by Ray
on January 13, 2022


Synopsis, Our Opinion: An OUTSTANDING Chardonnay with old
world tastes that were beautifully tanned by the California sunshine.

Producer/Winery: Au Bon Climat; Santa Maria, California.
Grape Variety: Chardonnay.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Santa Ynez Valley; Central Coast, California.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $48.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on January 11, 2022


Synopsis, Our Opinion: An impressive Syrah from start to finish

Producer/Winery: Guillaume Gilles; Ardeche, France.
Grape Variety: Syrah.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Vin de France, France.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $61.00 [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on January 6, 2022


Synopsis, Our Opinion: A good predictable grocery store Chardonnay at this price point.

Producer/Winery: Columbia Crest, Patterson, Washington.
Grape Variety: Chardonnay.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Columbia Valley, Washington.
Vintage: 2019
Price: $6.83 (with a 25% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on January 4, 2022

Most memorable wine

The Best Value wine
Last Saturday TastedOnline.com celebrated it’s ninth anniversary and again during the past year we posted more than 160 new wine reviews. This was a unique year with Covid-19 and we were in North Carolina the entire year. As a result our wine drinking did change. We found we were drinking many of the wines we liked best instead of having a different wine every night. Also, our purchasing routine began to changing too. We began buying wine from a wide variety of wine shops around the country and in response to comments received we also purchased wine from grocery stores when it was on sale. [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 31, 2021


Synopsis, Our Opinion: Another NOTEWORTHY Turley Zinfandel.

Producer/Winery: Turley Wine Cellars; St. Helena, California.
Grape Variety: Zinfandel.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Mendocino Ridge; North Coast, California.
Vintage: 2019
Price: $38.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 28, 2021

Synopsis, Our Opinion: A captivating Syrah.

Producer/Winery: Piedrasassi; Lompoc, California.
Grape Variety: Syrah.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Santa Maria Valley; Central Coast, California.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $83.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 23, 2021


Synopsis, Our Opinion: We called it OUTSTANDING Viognier and have already ordered more!!!

Producer/Winery: Tablas Creek Vineyard; Paso Robles, California.
Grape Variety: Viognier.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Paso Robles Adelaida District; Central Coast, California.
Vintage: 2020
Price: $28.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 21, 2021


Synopsis, Our Opinion: Unusual California Pinot Noir.

Producer/Winery: Jim Clendenen; Santa Maria, California.
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Russian River Valley; Sonoma County, California.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $36.00 (with a Au Bon Climat club discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 16, 2021


Synopsis, Our Opinion: An “Okay” grocery store New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

Producer/Winery: Nebilo Wines, Healdsburg, California.
Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Marlborough; South Island, New Zealand.
Vintage: 2020
Price: $8.35 (with a 25% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
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by Ray
on December 14, 2021


Synopsis, Our Opinion: Simply stellar Albariño.

Producer/Winery: Raul Pérez; León, Spain.
Grape Variety: Albariño.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Rías Baixas; Galicia, Spain.
Vintage: 2019
Price: $29.00 [click to continue…]
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