Kendall & Mike Officer Mike and Kendall Officer launched their Carlisle Winery and Vineyards in 1998 with the goal of creating small lots of distinctive, world-class wines from some of California’s most special and unique vineyards—the old vine Zinfandel and field blends found throughout California and especially in Sonoma County. While prepar
Sonoma County Winegrowers & Vintners Release IWR Report on The Wines of Sonoma County
The Sonoma County Winegrowers and Sonoma County Vintners have made our Report #44 The Wines of Sonoma County available free of charge on its web site along with the following press release: Last summer, the International Wine Review spent two weeks here in Sonoma County meeting with grape growers, winemakers, and other industry leaders for a major
US Rosé Imports Grow Exponentially
Rosé, especially premium rosé, remains one of the hottest wine categories in the US, as we’ve reported in earlier articles. Premium rosé (>$12/bottle) imports in 2014 increased 41{b2e123e9138e25ff8232216a74205959533a608968f4eba7854f63b9364ed57d} by volume and 53{b2e123e9138e25ff8232216a74205959533a608968f4eba7854f63b9364ed57d} by value. This co
Los Carneros Wine Night at Bouchon
Bouchon is one of Napa Valley’s finest restaurants. It is an authentic French Bistro created in 2002 by the world renown Chef Thomas Keller of Napa Valley’s French Laundry. Located just north of the Los Carneros wine region in Yountville, Bouchon is a good site for the tasting of Los Carneros’ finest wines. We thought it was a great idea
Virginia Wine: Finally Realizing Thomas Jefferson’s Dream
Over 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson dreamed of producing quality American wines from vitis vinifera vines in Virginia. Today his dream is rapidly coming to fruition, as we show in our just-released report on the wines of Virginia. The numbers of wineries and vineyards have exploded over the past two decades. More importantly, Virginia is today pro
Superb Values in Italian White Wines
Italy produces a wide variety of white wines that are unbeatable for spring and summer drinking. Fermented in stainless steel, they are refreshing and fruit forward with crisp acidity. They also offer the opportunity for wine enthusiasts to taste a variety of indigenous Italian grapes like Garganega, Cortese, Trebbiano. Vermentino, and Arneis. T