So, like, what is this stuff, anyway?
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available wines. Below is a wrap-up of those twitter wine reviews from the past week (click here for the skinny on how to read them), along with links to help you find these wines, so that you can try them for yourself. Cheers!

• 14 Dutton Goldfield Dutton Ranch Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Black raspberry ice cream has got nothing on this deliciousness. $44 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 13 Balletto Cider Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Like eating fresh apricots & toasted marshmallow on the beach. $38 A- >>find this wine<<
• 14 Balletto BCD Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Sometimes, the choice between darkness & light runs right up the center. $42 A- >>find this wine<<
• 15 Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rose (Sancerre): Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom! $25 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 15 Poet's Leap Riesling (Columbia Valley): Maybe not totally magical this time around, but still lithe, mineral, & totally gorgeous. $20 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 14 Spell Wines Weir Vineyard Pinot Noir (Yorkville Highlands): Confident, poised, earthy & just a tad too understated for this crowd. $48 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 14 Spell Wines Terra de Promissio Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Will get you drunk on purity, very likely both figuratively & literally. $58 A- >>find this wine<<
• 13 Cameron Hughes Lot 508 Syrah (Los Carneros): Big, bold and burly, and very capably cooking up some aromatic maple bacon action. $23 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 12 Gabbiano Solatio Rosso di Toscana (Toscana): Mixing things up, modernly-styled, with earth-&-spice appeal; emphasis on the appeal. $14 B >>find this wine<<
• 13 Egger-Ramer Schiava Gentile Edelvernatsch (Alto Adige): Genteel and gentle, peppery and bright, and probably gone in a flash. $14 B >>find this wine<<

So, like, what is this stuff, anyway?
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available wines. Below is a wrap-up of those twitter wine reviews from the past week (click here for the skinny on how to read them), along with links to help you find these wines, so that you can try them for yourself. Cheers!

• 12 Lasseter Family Winery Amoureux (Sonoma Valley): A very long draw on a very large, very spicy, and very high-quality cigar. $64 A- >>find this wine<<
• 13 Lasseter Family Winery Chemin de Fer (Sonoma Valley): Viscous, brambly, dark, and big; it's a GSM as a Mr. Universe contestant. $56 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 12 Lasseter Family Winery Paysage (Sonoma Valey): So big… so brawny… so showy… so in-yo-face… but, dang, also so darn tasty. $62 A- >>find this wine<<
• 15 Lasseter Family Winery Enjoue (Sonoma Valley): It'd be a very tough job indeed to locate a GSM rose that is more aptly named. $28 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 13 Galerie Pleinair Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): Pretty much just as gorgeous as a well-crafted version of its namesake. $50 A- >>find this wine<<
• 13 Mount Veeder Winery Reserve (Mount Veeder): A compelling performance, starring eminent drink-ability that wins out the day. $100 A- >>find this wine<<
• 15 Cune Rosado (Rioja): Gorgeous to observe, delicious fruity to drink. Uhm, why the hell are you still here & not at the wine shop? $13 B >>find this wine<<
• 14 I Stefanini Il Selese Soave (Soave): A sniff will lead to a sip, a sip to a gulp, a gulp to a toast to the arrival of Summer. $14 B >>find this wine<<
• 09 Fattoria I Veroni Chianti Rufina Riserva (Tuscany): Chianti decided to strut its stuff with the big boys over at the steakhouse. $35 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 11 Buglioni Il Recioto Recioto della Valpolicella Classico (Valpolicella): Please, PLEASE tell me that one of you brought chocolate. $42 A- >>find this wine<<

So, like, what is this stuff, anyway?
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available wines. Below is a wrap-up of those twitter wine reviews from the past week (click here for the skinny on how to read them), along with links to help you find these wines, so that you can try them for yourself. Cheers!

• 12 Domaine Leflaive Clavoillon Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru (Puligny-Montrachet): Don't like it? Well, don't drink embryos, doofus. $150 A >>find this wine<<
• 12 Chateau Lassegue Les Cadrans de Lassegue (Saint-Emilion): Save some of this deliciousness for later? LOLZ!!! That's pretty funny. $35 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 14 Ascevi Cerou Ronco Superiore Ribolla Gialla (Venezia): We should be pretty friggin' happy they cleared out WWI bombs to plant this $18 B+ >>find this wine<<
• NV Barbeito 20 Year Old Malvasia (Madeira): The cognac-and-spices nose alone ought to keep you occupied for most of the evening. $140 A- >>find this wine<<
• 13 Dutton Goldfield Devil's Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir (Marin County): A friend of this devil is most definitely a friend of mine. $68 A- >>find this wine<<
• 14 Spell Wines Umino Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): How deep can that cherry fruit go? I'm thinking Outer Core levels. $48 A- >>find this wine<<
• 13 Tongue Dancer Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Remember those hippo ballerinas in Fantasia? It's kind of like that, only tastier. $45 B+ >>find this wine<<
• 13 Grgich Hills Estate Chardonnay (Napa Valley): You might hate yourself for such a guilty pleasure. But then again, you might not. $43 A- >>find this wine<<
• 12 Joseph Swan Vineyards Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Showy *&* refined? Well, yeah, I guess that is possible. $45 A- >>find this wine<<
• 14 Bacigalupi Estate Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Quintessentially Californian, in just about every good way imaginable. $56 A- >>find this wine<<