March 2020
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 16, 2020
2018 Hofbauer-Schmidt “Klassik” (Weinviertel): Gruner, doing its level best Sauvignon Blanc impersonation. $NA B 2017 Weingut Ewald Gruber-Röschitz Mühlberg Grüner Veltliner (Weinviertel): Maybe sporting a bit too much midriff, but you gotta love the pepper-herbs-grapefruit combo. $32 B+ 2015 Salzl Seewinkelhof Sacris Premium (Burgenland): Zeigelt…
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“Good Evening, Clarice” (Facing Off with Clarice Wine Company Pinot Noir and Adam Lee)
Recently, I caught up with iconoclastic winemaker Adam Lee, to see what he’s been up to since transitioning his well-regarded Siduri brand to Jackson Family Wines, for an interview published on the Napa Valley Wine Academy website. Adam is a great sport and an equally…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 9, 2020
2017 Baumgartner Ried Zöbinger Heiligenstein Riesling Reserve (Kamptal): Pure like a mountain stream, fresh like a just-cut lime, steely like a suit of armor. $NA A- 2017 Weingut Leindl Zöbinger Heiligenstein Riesling (Kamptal): Seriously strong, seriously spicy, and seriously… serious. $45 A- 2017 Barbara Öhlzelt…
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Straight Up (Interviewing Stu Smith for NVWA)
My latest piece for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now live, part of their round of winemaker features. I went big for my first interview in the series, too – I called up Stu Smith, one of the brothers behind Napa’s Smith-Madrone and someone…
