Tag: Pinot Noir

Pelletti Vineyard, Laguna Ridge, Sonoma.

Russian River Valley’s Laguna Ridge Neighborhood

Russian River AVA, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, SOMM Journal, Sonoma, Terroir, Wine, Wine Tasting, winegrowing, Winemaking

Fog over the Pelletti Vineyard in Laguna Hills, Russian River Valley.

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Well Born, the origin of Bien Nacido Vineyard

Bien Nacido, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria, SOMM Journal, Vineyard, Wine

Inspired by its striking maritime climate—attributable to the juxtaposition of the San Rafael Mountain and Transverse Ranges to the Pacific coast as well as to its chalky, sandy loam soils—the Miller Family named the site Bien Nacido, which means “well born” in Spanish, and planted it in 1973.

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Third Year’s a Charm for Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction

Auctions, Oregon, Pinot Noir, SOMM Journal, Wine

Seventy eight lots of barrel-selected 2016 Pinot Noir and three collaborative lots of Chardonnay were auctioned by the Willamette Valley[…]

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Ballad of East and West: A Carneros Wine Alliance Barrel Tasting Reveals Both Sides of this Cool-Climate AVA

Napa Valley, Sonoma

  When producers from both sides of the Napa/Sonoma county line that bisects the Los Carneros AVA gathered at Cuvaison[…]

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Anderson Valley’s Pinot

California, The Tasting Panel 2013, Wine, Wine Reviews

Many Anderson Valley Pinot Noir producers time the commercial release of their wines around the annual Pinot Noir Festival and[…]

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