Today we try a Bubbly from Mendocino. A 60/40 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir....... THE SCHARFFENBERGER BRUT EXCELLENCE... A Champagne Style Affordable Sparkling Wine … [Read more...]
VINTJS Organic Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
The VINTJS Organic Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is an $8.99 Trader Joe's exclusive produced for them by DnA Vineyards, located in Mendocino County, California. DnA Vineyards is Dennis Patton and Andrea Silverstein, with Dennis having been a fixture in the Mendocino wine industry for over 40 years. DnA makes some of my favorite Trader Joe's exclusive wine. While DnA does … [Read more...]
90+ Cellars Mendocino Chardonnay Lot 122 2016
The 90+ Cellars Mendocino Chardonnay Lot 122 2016 is a negociant wine sourced from vineyards in the Mendocino AVA, located north of Sonoma and west of Napa in Northern California. A negociant (a French term) buys surplus wine from mainstream wineries and sells these wines at a discount. Because the wines are exactly the same as the wine produced by the original winery, who made … [Read more...]
Artezin Mendocino County Zinfandel 2016
The Artezin Mendocino County Zinfandel 2016 is 84% Zinfandel, 14% Petite Sirah, and 2% Carignan sourced from well-respected old vine family owned vineyards in the warmer Ukiah Valley section of Mendocino County. Mendocino is north of Sonoma and much of the growing area is under the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean which is great for a grape like Pinot Noir, the Ukiah … [Read more...]
Ferrari-Carano Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2014
The Ferrari-Carano Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2014 is sourced from 3 estate vineyards in the Anderson Valley AVA of Mendocino County, just north of Sonoma and west of Napa in Northern California. Ferrari-Carano is one of Sonoma Counties leading Estates, but they own three "ranches" in Anderson Valley. Anderson Valley is located just 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean and in being … [Read more...]