Entrepreneurs Circle June 2018 Newsletter Wine #1 2015 Kinsella Spencer Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Spectator 93 Retail $95 BOFW $85.00 Steve Kinsella founded the eponymous Kinsella Estates, a small producer of Cabernet and Zinfandel from the Dry Creek Valley appellation of Sonoma. One might not think of Sonoma as an area for high quality Cabernet […]
Quarterly Shipment December 2016 Shipped 2013 Malk Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Wine Advocate 94 Retail $80 BOFW $77.00 Malk Vineyards is exactly the kind of wine that we like to discover and present to our customers. High quality, low quantity and virtually unheard of in most circles. Now add in great fruit […]
ROSEMARY CAKEBREAD OCTOBER 2016 TRADE TASTING @ REPUBLIQUE – LOS ANGELES Recently I attended a trade tasting of many different wines, most of which were introducing their 2013 red wines, which is quite typical in, early Fall. The harvest is done and the winemakers and owners have more time to market their wine. The stand out for […]
This was the lineup Saturday for our annual Entrepreneur Circle Pickup Party in order of consumption, working left to right. To save us all some potential embarrassment, we’ve only displayed one of each bottle as opposed to the entire recycling collection! Thank you to all the members that were able to attend and taste the […]
Last Thursday we had a few wine club members join us for a complimentary, blind tasting of the 2012 and 2013 vintages of Fait Main’s Teeter Totter Cabernet Sauvignon. First a little background on Fait Main, which means “hand made” in French. Fait Main is Benoit Touquette’s own label. Benoit, makes wine for Realm, Hartwell, Jack […]
A little bit of a primer on the Rhone for those who aren’t as familiar. In the Rhone, like all of France, the grapes grown in the area are government controlled or recommended. The red Rhone varietals are Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre, with Syrah predominant in the Northern Rhone and Grenache in the Southern Rhone. We […]
We recently had the opportunity to meet with Tony Biagi and taste the Hourglass portfolio of wines. Tony is the (new) Winemaker for Hourglass with 2012 his maiden Hourglass vintage. But Tony isn’t new to winemaking with over 20 years of Napa Valley experience, including time at Duckhorn and almost 10 years making wine for Plumpjack/Cade. Once seated […]
Went to the Capital Grille this evening and as usual struggled with which wine to bring to compliment the meal. After putting a Caymus Special Selection in our wine tote, decided it needed a few more years and opted for a 2007 Larkmead Cabernet. Nothing like an eight year old Napa Valley Cabernet with silky integrated […]