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:: Read our Wine Reviews
:: Visit a Tasting Room -- Online!
:: Information and Background on Grape Varietals
:: Read About Winemakers and Winery Personalities

 

Read our Wine Reviews

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Read Thom Elkjer's professional reviews and discover a new favorite:
Cabernets, Mount Veeder
Chardonnays
Oregon Chardonnays
Dessert Wines, American Merlots
Merlots 2
Petite Sirah
Pinot Noir
Sparkling Wines, Bruts
Sauvignon Blancs
Organic Sauvignon Blancs
Syrahs
Syrahs, 2005
Viognier
Zinfandels, Sonoma Dry Creek

Vist a Tasting Room -- Online!

Our Virtual Tasting Room tours will make you feel like you have been there. Thom Elkjer walks us through a sampling of wines from tasting rooms thoughout California and the country:

Napa Valley, California:
Patz& Hall Tasting Room -Virtual Visit
Patz & Hall
Clos Pegase
Frogs Leap
Louis Martini

Sonoma County, California
Imagery Estate Winery - Virtual Visit
Gundlach Bundschu
Kunde Estate
La Crema

Santa Cruz County, California
Bonny Doon Wines, Bonny Doon Tasting Room

Santa Barbara County, California
Sunstone Vineyards & Winery

San Luis Obispo
Eberle Winery - Virtual Visit

Information and Background on Grape Varietals

You don't have to understand your grape to enjoy your wine. If, however, you are interested in the backstory, here are some great essays and articles on different varietals and how they have come to their current status.

Cabernet
Chardonnay
Dessert Wines, American
Merlot
Petite Syrah
Pinot Noir
S
auvignon Blanc
Sparkling Wine
Syrah 2004
Syrah 2005
Viognier
Zinfandel

Read About Winemakers and Winery Personalities

Is it terroir, or is it talent? What does it take to make a great bottle of wine? These winemakers share their story, and their passion.
Bob Iantosca
Susan Doyle
Ed Killian
Danielle Cyrot
Louis Foppiano
Merry Edwards
John Alban
Arnaud Weyrich

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