Wine Reviews | Palate Press

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After my one night stand with Gary Farrell’s Pinot Noir from McDonald Mountain Vineyard, I was ready to settle down by the time I got to Martaella Vineyard. And it is a more settled type of wine, with more body and gravitas. This is pinot noir with many of the Read More

2020 Gorgo San Michelin – Custoza DOC, Vino Biologico

Becky Sue Epstein

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A classic white wine blend from a little-known area near the famed Lake Garda, in the Veneto region of Italy. The wine is medium-light bodied, with a whisper of pineapple in the aroma, more light tropical & citrus notes on the palate, and a lightly-mineral, crisp finish. This is an Read More

2017 Gary Farrell Russian River Pinot Noir, Sonoma County, McDonald Mountain Vineyard

Becky Sue Epstein

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Drink up, and move on. Have you ever fallen in love with someone’s beauty and vitality, enjoyed them to the hilt all evening – only to find the attraction had dissipated by morning? That’s the experience I had with this Pinot Noir by Gary Farrell Winery, wonderful as an aperitif; Read More

2019 Los Vascos Cromas Carmenère Gran Reserva

Becky Sue Epstein

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You’re going to need a bigger glass. Not just because you’ll want to drink more of this wine, but because it shows much better in a glass with a large bowl. Though the carmenère grape in this Chilean wine originally came from Bordeaux (as does the parent wine company, Barons Read More

Wines of the Past and Future in Alsace (Alsace – Part 5)

Becky Sue Epstein

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(Click here to read Alsace – Part 1) (Click here to read Alsace – Part 2) (Click here to read Alsace – Part 3) (Click here to read Alsace – Part 4) Domaine Jean-Luc Mader in Alsace, France What is it like to grow up in a winemaking family? Do Read More

A Traditional-Style Small Farmer – That’s What Winemaker Agathe Bursin Would Call Herself (Alsace – Day 4)

Becky Sue Epstein

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(Click here to read Alsace – Part 1) (Click here to read Alsace – Part 2) (Click here to read Alsace – Part 3) Here is someone who has known what they wanted to be since the age of three: Agathe Bursin, winemaker of The Agathe Bursin Winery, in Alsace, Read More

A Way of Life: A Small Family Winery, Built on 500 Years of Alsace Tradition (Alsace – Part 3)

Becky Sue Epstein

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(Click here to read Alsace - Part 1) (Click here to read Alsace - Part 2) Seriously, can you think of anything you can do today that people enjoyed in the 1500s? Drinking the wines of Domaine Emile Beyer is the only thing that comes to my mind. This winery Read More

What If Your Mother Was a Winemaker? (Alsace – Part 2)

Becky Sue Epstein

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(Click here to read Alsace - Part 1) What would you do if your mother suddenly started making wine? Well, it would be a little different if your mother (and you) lived in Alsace, France. This is what happened in Pierre Bernhard’s family about forty years ago. And now Pierre Read More

2017 Gary Farrell Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Sonoma County, Martaella Vineyard

2020 Gorgo San Michelin – Custoza DOC, Vino Biologico

2017 Gary Farrell Russian River Pinot Noir, Sonoma County, McDonald Mountain Vineyard

2019 Los Vascos Cromas Carmenère Gran Reserva

Wines of the Past and Future in Alsace (Alsace – Part 5)

A Traditional-Style Small Farmer – That’s What Winemaker Agathe Bursin Would Call Herself (Alsace – Day 4)

A Way of Life: A Small Family Winery, Built on 500 Years of Alsace Tradition (Alsace – Part 3)

What If Your Mother Was a Winemaker? (Alsace – Part 2)

2018 Notturno Drei Donà Romagna DOC Predappio Sangiovese

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