Wine Picks

Please try and have these wines in the recommended context. Wine pleasure is about a match of wine and mood.

Light & Easy

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TAKE A WALK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:~  PINOT NOIR Silver Bay is about as light as you can get in Pinot, and certainly easy…

New Star for Thanksgiving

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Pinot Grigio is usually crowd-pleasing and a bit plain. The wine equivalent of easy listening music. However, some producers push the envelope and substitute…

Another Hit from Spain

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Forget expectations of Spanish warmth and spice, this is country rustic. No sloppy, sweet kisses and softness ““ the feeling here is more gutsy…

My New American GF

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MEET MICHELLE, MY NEW AMERICAN GIRLFRIEND A softish, fruity, sparkling that’s a must-try for fans of Prosecco. Really easy drinking/crowd-pleasing for parties and family…

Pinot Pop Star

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COMMERCIAL-STYLE PINOT has a PURPOSE Here’s a wine that we all need to know about. Not because it’s great, but for its potential to…

Thinking Rustic

Thinking Rustic

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With the approach of fall, a drinking man’s thoughts turn to rustic reds. Such as those of the Bairrada region in Portugal. The producer,…

Nicest Summer White

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ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR NICEST SUMMER WHITE IN THE WORLD (Yes… still celebrating ‘summer’) Symphony is a Calif clone of Muscat so expect a wine…

A Different Chardonnay

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The experience of Sauvignon Blanc is so entrenched in our expectations from NZ whites that it’s hard to imagine other experiences. Which is not…

Classy White

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NYARAI is the virtual winery of Steve Byfield, who’s very skilled at creating small batch wines at rented spaces ““ in this case at…