2011 Shoofly Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Aromatic white flowers give this Chardonnay a unique and lovely signature. The nose shows apples and magnolias. Pears and apples lead on the palate, some melon shows on the mid, all with white florals running throughout. Some citrus makes an appearance toward the finish, sweet Meyer lemon with a tart

Playing with Yeast Diversity: Not Quite Science

Erika Szymanski
Features
7 min read
I feel as though I need to whisper this, but I think that yeast might be trendy. The furor (both supportive and critical) over natural wine is bleeding over into an interest in the “wild” yeasts that contribute to their distinction, and whether or not they're really “wild.” Meanwhile, a

2011 Rodney Strong Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Butter, vanilla, and apples show on the nose. Butter, toast, and apple, in that order, show on the palate. Some lime shows on the finish. Drink with baked chicken and peaches. Recommended. 86 points. WHO: Rodney Strong WHAT: Chardonnay WHERE:  California, Sonoma County WHEN: 2011 HOW MUCH: $17

2010 Leeuwin Estate “Art Series” Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Gentle clean wood treatment frames green apples, pears, and toast. Soft fruit flavors dominate the palate, freshly picked green apples and pears baked until they're just getting soft, then spritzed with wine. It has an underlying savoriness, roast nuts with a sprinkle of salt. Savory and citrus linger on the

2011 Bridlewood Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Juicy and soft, this is a legitimate crowd pleasure at a terrific price Black currants and a background of black plum come out on the nose. On the palate, this is juicy, exploding with black currants, black cherries, and blueberries. Vanilla and spice box flavors, then sweet pastry crust, come

2010 Rodney Strong Symmetry

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Plums and black cherries show on the nose. Black fruit is dominant on the palate, loads of plum, with black cherry as a backup singer. Chocolate, lots of chocolate, is cut lightly with coffee. Tannins are very finely dusty. Red fruit accents from mid-palate to finish show off acids enough

New Restaurant Offers the Cure for Wine List Ills

Evan Dawson
Features
4 min read
There is a maddening chicken-and-egg problem with most restaurant wine lists: Are wine lists stupid because customers don’t know much about wine, or are customers uneducated about wine because restaurant wine lists are stupid? I realize that most wine drinkers don’t spend all that much time looking over restaurant lists,