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Spring 2008
...We were somewhere around Sancerre along the Loire when that weird heirloom amphora wine began to take hold. I remember telling Matt something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . ." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and from the earth erupted a gauntlet of what looked like withered old vines, all gnarly and claw-like and closing in on the car, which was going about 100 miles an hour with the top down on the way to Monaco. And a disembodied voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! How on earth am I going to write these tasting notes?"
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Solano Cellars Staff Picks
1994 Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva "Rancia" $34
No typo here. Just an opportunity to get a peek at Tuscan Sangiovese at the height of its powers. Having shed the youthful tang and angle of its youth, this Chianti Classico now stretches out and has a confident progression of savory, sumptuous aromas and flavors... (more)
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2006 Dupont-Fahn Bourgogne Blanc, "Chaumes des Perrieres", $34
How many times have I pulled out my hair after a customer has asked for a ten dollar wine that tastes like a hundred dollar wine? I can't offer you that wine- it's not 1961 anymore. But check this out... (more)
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2006 Eaglepoint Ranch Grenache, Mendocino, California, $17
Authentic Grenache in California has long been a pathetic pipedream of stateside Rhone freaks. Even now, many attempts result in a not-so-lovely mélange of grape concentrate and tar, redolent of bottom-shelf vodka... (more)
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2006 McKinlay Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon $18.50
With pure strawberry, cherry, forest spices and orange zest, this wine is everything other Pinots with sparkly labels promise.... (more)
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