California Girl and I returned to Chateau Montelena eight months after our first visit, so that we could both experience a tasting and write…
The day after our tasting at Chateau Montelena, we visited Grgich Hills Estate. Mike Grgich, the winemaker of the Chateau Montelena’s triumphal Chardonnay in…
You may think that we spend every weekend wine tasting in Napa Valley. However, that is not the case; this last weekend we went…
The entrance to Cuvaison’s tasting room is across the road from the parking lot of Domaine Carneros, so we have driven past it on…
Chapel Down Winery sits just a few miles outside of Tenterden. California Girl and I did a tasting at Chapel Down during our recent…
Before we start this post, we would like to note that this is officially our 100th posting on our blog. Thank you all so…
The Rombauer name is pretty much synonymous with California Chardonnay. I think many people in the wine trade hold that particular Chardonnay up as…
We first visited PlumpJack winery several years ago when we were exploring Napa. I can still vividly remember my first impressions of both the winery…
Inexpensive Chardonnay tends to be heavily laden with oak; presumably this helps mask a poor underlying wine. Smoking Loon Steelbird is a Chardonnay that…