Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates by Tom Hill A self-admitted wine geek, Tom lives in Northern New Mexico and works as a computational physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory doing numerical neutron transport & large scale code development. He has been tasting wines since 1971, participates locally with a couple of large tasting groups in his area, and is practically a fixture at most California wine festivals, such as the Hospice du Rhône, Rhône Rangers, and ZAP. Other interests: Tom is heavily into competitive sport fencing (foil & epee), biking, cooking, basketball, skiing, backpacking, mountain climbing. Index of Tasting Notes 2000 - 2004 Aromatic Whites - November 3, 2004 McCrea & Sierra Vista Wines - October 13, 2004 New Wines - October 6, 2004 New Rhones - September 29, 2004 New Wines - August 25, 2004 Northwest Rhones - August 18, 2004 New Wines - August 11, 2004 Harlequin/Portland Trip - August 4/5, 2004 Grenache, Petite Sirah, Blends - July 28, 2004 Pinot Noir - July 14, 2004 Zinfandels and Some Others - July 7, 2004 White Rhones - June 23, 2004 New Syrahs - May 26, 2004 A Visit with Adam Tolmach, Ojai Vnyd - May 17, 2004 Old Zinfandels and New Jory's - May 5, 2004 Darrell Corti Slow Food Event - May 1, 2004 New White Rhones, Mostly - April 28, 2004 New Pinots - April 21, 2004 New Zinfandels - March 24, 2004 New Rhone Reds - March 17, 2004 Joseph Swan Zinfandels - February 11, 2004 Taos Winter Wine Festival - January 23, 2004 Garretson Wines - January 21, 2004 Central Coast Syrah - January 7, 2004 Reds, Whites & Chocolates - January 4, 2004 New Pinots - December17, 2003 Dinner at Cuvee, La Jolla - December 11, 2003 New Rhones - December 10, 2003 Guigal Cote-Roties - December 3, 2003 Washington State Syrahs of Glen Magelssen - Nov 20, 2003 New Zinfandels and Petite Sirahs - Nov 13, 2003 New Syrahs - November 5, 2003 Mostly Pinots - October 15, 2003 New Syrahs - October 8, 2003 New Syrahs - September 10, 2003 New Wines - September 3, 2003 Oliveto/Edmunds St. John Dinner - August 22, 2003 New and Mature Cabs - July 30, 2003 White Rhones - July 16, 2003 Mostly Syrah - July 9, 2003 July 4th in Austin w/Restaurant List - July 4, 2003 Some New Navarro and Others - June 25, 2003 Hospice du Rhone trip - June 22, 2003 Central Coast Syrahs - June 18, 2003 Santa Barbara County Syrah (Mostly) - June 11, 2003 Mostly New Zinfandel - June 4, 2003 New Rhones - May 21, 2003 Mostly Rhones - May 19, 2003 Santa Barbara Co Fair Wine Competition - May 13, 2003 Rhone Wines - April 30, 2003 2003 Rhone Ranger Event - April 26, 2003 New Zinfandels - April 16, 2003 Alto Adige Wines - April 13, 2003 Pinot Noir - April 9, 2003 Zinfandel - April 2, 2003 Santa Cafe Swine Fest Dinner - March 28, 2003 California & Oz Rhones - March 26, 2003 Santa Fe Dinner with Bernie & Sam - March 9, 2003 Birthday Wines for Rita - March 5, 2003 Semillon - March 3, 2003 Dessert Wines - March 2, 2003 Larry & Laura's Dinner Wines - February 15, 2003 Schrader Cellars - February 2, 2003 Taos: Larry & Laura's Dinner - January 31, 2003 Qupe - January 29, 2003 Dinner with Mike Etzel (Beaux Freres) - January 25, 2003 New Zinfandels, January 15, 2003 New Syrahs - December 18, 2002 New Calif/Oregon Pinots; New Siduris - December 12, 2002 New Syrahs - December 5, 2002 You Say Syrah, I Say Shiraz - December 4, 2002 New Grenache and Syrahs - November 20, 2002 New White Rhones - October 6, 2002 Syrahs - September 25, 2002 Zinfandel - September 11, 2002 California Rhones - September 4, 2002 Italian Varietals - August 28, 2002 New Whites & Reds - August 21, 2002 High-End Pinots - August 14, 2002 Zinfandel - August 7, 2002 Some New California Rhones - July 31, 2002 New California Syrahs - July 17, 2002 Some New Syrahs - July 10, 2002 Latest Turley Releases (Mostly) - July 3, 2002 Some (Mostly) California White Rhones - June 19, 2002 Some New Red Wines (and a few desserts) - June 13, 2002 Ojai Vineyards - June 3, 2002 Ojai Vineyards California Syrahs - June 2002 [Tasting Notes from 2005-present] [Tasting Notes from 1996-1999] Garretson Winery - May 30, 2002 Botrytised Dessert Wines - May 30, 2002 Stolpman Vineyards - May 29, 2002 Jaffurs - May 28, 2002 Clos Pepe Winery - May 28, 2002 Australian & California Syrahs - May 27, 2002 Amador Cabernets - May 22, 2002 Mostly Pinots - May 15, 2002 Some New Rhones - May 8, 2002 Some New (Mostly) Calif (Mostly) Syrahs - April 24, 2002 New Zinfandels (Mostly) - April 17, 2002 Greek Wines - April 15, 2002 French Rhones (Mostly) - April 10, 2002 Syrahs & Rhones - April 3, 2002 Mostly New Zinfandels - March 20, 2002 Austrailian & California Syrahs - February 27, 2002 Mostly New Zinfandels - February 20, 2002 New Jaffurs Release and Lesser Rhones - Feb 13, 2002 Taos Winter Wine Festival - February 1 & 2, 2002 California Cabernets - January 30, 2002 Taos Dinner with Bob Lilndquist of Qupe - January 29, 2002 New Releases: Williams-Selyem & Harlequin - Jan 23, 2002 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon - January 11, 2002 Some Rhone Wines - January 9, 2002 Mostly Ridge Zinfandels - December 19, 2001 Two Killer Grenaches - December 17, 2001 New California Red Wines - December 5, 2001 Killer California Syrahs (mostly) - November 28, 2001 New 1999 Reds (mostly) - November 19, 2001 Navarro and Turley - November 14, 2001 David Coffaro Wines (mostly) - November 7, 2001 Pinot Noir - October 15, 2001 Rhone Style Wines - September 3, 2001 New World Reds - August 15, 2001 Mixed Bag of Whites and Reds, including Nalle - Aug 1, 2001 Morgante Don Antonio Nero d'Avola IGT - July 27, 2001 New Rhones - July 25, 2001 Dessert Wines - July 11, 2001 White Wine Potpourri - July 11, 2001 Carlisle, AndrewMurray, Ojai, Edmunds St. John - July 3, 2001 New Navarro Releases and some New Reds - June 27, 2001 Some Mostly New Zinfandels - June 13, 2001 New California Rhones - May 23, 2001 New Austrailian and French Rhones - May 2, 2001 Kermit Lynch - April 30, 2001 Trip Report:  A Visit With Steve Edmunds - April 17, 2001 Killer California Rhones - March 28, 2001 New California Rhones, Mostly Jaffurs - March 7, 2001 Australian and French Rhone - February 14, 2001 A Lot of Edmunds St. Johns - January 31, 2001 Taos Winter Wine Festival - January 18, 2001 Mostly Coffaro, Turley Wines (w/ Ridge) - Jan 10, 2001 New California Syrahs - December 20, 2000 New French Rhones - December 6, 2000 New Australian Rhones - November 29, 2000 Recent Odds and Ends - November 16, 2000 New Navarro Wines (mostly) - November 15, 2000 Paso Robles and Sonoma Zinfandels - November 8, 2000 Nalle and Eberle (mostly) Zinfandels - October 11, 2000 More Rhones - October 3, 2000 Rhones - September 20, 2000 New California and Oz Rhones - August 30, 2000 New Zinfandels - August 22, 2000 New California and French Rhones - August 16, 2000 New California and French Rhones - August 2, 2000 Dessert Wines - August 1, 2000 French and California Rhones - July 26, 2000 A Visit with John Alban - June 27, 2000 A Visit with Adam Tolmach of Ojai Vineyards - June 23, 2000 New Rhones - May 31, 2000 Older Cabs from Mt. Veeder and Milano - May 3, 2000 Bruce Cass Dinner - April 24, 2000 New Zinfandels (mostly) - April 12, 2000 California, French, Australian Rhones - April 6, 2000 Bernard Roth Dinner - April 17, 2000 New California, French, and Oz Rhones - March 22, 2000 New California and Oz Rhones - March 15, 2000 New Zinfandels - March 1, 2000 Barbera - February 28, 2000 California vs. French Syrahs - February 25, 2000 Jaffurs (Mostly) - February 9, 2000 Ojai and Andrew Murray (Mostly) - January 12, 2000 French Rhones (Mostly) - January 3, 2000   Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates Copyright © 1993 - 2010, Ken Zinns - All rights reserved No original material may be reproduced without written consent Mail & Comments - Grape-Nutz Updated 2.23.11