Gramercy Cellars Lagniappe Syrah 2006

With all the rave reviews for this wine, I’d been eagerly waiting to open it up for a couple of months.  We purchased it from Pete’s Wine Shop in Bellevue before Clara was born and had been holding onto it as one of the first bottles for Liz to really enjoy post pregnancy. With Mark and [...]

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2006 Lincourt Chardonnay

Signs one might be the parent of a 10 week old child… writing a review one month after you’ve actually had the wine. It has been several weeks, but the 2006 Lincourt Chardonnay we had is definitely worth writing about. My only previous exposure to this Santa Barbara winery came at a dinner Mark’s in Houston [...]

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Leonetti Cellars 2004 Merlot

Leonetti Cellars is to Washington as: a. Anheiser Busch is to St Louis b. E&J Gallo is to California c. Opus One is to Napa d. Jack Daniels is to Tennessee e. Antinori is to Chianti   Leonetti is the name of all Washington wines that is most closely associated with the industry to which it belongs. They continually produce quality wines [...]

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Barnard Griffin 2008 Rose’ of Sangiovese

Just like the color pink was suddenly popular for everyone, even dudes, a couple years ago, pink wines are suddenly the latest greatest thing. A couple weeks ago at the Taste Washington event Chef Johnathan Sundstrom of Lark in Seattle said that he was drinking mostly Rose’ now that it was springtime.  The other chefs on [...]

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Walter Dacon C’est Syrah Belle 2006

Sometimes the best things are found in the strangest of places.  Out for a Sunday drive on the Washington peninsula we were enjoying the afternoon and a brief glimpse of the spring sunshine en route to Ocean Shores for a mini family reunion.  One of those roadside signs, you know the ones that usually [...]

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