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Fess Parker Bien Nacido Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir - 2006 – 8.8 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
This wine exemplifies the central coast characteristics of Eucalyptus, spice, intense extracted red fruit and bramble. *** A plethora of wine reviews from wines regions around the world. Read more of … more →
James the Wine Guy
Lemon Chicken Piccata paired with Cambria Tepusquet Vineyard Viognier
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wrote 1 week ago: Servings 4-6 Cuisine Italian Course Dinner Cook Time prep: 5 min / cook: 17 min / total: 22 min … more →
2006 Wild Horse Winery and Vineyards Unbridled Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir
wrote 3 weeks ago: Mission Codename: Unbridled Love Operative: Agent White Objective: Acquire a small allocation of the … more →
In The Vineyard: October 2009
wrote 2 months ago: October 15, 2009: The 2009 harvest season has been full of interesting weather changes. September be … more →
Fess Parker Bien Nacido Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir - 2006 – 8.8 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 5 months ago: This wine exemplifies the central coast characteristics of Eucalyptus, spice, intense extracted red … more →
Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir 2007 Santa Maria Valley
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wrote 6 months ago: Jancis Robinson named the Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir 2007 Santa Maria Valley her wine of the week here … more →
Io Upper Bench Santa Maria Valley Syrah – 2005- 9.0 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 6 months ago: A wine with thick tannins; floral notes of red rose petal, violet; notes of ground cardamom, truffle … more →
Scouring The Central Coast
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wrote 7 months ago: For the time being I have put Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in my rearview mirror. I left with a mu … more →
Wine Review: 2003 Three Saints Chardonna...
wrote 7 months ago: Wine Review: 2003 Three Saints Chardonnay Estate Grown, Santa Maria Valley – http://tr.im/kN1Z … more →
Qupé Bien Nacido Hillside Estate Santa Maria Valley Roussanne – 2006 – 8.9 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 8 months ago: A lovely Roussanne; formidable wine with a very strong back structure; a multitude of notes; almond, … more →
2006 Qupé Syrah Bien Nacido Vineyard, California, Central Coast, Santa Maria Valley
wrote 8 months ago: Typical deep purple Syrah color. The nose give earthy notes of white pepper and leather with a hint … more →
The Winesleuth and Wine90 checking out the chards...
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wrote 8 months ago: The Winesleuth (me, Denise) has joined forces with the always entertaining UK wineblogger, Wine90 ( … more →
30% off Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay - 94 Points!
wrote 9 months ago: Pacific Ridge Vineyards 2005 Chardonnay Retail $30 Now $21 only on Indie Winemakers.com Only 171 Cas … more →
Cambria Julia's Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir - 2005 - 8.9 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 12 months ago: A wine with plenty of depth; gorgeous red flowers– rose petals; roasted red cherry and plum; p … more →
Page Mill Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir – 2005 – 8.9 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 1 year ago: Page Mill Winery in Livermore Valley is by far the cutest little winery there… they were playi … more →
Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir – 2005 – 8.9 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 2 years ago: Belle Glos has a beautiful bottle and expectations are always on high alert. Upon seeing the bottle … more →
Anglim Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Viognier – 2005 - 8.9 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
wrote 2 years ago: Viognier, unfortunatley, is the poor country cousin to Chardonnay’s flashy big city cousins. … more →
Byron Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir - 2004 - 9.2 - James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez
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wrote 2 years ago: Pinots, no matter where they come from, have two distinct possibilities 1) sublime (these are rare) … more →
