Archive of Tasting Notes


	Nebbiolos - Tom Hill, December 17, 2014 Some New Reds - December 3, 2014 Napa / Sonoma Visit - Ken Zinns A La Clarine Farm Tasting at Bay Grape in Oakland - Ken Zinns Sierra Foothills Visits - Ken Zinns A Rhone Reunion - Ken Zinns A Visit to Skinner and Gros Ventre - Ken Zinns West of West Tasting - Ken Zinns Sonoma/Napa Visits - Ken Zinns 10th Annual Marin County Wine Celebration - Ken Zinns 6th Annual Taste of Mendocino - Ken Zinns 6th Annual Taste of Mendocino - Ken Zinns Zinfandels - Tom Hill Cold-Climate Syrahs - Tom Hill Even More New Wines - Tom Hill 17th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival - Ken Zinns Even More New Wines - Tom Hill Some New Wines - Tom Hill More New Whites - Tom Hill New White Wines - Tom Hill Wine from the Archives - Tom Hill Carlisle & Bedrock Zins - Tom Hill TAPAS - 2014 - Ken Zinns Even More New Wines - Tom Hill Rhone Rangers Tasting & Seminars, San Francisco Bay Area - Ken Zinns 2014 Pinot Paradise - Ken Zinns Rhone Rangers - North Coast Chapter - Ken Zinns More New Wines - Tom Hill Some New Wines - Tom Hill Some Alto Adige Wines - Tom Hill Some Lagrein Wines - Tom Hill Some New Reds - Tom Hill Rhone Rangers North Coast Chapter Tasting - Ken Zinns In Pursuit of Balance, San Francisco - Ken Zinns Visit With Stewart Johnson of Kendric Vineyards - Ken Zinns Napa / Sonoma Visit - Ken Zinns WineSmith Wines - Tom Hill Some Reustle Wines - Tom Hill Older Misc Wines - Tom Hill Some Calif Chardonnay - Tom Hill Some New Wines - Tom Hill Bordeaux's Last Hurrah - Tom Hill Some New Reds - Tom Hill Old David Bruce Wines - Tom Hill

	Some New Arrivals - Tom Hill A Stroll Down Limerick Lane - Tom Hill More Archive Wines - Tom Hill Some Archive Wines - Tom Hill New Qupe Wines - Tom Hill Sierra Foothill Winery Visits - Ken Zinns Solano County Winery Visit - Ken Zinns Lucas & Lewellen Wines - Tom Hill Mostly Tablas Creek & Tercero - Tom Hill Some Nebbiolos - Tom Hill Some Rhones from the Archives - Tom Hill Lodi Visits - Ken Zinns Taste of Mendocino tasting - Ken Zinns Some New Forlorn-Hope Wines - Tom Hill Mostly Jura Wines - Tom Hill 16th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival - Ken Zinns 3rd Annual Sta. Rita Hills Road Trip Tasting - Ken Zinns Marin County Wine Celebration - Ken Zinns Some More New Whites - Tom Hill Some Dehlinger Syrahs - Tom Hill Some Rhone Wines From the Archives - Tom Hill West Sonoma Coast Visits - Eric Anderson & Ken Zinns West of West Tasting - Ken Zinns Pinot Days, San Francisco - 2013 - Ken Zinns TAPAS Tasting - Ken Zinns Taste of Mendocino - Ken Zinns 16th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival - Ken Zinns 3rd Annual Sta. Rita Hills Road Trip Tasting - Ken Zinns Marin County Wine Celebration - Ken Zinns Seven % Solution - Ken Zinns 23rd Annual Passport to Cabernet - Ken Zinns Mount Eden Vineyards & Ridge Vineyards - Ken Zinns Some Calif & Burgs - Tom Hill Paul Lato wines - April '13 More New Calif Wines - April 10, 2013 Paso Robles - March '13 Pinot Paradise - Tech Session and 9th Annual Tasting - March '13 Santa Cruz Mtns Visits - March '13 Odd Bunch of New Wines - March 6, 2013 Some Calif & Burgs - March 3, 2013 Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2012 - February '13 Visit to Thomas Fogarty with Nathan Kandler - February '13 Some New Wines - February 20, 2013 In Pursuit of Balance Tasting - San Francisco, 2013 - February '13 More New Wines - January 30, 2013 Central Coast - January '13 Some New Pinot Noirs - January 16, 2013 Some Old Vine Reds - January 9, 2013 Rhone Archives - January 2, 2013 Wines With Matt - January 1, 2013

	Some New Reds - December 12, 2012 Sonoma Co. & Napa Valley - December '12 Wines from Briceland Vnyds - December 5, 2012 More Rhones from the Archives - November 21, 2012 Sierra Foothills - November '12 Rhones from the Archives - November 14, 2012 Central Coast Syrahs - November 7, 2012 Some New Wines - October 31, 2012 Some New California Wines - October 24, 2012 Cold Climate Pinot Noirs - October 22, 2012 Idle Hour Wines - October 17, 2012 New Releases - October 10, 2012 Ridge Monte Bello Cabs - September 28, 2012 Ridge Wines - September 26, 2012 Some Big Reds - September 19, 2012 Family Winemakers of California, San Francisco - 2012 - September '12 Some New Whites - September 12, 2012 Some New Wines - August 29, 2012 West of West Tasting - August '12 A Visit to Scherrer Winery - August '12 Some Cabernets - August 22, 2012 Some New Amador Wines - July 25, 2012 Sonoma County Day Trip - July '12 Some New Friuli Whites - July 11, 2012 Santa Cruz Day Trip - July'12 Some More New Calif Wines - June 27, 2012 3rd NEB (Nebbiolo Producers) - June 21, 2012 Marin County Wine Celebration - June'12 Pinot Days, San Francisco - 2012 - June'12 More Italian Varieties - June 13, 2012 Taste of Mendocino - June'12 TAPAS Tasting - June'12 Some Northern Italian Varieties - June 6, 2012 Calif/Friuli Wines - May 30, 2012 Archive Wines - May 16, 2012 New California Wines - May 9, 2012 More New Wines - April 25, 2012 Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2012 - Apr '12 Paso Robles Visits - Apr '12 In Pursuit of Balance Tasting - San Francisco, 2012 - Apr '12 Some Odd Wines - April 19, 2012 Some Wines of Balance - April 18, 2012 Rhone Rangers Tasting - Apr '12 Some New Wines - April 11, 2012 Some New Calif Wines - April 4, 2012 Zinfandel - March 29, 2012 Central Coast - Mar '12 Some New Wines - February 22, 2012 Some New Wines - February 8, 2012 Mostly Miraflores Wines - February 1, 2012 Alsatian Archives - January 18, 2012 Central Coast - Jan '12

	- Santa Cruz Mountains visits - Ken Zinns - Sierra Foothill visits - Ken Zinns - Calif Rhone Archive Wines - Tom Hill - Interesting Wines - Tom Hill - New Wines - Tom Hill - Terre Rouge/Easton Wines - Tom Hill - Some New Wines - Tom Hill - New Tablas Creek Releases - Tom Hill - Fruilian Reds - Tom Hill - New Ridge Wines - Tom Hill - New Tablas Creek Releases - Fruilian Reds - Some New Zins - 2nd NAP (Nebbiolo Advocates & Producers) - Some Wines with Al & Virginia Rago - Wines of Forlorn Hope - Arbe Garbe wines - Russian River Valley visits - Family Winemakers, S.F. - 2011 - Wines from Georgia - Pinot Days, San Francisco - 2011 - Marin County Pinot Celebration - TAPAS Tasting - Some Archive Reds - 2011 Hospice du Rhone Report - Pre-HdR Tour of Paso Robles - Wineries of Hawai'i - Zins from the Archives - Some Friulian wines - Mostly Zins - Tom Hill - Rhone Rangers Seminar - Mostly Ridge Zins - Dinner with the Britts - Massican Wines - Rhone Rangers Tasting - 2005-09 Bordeaux - TreViti Wines - Some LateHrvst Viogniers and Ports - Mostly Rasmussen Wines - Wines from Coastview Vnyd - Bedrock/Carlisle Zins - Some New Wines - Crane Cyn & Old World Wineries

	- Syrahs - Cal Bordeaux Whites & Reds - Zins from the Archives - Some Unusual Whites - Tablas Creek Whites - Some New Wines - Santa Fe Wine & Chili Festival - Sierra Foothill Wine Experience - Unti Vineyards - Anaba Wines - Family Winemakers of California - Novy Syrahs - Mt. Veeder Wines - Booker and Wind Gap Wines - New Reds - Bay Area Natural Wine Consortium - Marin County Pinot Noir Celebration - TAPAS Tasting - Spanish varieties - Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2010 - A Visit to a Utah Winery - Brachetti and Pig Parts - New Wines - Failla & Peay Burgs - Syrah Seminar Notes 2010 - Eaglepoint Syrah Cage Match - Rhone Rangers Tasting - Limerick Lane - Rockpile Wines - Rockpile Road Zin/Petites - New Grenache/PetiteSirah - Pinot Noirs - Gruner Veltliners

	Some Ridge Wines - Some New Calif Rhones - Some Calif Burgundies - Some New Wines - Hospice du Rhone - 2009 - Inagural NAP (Nebbiolo Advocates & Producers) - Wines from Bokisch and Spain - Odisea Wines - New Wines From Bedrock & Muscardini - Davis Family and Donkey&Goat - Tercero Wines - Visit to Rhys Vineyards - Not the Usual Suspects: SB Syrahs - Marin County Pinot Celebration - 2009 TAPAS - Spanish varieties - Some Calif Pinot Noirs - Some Odds & Ends - Petite Sirah - Some New Calif Rhones - 2009 Hospice du Rhone Tasting - Some New Wines - Some New Zins - Some New Wines - 2009 Pinot Paradise - From the Archives - 2009 Rhone Ranger Report (TH) - 2009 Rhone Ranger Report (KZ) - Some Calif Burgs - Ottimino and Ridge ATP Zins - Some Italians - Some VIE/SolRouge

	- 2005 Bordeaux - Round 4 - Some Calif Rhones - Oregon Pinot Noir - Some Dover Canyon - Some New Reds - Some Calif Burgs - Wines of Adelaida & - Kaleidos - - Some Italians - 2005 Bordeaux - Round 3 - 2005 Novy Syrahs - Santa Fe Wine & Chile Seminar - A few Italians - FWC Tasting, S.F. - 2008 - 2008 TAPAS - Spanish varieties - A Visit to Woodenhead Vintners - Hospice du Rhone - 2008 - some heroes' Syrahs - some Nebbiolos - A Visit with Shane Finley - some Wash State Rhones - some Calif Burgundies - misc TNs from Jan-June - some big/bad Syrahs - some Italian varietals - some new Pinot Noirs - Zinfandel/Charbono/Tempranillo - Some French & Calif Rhônes - 2005 Bordeaux - Round 2 - 2008 Pinot Paradise - 2008 Rhone Rangers - 2005 Kosta Browne Pinots - FWC Trade Tasting, L.A. - 2008 - Over 90pts-Under $30 - A Visit with Ed Kurtzman - Jaffurs Syrahs - Austrian Wine & Food Pairing - More Calif Rhônes - Some New Wines - 2005 Bordeaux - Round 1 - Zin & Petite Sirahs - 2005 Burgundies - 4 Viogniers - New "Calif Rhones" - 2005 Bordeaux - Aussie tasting

	- Pinot Noir - Shea Vnyd, OR - New Arrivals - New Calif Burgundy Varietals - New Calif Rhone Varietals - Fruilian Biancos - Rhones - Sudtirol/AltoAdige/Trentino - Wines of Melville - Italians - Grenache/Petite/Syrah - Châteauneuf-du-Pape - Rhones - New & Old Zinfandel - Wines of Rivers-Marie - Italian whites - Pinot & Syrah - Wines from Navarro - Wines of Robert Foley - Calif Burgundies - Rhones - Grenache-Mouvedre blends - Pinot Noir - Anderson Valley - Wines from Teroldegas - Hospice du Rhone - 2007 - French wines - Zinfandels - Wines of Mark Aubert - Calif Burgundy varietals - Sta Barbara Futures - 2007 - Italians - Pt. Concepcion/Cargasacchi - Santa Lucia Highlands - Kosta Browne - Tompkin Cellars - Oregon Pinot Noir - Littorai tasting - Aussie tasting - Melville clonal tasting

Dec '06 Dec '06 Dec '06 Nov '06 Nov '06 Nov '06 Oct '06 Sept '06 Sept '06 Aug '06 Aug '06 Aug '06 Oct '06 May '06 July '06 June '06 June '06 May '06 May '06 Apr '06 Apr '06 Apr '06 Apr '06 Mar '06 Mar '06 Mar '06 Mar '06 Mar '06 Mar '06 Feb '06 Feb '06 Jan '06	- New Calif Syrahs - Eno Wines - Older Burgundies - New Pinot Noirs - Virginia Viogniers - New Calif/Wash State Rhones - New Pinot Noirs - New Calif/France New Rhones - New Rhone Varietals - More Northern Italians - Northern Italians - Some new Syrahs - Sine Qua Non mini verticals - Sta. Barbara Co. Pinot Noir - Tensley and Kaena Wines - Margerum Wines - Aubert & Colgin Wines - Hospice du Rhone - 2006 - Arcadian barrel tasting - Tensley verticals - Sine Qua Non - Pisoni verticals/horizontals - Eno Wines - Carlisle verticals - World of Pinot Noir - 2006 - Sta Barbara Futures - 2006 - '03 Bordeaux - round two - FWC Trade Tasting - 2006 - Kathryn Kennedy wines - '03-'04 Burgundy - '03 Bordeaux - Chave Hermitage vertical

Dec '05 July '05 July '05 July '05 July '05 Apr '05 Apr '05 May '05 Mar '05 Mar '05 Feb '05 Jan '05	- Burgundy - Rieslings - '00-'02 Bordeaux - '02-'03 Oregon Pinot Noir - '02-'04 Burgundy - 95+ point wines - 90+ points/under $30 - Hospice du Rhone - 2005 - Family Winemakers Trade Tasting - 2005 - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - 2005 - '00-'02 Cabernet - Various Wines	- 12 wines - 19 wines - 21 wines - 20 wines - 20 wines - 20 wines - 20 wines - 109 wines - 93 wines - 64 wines - 20 wines - 11 wines

Oct '04 Sept '04 Aug '04 July '04 July '04 July '04 June '04 May '04 May '04 Apr '04 Apr '04 Mar '04 Mar '04 Mar '04 Jan '04 Jan '04	- '04 'Pinot on the River' Tasting - Fall quaffers - two new releases - '00-'02 Cabernet - '01-'03 Aussies - '00-'02 Rhone varietals - Family Winemakers Trade Tasting - 2004 - Hospice du Rhone - 2004 - Eno Wines - Green Valley Symposium - more '99-'01 Cabernet - more '01-'02 Aussies - Santa Barbara Vintner's Assn - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - 2004 - '99-'01 Cabernet - '01-'02 Aussies	- 50 wines - 21 wines - 2 wines - 19 wines - 20 wines - 20 wines - 99 wines - 132 wines - 5 wines - 7 wineries - 19 wines - 20 wines - 16 wineries - 77 wines - 20 wines - 20 wines

Dec '03 Dec '03 Nov '03 Oct '03 Oct '03 Oct '03 Sept '03 Aug '03 June '03 May '03 May '03 Apr '03 Mar '03 Mar '03 Feb '03 Feb '03 Feb '03 Jan '03	- '01 Chateauneuf du Pape - Iron Horse Sparkling wines - '00 Bordeaux - a 5th look - Spanish wines - '02 Loring Pinots - '99-'01 Cabernet - '00-'01 Pinot Noir - '99-'01 Cabernet - Family Winemakers Trade Tasting - 2003 - '00 Bordeaux - a 4th look - Hospice du Rhone - 2003 - '00 Bordeaux - a 3rd look - some gems from... Arizona! - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - 2003 - '00 Bordeaux - 2nd look - '01 Aussies - follow-up on '94-'96 Bordeaux - still more '99 Cabs	- 18 wines - 6 wines - 21 wines - 19 wines - 5 wines - 19 wines - 20 wines - 18 wines - 90 wines - 20 wines - 148 wines - 21 wines - 14 wines - 61 wines - 21 wines - 20 wines - 16 wines - 21 wines

Nov '02 Nov '02 Oct '02 Sept '02 Sept '02 June '02 Mar '02 Feb '02 Feb '02 Jan '02	- '00 Bordeaux - first look - even more '99 Cabs - more '99 Cabs - '99 Cabs - Various Wines - Hospice du Rhone - 2002 - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - 2002 - Spanish wines - '99 Bordeaux - Rhones	- 20 wines - 21 wines - 20 wines - 10 wines - 20 wines - 105 wines - 35 wines - 20 wines - 21 wines - 19 wines

Oct '01 Oct '01 July '01 June '01 June '01 June '01 July '01 June '01 May '01 May '01 May '01 May '01 May '01 May '01 Apr '01 Apr '01 Mar '01 Mar '01 Mar '01 Feb '01 Feb '01 Feb '01 Jan '01 Jan '01	- mostly '99 Zins - more '98 Cabs - Various wines - Tuscans - Alsatians - Various wines - '99 Pinots - Hospice du Rhone -2001 - more '99 Zins - more '98 Bordeaux - Cabs & Blends - Wine Warehouse - Montelena mini-vertical - Italians - Austrians/Germans - Zins - Pinot Noir - Rhone / Sud '99s - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - 2001 - '98 Bordeaux - Cabernets - Rhone / Sud - Zins - New Aussies	- 19 wines - 24 wines - 17 wines - 21 wines - 20 wines - 18 wines - 18 wines - 120 wines - 21 wines - 22 wines - 21 wines - 55 wines - 10 wines - 18 wines - 21 wines - 21 wines - 18 wines - 24 wines - 45 wines - 22 wines - 21 wines - 24 wines - 22 wines - 22 wines

Oct '00 Oct '00 Oct '00 Sept '00 Sept '00 Aug '00 July '00 July '00 July '00 July '00 June '00 June '00 May '00 May '00 May '00 April '00 Mar '00 Mar '00 Mar '00 Mar '00 Feb '00 Feb '00 Jan '00 Jan '00 Jan '00	- Aussies IV - Mostly Syrah/Shiraz - Cabernets - Rhone / Sud - Cabernets - Extreme Tasting - Cabs & Merlots - Aussies III - Alsace - Rhone / Sud - Cabernets - Syrah/Shiraz - 93+ point wines - Zins & a few Syrahs - Cabernets - Aussies II - Merlots & Cabs - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - Napa Valley Vintners Tasting - Zins - Cabs + - Aussie Reds - Various - Rhone & Languedoc - Cabernets	- 23 wines - 22 wines - 22 wines - 22 wines - 22 wines - 21 wines - 20 wines - 27 wines - 21 wines - 19 wines - 18 wines - 18 wines - 20 wines - 19 wines - 20 wines - 21 wines - 18 wines - 45 wines - 48 wines - 18 wines - 19 wines - 22 wines - 19 wines - 19 wines - 17 wines

Oct '99 Sept '99 July '99 July '99 June '99 June '99 May '99 Mar '99 Mar '99 Feb '99 Jan '99	- Cabernets - Cabernets - Merlots & Cabernets - Syrah & Shiraz - Cabernets - a little of everything - Cabernets - more '96s + - Cabernets - mostly '96s - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - Bordeaux - '96s - Cabernets - mostly '96s	- (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Mondavi W/FC) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Cask) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange)

Oct '98 Oct '98 Aug '98 July '98 June '98 May '98 Apr '98 Apr '98 Mar '98 Mar '98 Mar '98 Feb '98 Feb '98	- Bordeaux - '96s - Cabernets - '95s/'96s - Syrah & Shiraz - Limited Distribution Wines - Cabernets - mostly '95s - Red Varietals - Bordeaux - '95s - Cabernets - mostly '95s - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting - Cabernets - '94/'95s - Red Burgundies - '95s - Rhones & Sud - '95s - Bordeaux - '95s	- (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Cask) - (Wine Exchange) - (Hi-Time Cellars) - (Wine Exchange) - (Wine Exchange)

Aug '97 June '97 June '97 May '97 Apr '97	- District Wines - Cabernets - Cabernets - Vnyd Techniques - Santa Barbara Futures Tasting	- (Mondavi W/FC) - (Wine Exchange) - (Mondavi W/FC) - (Mondavi W/FC) - (Wine Cask)