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Domestic Selection: Chenin Blanc, 1992. RH Phillips

August 29, 2016

Two decades ago, two brothers, John and Karl Giguiere (grandsons of Washington State wheat farmer Robert Hugh Phillips), along with John’s wife, Lane Giguiere, pioneered the development of vineyards in northwestern Yolo County. Their family had acquired a ranch there in 1946 and had followed the local traditions of farming dryland wheat and barley, and… read more »

Domestic Selection: Chenin Blanc, 1989. Granite Springs

August 19, 2016

In 1979, Les and Lynne Russell both left successful careers and their newly completed dream house in the Bay Area to move to the Sierra Foothills in order to begin fulfilling a new dream. They had decided to venture into the wine-grape growing business. The husband and wife team believed that the consistently sunny days,… read more »

Import Selection: Lee Poo Yee, NV. Armand Roux

July 27, 2016

Let me point out that, no, Lee Poo Yee is not from an obscure estate hidden away in the picturesque hills of some exotic province in China. It does come instead, from the familiar Loire Valley of France. This is a regional blend identified in the industry as a “negociant wine”. Though the term might… read more »

Domestic Selections: September 1989

February 9, 2016

Wines evaluated last month: 301 Rejected: 249 Approved: 52 Selected: 2 It still is summer – at least from the weather point of view! – even though we are knocking at the doors of autumn. So here are two summer wines again. For the red wine this month I finally found a blush… read more »