Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 9, 2018

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-ish 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 Grgich Hills Estate Merlot (Napa Valley): Six years on, and it’s just starting to get into fine, plummy, sexy, and herbal-spicy form. $44 A- >>find this wine<<
15 J Vineyards Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Lush, spicy, flauntingly sexy, to the point of it almost getting a little old… *almost*. $35 B+ >>find this wine<<
16 Scheid Vineyards San Lucas Vineyard Grenache Blanc (Monterey): The GB could alternatively stand for ‘Great Balance’ in this lovely example. $22 B+ >>find this wine<<
15 Scheid Vineyards Doctor’s Vineayrd Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands): The Doctor is IN, and he’s generous, compelling, and maybe a tad bit too bold. $75 A- >>find this wine<<
NV Sokol Blosser Evolution Sparkling Wine (USA): Deft craftsmanship making something specifically lively out of some things specifically unspecific. $22 B+ >>find this wine<<
15 Georges Duboeuf Flower Label Fleurie (Beaujolais): In this case, the cover does reveal much about the book, in floral and earthy ways. $20 B+ >>find this wine<<
15 Domaine de la Sangliere Cuvee Speciale (Cotes de Provence): The red fruits are on the riper side, the florals on the rosy side, & the whole thing on the kind-of-a-bargain side. $17 B+ >>find this wine<<
16 Pazo Cilleiro Albarino (Rias Biaxas): What manner of fresh heaven in this? Vibrant, juicy, pithy and… well, you don’t really need any more than that, do you? $20 B+ >>find this wine<<
13 CVNE Rioja Reserva (Rioja): Spicy in the right ways, woody in the right amounts, and delicious in just about every respectable aspect. $27 B+ >>find this wine<<
15 Godelia Blanco (Bierzo): Flowers, biscuits, and a bright, sunny, energetic attitude; the glass is definitely half-full in the outlook with this one. $19 B+ >>find this wine<<

Michael Brill on Congrats, US Wine Industry – You Blew It! (Thoughts On Fine Wine And Millennial Consumers): “Totally appreciate it Joe. What you chalk up to producer disinterest, I chalk up to incapability. These two perspectives obviously…” Feb 21, 18:21

1WineDude on Congrats, US Wine Industry – You Blew It! (Thoughts On Fine Wine And Millennial Consumers): “Michael, I mean no offense by this but like I said, I'm tired of trying to convince people of what…” Feb 21, 15:10

Michael Brill on Congrats, US Wine Industry – You Blew It! (Thoughts On Fine Wine And Millennial Consumers): “For 99% of musicians, all of the power lies in distribution - Spotify, Apple, etc. Discovery is through these platforms…” Feb 21, 12:55

1WineDude on Congrats, US Wine Industry – You Blew It! (Thoughts On Fine Wine And Millennial Consumers): “Musicians actually do this all of the time, Michael. Hell, tons of them even crowd-fund new album costs; which demonstrates…” Feb 21, 11:51

Michael Brill on Congrats, US Wine Industry – You Blew It! (Thoughts On Fine Wine And Millennial Consumers): “Please demonstrate how it is "demonstrably incorrect." As convinced as you are that (1) small wineries have the skills, content…” Feb 21, 11:35

Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 9, 2018

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