by Scott W. Clemens | Oct 9, 2014 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
To arrive at the wines for this year’s PINOT NOIR SUMMIT we tasted over 400 Pinots. We weedled that list down to the top forty-four wines, which ranged from $20 to $60 with an average price of $32. My favorite dozen were: Asuncion Ridge Vineyards, 2010 Estate, Central...
by Scott W. Clemens | Oct 9, 2014 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
2012 Dry Creek Vineyard, Clarksburg, Chenin Blanc: In the mid-1970s Chenin Blanc was more popular than Chardonnay. But as it fell out of fashion Dry Creek Vineyards never gave up on it. They’ve been producing a Clarksburg Chenin for decades, and the current...
by Scott W. Clemens | Sep 13, 2012 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
©2012 The San Francisco International Wine Competition is the largest international wine competition in the United States. This year it took a staff of 80 to keep the wheels turning flawlessly, so the 49 professional wine judges could taste through a record...
by Scott W. Clemens | Mar 12, 2009 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
The following tasting notes accompany my article, Traveling Across Spain with the Osborne Bull. To learn more about Osborne’s wine operations, as well as some of Spain’s finest restaurants, click here. BODEGAS MONTECILLO of Rioja Crianza 2003: A typical...
by Scott W. Clemens | Oct 31, 2007 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
text and photos ©2007 by Scott W Clemens Alba is always full of life. It’s a tourist town, in the best sense of the term — full of local color, interesting shops, tiny little restaurants that spill out onto the street, and a festival of one sort or another happening...
by Scott W. Clemens | Nov 14, 2006 | Wine & Spirits, Wine & Spirits blog, Wine Reviews
text and photos ©2006 Though Barbera is among the top tier of wine grape varieties in terms of quality, it receives very little attention from either the wine press or wine consumers. Not that it isn’t widely planted; it’s just unappreciated. In...
