The March Installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on Syrah from the 2012 vintage. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The winning bottle will be opened this Saturday and a Bottle Note will be published shortly thereafter.…
The February installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. I plan on opening the winning bottle this Thursday and will publish a Bottle Note shortly thereafter. Napa…
The January installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on 2004 Bordeaux. The purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. I plan on opening the winning bottle on Friday and will publish a Bottle Note shortly thereafter. The 2004 Bordeaux vintage set a record for being the…
The 2018 vintage in Sonoma is shaping up to be maybe the best vintage ever for Sonoma Zinfandel. The growing season was absolutely perfect. Fewer heat spikes. No fires. Rain was minimal. Harvest was several weeks later than previous vintages and yields were generally higher than normal. Mike Officer of Carlisle Winery said in his release letter “Not too hot,…
The December installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on Bordeaux from the the now 25 year old 1995 vintage. The intent behind Pick My Next Bottle is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The winning bottle will be opened on Christmas Night and a Bottle Note will be published the following…
Seven years ago I wrote Too Old for Young Wine. At the time I had decided that despite being just 46 years old, I probably did not need to buy much more Bordeaux. My cellar was well stocked with bottles going back to the mid eighties and frankly the idea of buying wines that would need twenty five years in…
The November Installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The winning bottle will be opened on Thanksgiving and a Bottle Note will be published this coming weekend. 2005 was…
The October installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on great producers and the 2001 vintage. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The contenders in this version of Pick My Next Bottle are from world class producers who…
The September installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on Left Bank Bordeaux from the heralded 2005 vintage. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. 2005 is arguably the best Bordeaux vintage in modern times. Growing conditions were absolutely…
The August Installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley produced in 2015. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The winning bottle will be opened this Saturday and a Bottle Note…