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The chef says… Wickedly wonderful, this Shiraz brings home the bacon and a bag of chips too. It has been a long time since I tasted the purity of a varietal from such a terroir driven location; oh yeah, hold on I’ve never tasted a Shiraz from McLaren Vale that was this good. I have [...]

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Another wonderful wine from one of the central coasts best winemakers Clay Brock. Back in the mid-nineties, I fell in love with the wines from Zaca Mesa. It was very hard not to especially when they were served alongside with a freshly made pizza from Giuseppe’s in Pismo Beach or the rustic cuisine Chris Cherry was [...]

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One of the better K-J’s I have tasted lately and I’ve tasted most of them. Original and distinctive—two words I have not used in conjunction with a Kendall-Jackson wine in a long time (oh yes there was a time) so I suggest you check this one out. It should not be hard to find. Great [...]

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A wild and wooly Syrah from the Russian River Valley, big bold and delicious this wine brings a lot to the table and will be offering up a fruit forward muscular intense flavor profile for a few years to come. It has aging potential, but is so tasty now it will be hard to not [...]

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With fewer native French inhabitants imbibing upon the local products there is a chance we might see some wines arrive on our shores that may have never graced the parched wine promiscuous lips of the American consumer, especially those wild and wicked stumptown pioneers with an extra sawbuck plus change flapping around in their pocket. [...]

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This Syrah has all the personality Andrew Murray’s wines have always had when I was introduced to the winery back in 1997. I had left the Chumash Casino’s generous Blackjack tables (a.k.a. my office in those days) and instead of heading to Santa Maria to pick up Pamalicious where she was taking flight lessons to [...]

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