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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for April 21, 2025

Posted on April 21, 2025April 17, 2025 by 1WineDude

2022 Merry Edwards Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Sonoma County): Brambly, bright, buoyant, beautiful. $60 A-

2022 Merry Edwards Richaven Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Cherry fruit that’s at once bright also insanely deep. Mineral, with graphite notes and bergamot, earth, rose petal. Still a baby in the palate, there’s juicy plum fruit but also a metric ton of structure by PN standards. Wow. $85 A

2023 Merry Edwards Winery Sauvignon Blanc (Russian River Valley): As rich, perky, grassy, and distinctive as ever. $52 A-…

Me, and the Ladies (Maculan Recent Releases)

Posted on April 17, 2025April 9, 2025 by 1WineDude

I’m preparing to jump into some extended coverage of California’s Livermore Valley (with which I have a fairly long history at this point), but before that goes down, I though that I’d drop a quick post about tasting some recent samples (via Zoom) with Veneto producer Maculan. You know, because it’s been something like six…

Calling BS on the Attack on Wine (at Cristaldi & Co)

Posted on April 9, 2025April 3, 2025 by 1WineDude

A quick update today to highlight a piece that helped pen for the launch of Cristaldi & Co. (helmed by my brother-from-another-muthah Jonathan Cristaldi). You’ll be seeing a lot more about that in the coming months, as Jonathan and I work on content and tasting reports for under-served wine regions (if you’re on the inside…