The Wine Wreck

Tag: California wine

  • A Pinot Love Affair

    Pinto Noir, by most standards, is the pickiest of grapes to get right. She is known as the Queen of grapes in some circles for a reason. Until we moved up the coast, Pinot Noir was not big on our wines to love scale. Too prune tasting, too over ripe fruit Finding regions that produce…

  • Cru Pinot Noir, Monterey County

    2019 is emerging as a very good year for Pinot Noir. The fussy grape is a winemakers challenge even in the best of times and it is so nice to find several good Pinots ready to enjoy. This Pinot Noir from Cru Winery out of Monterey County was an easy to drink beauty. It had…

  • A Bogle Love Affair

    This wine, this winery and their wine, hold a very special place in my heart. I have never been to the winery itself- bucket list someday. But that is not the story. I digress. When I was first really dipping my ‘toes’ into the wine world, our family had just made a move from our…