If you want a fine dining experience for lunch, Undercurrent Restaurant is an excellent choice. It offers everything you could want for a lovely experience at an affordable price and you leave looking forward to a return visit. Offering a tasty variety of dishes from soups to salads, sandwiches, and entrees, Undercurrent Restaurant is a an outstanding place for a casual lunch with friends, a business lunch, or a special occasion celebration with a crowd. [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: One of the best California Zinfandels we have ever had!!!
Producer/Winery: RidgeVineyards; Healdsburg, California.
Grape Variety: Zinfandel.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Alexander Valley; California.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $29.70 (with a club member discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A neutral-tasting, nondescript white wine.
Producer/Winery: Casa Vinicola Botter (Botter S.P.A.); Fossalta di Piave, Italy.
Grape Variety: Trebbiano (Ugni Blanc).
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Rubicone; Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $11.00 (with a wine dinner discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A slightly corked wine we think had great potential.
Producer/Winery: Raj Parr and Sashi Moorman; Domaine de la Côte; Lompoc, California.
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Sta. Rita Hills; Central coast, California.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $102.00 [click to continue…]
If your a beginner or casual wine drinker and want to understand the varied characteristics of wines and what makes them different, Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack’s book Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine1. should be required reading. We’re followers/subscribers of Madeline Puckette’s Wine Folly blog and like her informative graphics and low key approach to learning about wine and just couldn’t resist getting a copy of her book. [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A very unique and delicious wine!!!
Producer/Winery: Oltretorrente; Paderna, Italy.
Grape Variety: Barbera blend – 90% Barbera and 10% Dolcetto.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Colli Tortonesi; Piedmont, Italy.
Vintage: 2014
Price: $18.00 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A SPIRITED Italian red we REALLY enjoyed.
Producer/Winery: Salvatore and Alessandro Portelli; Agrivinicola Portelli; Vittoria, Italy.
Grape Variety: Blend – 70% Calabrese (Nero d’Avola) and 30% Frappato.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Cerasuolo di Vittoria; Sicily, Italy.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $20.70 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: Superb California Zinfandel and for the price, as good a value as you can get!!!
Producer/Winery: Turley Wine Cellars; St. Helena, California.
Grape Variety: Zinfandel.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Contra Costa County; Central coast, California.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $38.00 (with a Turley club discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: SIMPLY OUTSTANDING and a Semillon
blend every wine drinker should sample!!!
Producer/Winery: Terry Leighton; Kalin Cellars; Novato, California.
Grape Variety: Semillon blend – blend of 75% Semillon and 25% Sauvignon Blanc.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country:
Vintage: 2000
Price: $22.00 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: Not inexpensive, but for the quality it’s a bargain.
Producer/Winery: Turley Wine Cellars; St. Helena, California.
Grape Variety: Southern Rhone Blend – Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Vermentino and Verdelho.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: California.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $35.00 (with a Turley mailing list discount) [click to continue…]
