Wine 101 class. Some of these have been around for a while and maybe harder to find, especially since I have been buying them all by the case. Siduri “Sonatera” Robert Stemmler Nugent Vineyard Picket Fence Russian River ValleyKenwood Russian River ValleyGundlach Bundschu Luxury Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa A great deal of excellent Cabernet has seen price reductions, most likely because high-end wineries are in desperate need of cash. Bacio Divino To Kalon Vineyard Robert Craig Howell Mountain Lail Vineyards “Blueprint” Heitz 1998 Martha’s Vineyard Pine Ridge Oakville Ramey Larkmead VineyardRockledge Vineyards Find these wines here: The Wine Finder Spanish There are some excellent Spanish wines in the market right now, with a strong focus on Priorat. Not sure how or why there is a glut of wines from one of the greatest wine regions in the world, most of which is listed at good prices. Manga del Brujo Red Mas de l’Abundancia Fluminus Cims de Porrera Solanes Buil And Gine Priorat Cellars Capafons-Osso “Mas de Masos” Priorat Italians Lately, the Italian wines have gotten very interesting, with a lot of 2003 Brunello and some single-vineyard Barolo. Donnafugata Mille Una Notte Caparzo Brunello di MontalcinoTerriccio Tassinaia Michele Chiarlo Barolo BrunateLuiano Lui di Luiano Cal-ital Glad to see a few old favorites at great prices. Bacio Divino Pazzo Luna Estate Sangiovese Find these wines here: The Wine Finder Dinner Whites Good quality that will do quite well whenever a white wine is called for. Pieropan Soave Classico Source Gamble Vineyard Sauvignon BlancNepenthe Sauvignon Blanc Fun, Dumb, and Delicious: the Whites Great for folks who don’t drink often. Top-notch wines for newbies. Pillar Box White Hedges CMS Pirie Estelle Tasmania Fun, Dumb, and Delicious: the Reds These are the easiest drinking bunch of quality wines I have ever seen. Fruit bombs! Rolf Binder “Hales” ShirazBleasdale “Bremerview” Shiraz X Winery Spring Mountain Merlot Serious (but cheap) Reds These are very well made and offer up some varietal and regional typicity. Serious wines but at a very good price. Columbia Crest “Reserve” Syrah Domaine de la Soleiade VacqueyrasWolf Blass “Gold Label” Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet/Syrah Personally, I think this blend is intrinsically flawed. These wines don’t make it into the school cellar often. However, these five are so good they almost change my opinion. Almost. B Cellars Blend 25 from Napa Bacio Divino Vagabond from NapaHall Darwin from Napa Antiyal Kuyen from Chile Parson’s Flat Shiraz/Cabernet from Australia Old News This was originally part of our February 2010 Newsletter. For more up-to-date information, register for our Wine Newsletter. Gallo’s Humor This week, the major media outlets continue their reports on how E & J Gallo was duped into selling fake Pinot Noir. Last week, a French court convicted the leaders of several wine companies in the scheme. The wine in question was actually Merlot and Syrah, which was bound for Gallo’s “Red Bicyclette” brand. Poor silly little Gallo! Gallo is being portrayed as being a somewhat inept corporation that was duped by a few winemakers and negotiants in the Languedoc region of France. However, Gallo is well known in the industry for being one of the smartest, best run wine companies in the world: a billion dollar enterprise respected for its ability to create, distribute and sell brands. This is a company that turned a brand concept (Da Vinci) into one of the best-selling brands of Italian wines in the span of five years. Would such a company purchase millions of dollars of wine without a scrupulous audit, or without a team of wine professionals inspecting every batch? Probably not. Pinot Noir from Languedoc is of very poor quality, which is why they produce very little of it. On the other hand, the region produces an ocean of decent syrah, and does so very cheaply. I find it hard to believe that Gallo did not know about the switch. Gallo is the king of market research: it knows people want to buy Pinot Noir, it also knows that Pinot Noir that retails for less than $10 is crap, it also knows that people who are buying Pinot Noir for less than $10 have two priorities: Price and taste. You can’t tell a bargain-hunting consumer that there is no such thing as a decent Pinot for $8. Instead of selling them horrendous wine, why not sell them something decent, even if it’s not Pinot Noir? Everyone wins. Everyone except the 12 people who were convicted of fraud last week. It’s interesting that no one, not even those charged with serious crimes, has even proposed the idea that Gallo actually knew about the switch. Is it because Gallo is beyond reproach or or because Gallo wields such a huge amount of power in a crumbing economy? Keith’s Cheat Sheet Back in the day when Jonathan Newman ran the PLCB, his Chairman’s Selections were often amazing. The program is still alive, although lacking in quality control. The program still offers some great wines at stupendously cheap prices. However, the buyer has to be very careful; there are a lot of stinkers out there, too. As a service to our loyal students, here is our internal list of the best of the best wines in the PLCB system and its Chairman’s Selection program. Wines don’t make this list unless they are priced below wholesale and of exceptional quality. In other words, these are the best of the best…. and the cheapest too! Find these wines here: The NEW Wine Finder

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Wine tasting!!! (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards)

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Had a fun day breadstick tasting at the winery. 📷: @ahopcus (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwdRaePntMj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m0ypcqtnuz8g

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sunday’s in sonoma🍷 (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-Lbkbg_BL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1raa74bihzyn4

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Second stop in the Russian River Valley. (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/dartlimousines/p/Bv4wSElnKYD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3fwuuajsohmp

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A tropical fruit-like Chardonnay should be enough cooled for summer, as well as Sauvignon Blanc. This is really nice! #chardonnay #macrostie #winery #tastingroom #healdsburg #sonomacounty #sonoma #russianriver #winetasting #winelover #california (at Sainte Claire Hotel)

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Valentine's Bubbles

Romance is in the air, and bubbles are flowing. Valentine’s Day is the ideal time to pop a cork in celebration with your sweetheart. This is especially ideal if the one you love the most is yourself. After all, you deserve to be celebrated. Enjoy one of these beauties on Valentine’s Day and every day, as every day is the time to celebrate you! #Cheers! Capturing the pastoral nature of Anderson…

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MacRostie Wines Help No Kid Hungry

MacRostie Wines Help No Kid Hungry

Recently I sat down with Gillian Jeske Dodd from Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners at a Taste of the Nation LA preview dinner at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills.

She enlightened me about one of the evening’s sponsors, MacRostie Winery & Vineyards. This state-of-the-art winery is located on a picturesque hilltop overlooking the bucolic Russian River Valley in California.

Established in 1987,…

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Jorge Miroslav Jara Salas: Russian River Single Vineyard Tasting: November 15, San Francisco

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Longtime readers will know that I make it a point to promote events that provide an opportunity to really educate your palate. As a wine lover, nothing teaches you more than getting a chance to taste a lot of similar wines side-by-side. Whether that’s learning if you really do like Merlot, or understanding the what kinds of wine a particular region does well, there’s no substitute for taking a couple of hours to taste forty wines poured by people who can tell you most anything you might want to know about what you’re tasting.

Which leads me to the question: how do you feel about the Russian River Valley? Undoubtedly one of California’s most distinct wine regions, the fog-influenced Russian River Valley was ground zero for the rise of California Pinot Noir from obscurity to its near-cult status today. Thanks to producers such as Williams Selyem and Rochioli, the Russian River Valley proved that not only were people were willing to pay $80 for a bottle of California Pinot Noir from a very specific vineyard, but that they’d wait years to get onto a mailing list for that privilege.

There’s nothing like visiting a wine region to get a feel for it, but a close second is having the chance to taste a lot of its best wines in a single sitting. And that’s precisely what you’ll have a chance to do if you attend an event called Russian River Valley Single Vineyard Night on November 15th in San Francisco.

Dozens of wineries from the region are bringing their single-vineyard designated wines to the Presidio Officer’s Club for a walk-around tasting. So if you’re interested in learning more about the Russian River Valley, what grows best there, and what it tastes like, or if you’re a super-fan and want to go gargle with some of your favorite juice, you should consider checking it out.

There will be food, music, and a silent auction as well.

Some of the wineries pouring that night will be:

ACORN Winery, Balletto Vineyards, Benovia Winery, Campana Ranch Wines, Char Vale Winery, Christopher Creek Winery, Croix Estate Winery, Davis Bynum, Gary Farrell Winery, Kanzler Family Vineyards, Inman Family Wines, La Crema Winery, Landmark Vineyards, Limerick Lane, MacPhail Wines, MacRostie Winery & Vineyards, Maritana Vineyards, Matrix Winery, Paradise Ridge Winery, Russian River Vineyards, Tara Bella Winery, Ten Acre Winery, Thomas George Estates, Tongue Dancer Wines, and Wren Hop Winery.

So have a late lunch, go taste some good wine, and then have a late dinner.

2018 Russian River Single Vineyard Night Thursday, November 15th 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Presidio Officer’s Club – Ortega Ballroom 50 Moraga Ave San Francisco, CA 94129 (map)

Tickets for the event are $85, but if you pay $100 you can get in early, hobnob with winemakers, and get to taste limited-edition bottlings and other “rare” wines. This event will likely sell out so get your tickets soon.

Posted by: Alder on November 2, 2018 9:02 PM

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tastin' (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards)

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view from MacRostie by Uncle Tee TX vineyards at MacRostie Winery, Healdsburg, CA. Sony A6500 and Sigma E30/2.8. http://ift.tt/2izNw4O

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someone’s thirsty🍷 (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvlmawPgBKH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jqw5mu987h5f

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2014 MacRostie - Chardonnay Sonoma Coast. 92 Points– “This wine would surely win over even the anti-Chardonnay folks. Its savory dryness is balanced by fresh fruitiness, especially apple and citrusy elements, while the oak presence is more like a dash of spice than a heavy layer of flavor. The sublime duality of richness and delicacy, plus the wine’s palate embracing texture, is what truly sets MacRostie Chardonnay apart from the competition.” – Marguerite Thomas Thomas, April 2016, Wine Review Online 90 Points, Smart Buys: Outstanding; a wine of superior character and style “Features a delicious core of vibrant grapefruit and lemon-laced tangerine and white peach notes. Those who value zesty acidity will love this, as the acidity keeps the flavors fresh and jumping.” – James Laubeand Augustus Weed, January 2016, Wine Spectatorpectator Shop Online: http://bit.ly/2vqgUiW MacRostie Winery & Vineyards #Chardonnay #Sonoma #Coast http://ift.tt/2u9IBsG