Wine Weekly

Chateau Laulerie Bergerac Rose 2006 Where did the summer go? It seems like it just arrived, and now it’s on the way out. Maybe I wouldn’t have realized it had I not seen banners and ads all over the place for Halloween … sheesh! However, the weather is still warm in most parts of the [...]

Red Truck Red Wine 2005 Last week we profiled Red Truck wines, and posted tasting notes for their White Truck White Wine. Now we also have tasting notes for Red Truck Red Wine. Deep, rich, aroma of blackberry fruit, earth, tobacco. Lots of sweet earth, green herbs – savory, bay leaf, sage. On the palate, [...]

White Truck California White Wine 2005 As promised in the White Truck winery profile article of a few days ago, a review of White Truck White Wine. Nose is bright and forward, exuding floral, honeysuckle, ripe pear, apple, banana, and a hint of an unusual spice – maybe ginger? Very smooth texture, fat and creamy [...]

Around the turn of the century — the 21st century, that is — Fred and Nancy Cline bought — at an auction benefiting the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art — a painting of a classic, old red truck created by internationally renowned, Sonoma-based artist Dennis Ziemienski. Since the Clines also happened to own Cline Cellars [...]

Les Deux Rives Corbieres Rouge 2005 Summer is the best time for drinking white and pink wines, but that doesn’t mean you should swear off reds completely. In fact, now is a good time to sample lighter reds that you might not consider during the braising and roasting seasons of autumn and winter. One such [...]