Recent content by Michael K.

If only you could've gathered the gang together on a Monday...

Thanks for the rec, Saul. Brad - if you happen to be here on a Friday, our Friday Night Tastings at Taborly are a good time. Not when you'll be in town, but here's the lineup for the next month or so: 7/28: The Wines of JC Garnier & Michel Autran 8/2: Little Crow Vineyards & Stick Figurine...

dying to know what Lamb Wyoming is

That's so cool - high praise, too. I'll check them out.

That's an interesting take. Rockpile is high elevation, so there's a definite diurnal shift and the nights get cold compared to Dry Creek. But it's essentially a more exposed, higher elevation extension of Dry Creek - just a bit past Preston and Unti and the like. I wouldn't call anything from...

The Halcon vineyard is in the Yorkviille Highlands, which is in the "mountains" between Cloverdale and Anderson Valley. Same AVA as the Idlewild vineayrds. I recall Halcon being something purchased recently, maybe? I don't have any experience w/ the wines in their new iteration, but I liked what...

I'll second Bottle Barn and leave it at that. Joseph Swan is a great visit - a brilliant piece of RRV history, and their syrah ain't no slouch neither. If you're taking that route, then suddenly a whole host of winery experiences open up. Among my favorites - in terms of wine; I have no idea...

It's sorta odd that these changes are apparent in the '21s when Shauna didn't start making picking decisions until (at least) '22, no? Of course there are decisions that can be made later on - blending, for one - to nudge the wine that direction, but maybe the quality of the vintage is what...

If you're in Sea Ranch, you're an hour and a half to two hours away from Healdsburg (where Arnot-Roberts resides.) It's a great place to taste, but it's not on the way, unfortunately. Sonoma Coast producers that you'll *sorta* pass by on the way out there - I guess; depends how you're driving -...

I'm hanging onto my bottles - just two - simply to see what time does. I don't have high hopes, but I do have a vertical of MB and it'll be fascinating to see how this wine compares to those of surrounding vintages.

Or the Bijou for that matter

Lovely write-up, Oswaldo. Very interesting to read your take on Nathan and Duncan, as I find your gloss of them - one loquacious, the other reserved and craftsman-y - to be almost the inverse of mine. I'm sure that speaks more to their complexity as people and the particularities of the day than...

Which type of wineries? I'm surprised at this because I haven't myself personally encountered a winery that uses it, and I haven't heard of a small-scale winery - meaning case production under 20,000/vintage and generally unavailable in grocery stores - (other than a few cult cab type labels...

Scopa is in Healdsburg, an hour north-ish of Sonoma and Napa proper, fyi, but certainly worth a visit if you don't mind the drive. Full disclosure: I direct the wine program at Scopa's sister restaurant, Campo Fina, but have no financial gain in recommending Scopa. For Sonoma and Napa proper...

How is the wine list, lately? Was excellent when Sur Lucero was there.