Category: Wine Star Award

• Fetzer Vineyards: Many Faces, One Focus

  

  It would seem at first approach that Fetzer Vineyards has a personality disorder. After all they have many different brands under their large umbrella. Upon further inspection it is evident that there is a mission, a singular focus woven through each brand, each wine, like the spokes holding the umbrella together. And if you haven’t…

  Michelle Williams

  March 9, 2018

  Wine, wine review, Wine Star Award, wine tasting, Winetasting

  #roseallday, #yeswayrose, 2015 Bonterra Vineyards Merlot Mendocino County, 2015 Fetzer Valley Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon California, 2016 Fetzer Sundial Chardonnay Californi, Adorada Eau de California, Adorada Pinot Gris California U, Adorada Rosé California USA, biodynamic, Bonterra Organic Vineyards, Fetzer Vineyards, organic, organic farming, organic vineyards, sustainability, wine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, wine review, Wine Spectator, wine tasting, wine-searcher

• Wines of Southwest France: What’s Old is New Again

  

  How often do you enjoy wines from Southwest France? Can you name any of the appellations or the wines they produce? Wines of Southwest France, Sud-Ouest in French, has been cultivating vineyards since about 125 BC! What the Romans began long ago was continued by Catholic Monks during the Middle Ages and later vignerons. Furthermore,…

  Michelle Williams

  January 22, 2018

  Wine, wine education, wine review, Wine Star Award, Wines of Southwest France, Winetasting

  2011 Château Bouscassé Tannat Madiran France, 2014 Château Lamartine Prestige du Malbec Cahors France, 2015 Domaine du Cros Fer Servadou Marcillac France, 2015 Elian Da Ros Abouriou Marmande France, 2016 Château Laulerie Bergerac Sec Bergerac France, Bergerac, Cahors, Madiran, Marcillac, Marmande, Southwest France, wine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, wine review, wine tasting, Wines of Southwest France

• Bonterra Vineyards: Honesty & Transparency Reaps Rewards

  

  After 25 years of hard work and dedication to organic practices long before it was cool, Bonterra Organic Vineyards is now an overnight success. A steady plotting of crafting value wines with a focus on quality as well as environmental consciousness has resulting in Bonterra being awarded the coveted Wine Enthusiast 2016 Wine Star Award…

  Michelle Williams

  November 25, 2016

  Bonterra Vineyards, Wine, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Star Award

  2015 Bonterra Vineyards Mendocino County – Lake County Sauvignon Blanc North Coast USA, 2015 Bonterra Vineyards Mendocino County – Lake County Viognier North Coast USA, 2015 Bonterra Vineyards Zinfandel Mendocino County USA, biodynamic farming, Bob Blue, Bonterra Organic Vineyards, California, Jeff Cichocki, Mendocino, organic, organic farming, The Shins – Simple Song, wine, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Award, wine review, Wine Star Award 2016 American Winery of the Year, wine-searcher