More memorable wines from 2008
klwines.com Pineau d’Aunis. Are you ready for it? <!– Seven Stones Winery –> There were a whole lot of great wines that didn’t make it into my list of top 10 most memorable in 2008, or even the...
View ArticleDomaine de la Romanee-Conti 2006
Flickr.com Aubert de Villaine, the impressively humble proprietor of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, was in town last week for the domaine’s annual tasting. Romanee-Conti is presumably the finest...
View ArticlePricing cult wine to the times
I’ve spent plenty of time thinking about wine prices lately, particularly about the reality check that many expensive wines need these days. So it was heartening to get an e-mail several days ago from...
View ArticleRN74’s wine list
Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Servers during training at RN74. The train board’s in the background. As noted in my story today, the new Michael Mina project RN74 will open next week. This has been a...
View ArticleMore wine memories from 2009
Jon Bonne/The Chronicle Paring down tasting notebooks, databases and scribbles on pamphlets into my 10 most memorable wines is a tricky task. It is made easier by shoving aside the pile of paper and...
View ArticleDomaine de la Romanee-Conti and 2007 in Burgundy
Courtesy Wilson Daniels Romanee-Conti. Last week brought one of the highlights of the wine year: the tasting of the new vintage from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, the Burgundy estate whose wines are...
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