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WineRelease.com's June 15, 2002 Monthly Newsletter
Greetings and happy Saturday. WineRelease.com is now 624 wineries strong!
I had my friend Cecilia from Ristow Vineyards over for abalone dinner the other night and she brought a bottle of 1999 Ristow Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (to be released July 1, 2002). Since we were having abalone that night we kept our drinking to white wines. Last night I had my friends Catherine Stefani (The Australian Premium Wine Collection), Joyce Rickenbaker (Henry Wine Group), Dave Rickenbaker and Scott Beckerley (both K&L Wines) over for dinner so we decanted and poured the 99 Ristow. Notes from the group include a nose of dusty casis and vanilla with a rich smooth heady mouthfeel of briary black fruit with a smooth finish of sweet vanilla and fresh blueberry fruit.
Yesterday I visited Hartford Family Wines in the Russian River area of Sonoma. They specialize in single-vineyard Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and old vine Zinfandel. Winemaker Mike Sullivan (recently named "Winemaker of the Year" by Restaurant Wines) and Tom Rozner took us through their new releases. All the wines were excellent but the stand out wines were the Zinfandels. If you are a Zinfandel fan, get your hands on these limited production wines (three of their four zinfandels hover around 300 cases per year). You won't be disappointed. I will update their wine release dates soon. In the meantime, visit their web site for more information.
On to the show...
July 2002 Wine Releases
- Adelsheim Vineyard; 2000 Yamhill County Stoller Vineyard Chardonnay, 2001 Oregon Pinot Gris
- Annapolis Winery; 2000 Amador County Zinfandel Port, 2001 Amador County White Zinfandel, 2001 Sonoma Coast Scalabrini Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, 2001 Sonoma Coast Scalabrini Vineyard Gewurztraminer
- Beringer Vineyards; 2000 Sbragia Chardonnay
- Cambria Winery; 2000 Bench Break Pinot Noir
- Carriage House Wines; 2000 Chardonnay
- Castle Rock Winery; 2001 Central Coast Chardonnay, 2000 Carneros Pinot Noir, 2000 Napa Valley Merlot
- Chameleon Cellars; 2000 Napa Valley Merlot
- Chateau St. Jean; 2000 Durell Pinot Noir
- Chinook Wines; 1996 Yakima Valley Red Wine
- Clos LaChance; 2000 Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
- Domaine Meriwether; NV "Discovery" Oregon Brut Sparkling Wine, 1998 Olivia's Cuvee Brut Rose
- Eberle Winery ; 2000 Steinbeck Zinfandel
- Gainey Vineyards; 2000 Limited Selection Chardonnay, 2000 Triada (red Rhone-style blend)
- Galante Vineyards ; 2000 Blackjack Pasture Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000 Merlot
- Gordon Brothers Cellars; 2000 Syrah
- Hagafen Cellars; 2001 Pinot Noir, 2000 Merlot, 2000 Syrah, 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001 Chardonnay
- Hendry Winery; 2000 Block 7 Zinfandel, 2000 Hendry Ranch Zinfandel
- Jory Winery; 2001 Central Coast Unfiltered "El Nino Grande" Chardonnay
- Kaz Vineyard & Winery ; 2000 Somwein (Zinfandel/Alicante/Petit Sirah)
- Kelham Vineyards; 1999 Oakville Merlot
- Kunde Estate Winery; 2000 Wildwood Chardonnay, 2000 Kinneybrook Chardonnay, 2000 C.S. Ridge Chardonnay
- Kunin Wines; 2001 Stolpman Vineyards Viognier
- Liparita Cellars; 2001 Oakville Sauvignon Blanc, 2000 Carneros Chardonnay, 2000 Reserve Carneros Chardonnay
- Murphy-Goode Estate Winery; 2000 "The Deuce" Fumé II
- Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery; 2001 Francis Coppola Presents Rosso
- Old Creek Ranch; 2001 Carrari Vineyards Chardonnay
- Owen-Sullivan Winery; 2000 'the last SYRAH'
- Paraiso Springs Vineyards ; 2000 Chardonnay, 2000 "Eagle's Perch" Chardonnay, 2000 "Cobblestone" Chardonnay, 2000 Pinot Noir, 2000 "West Terrace" Pinot Noir, 2000 Syrah, 2000 "Wedding Hill" Syrah
- Peachy Canyon Winery ; 2000 Paso Robles Zinfandel, 2000 Westside Zinfandel, 2000 Benito Dusi Ranch Zinfandel, 2000 Mustang Springs Zinfandel, 2000 Estate Zinfandel, 2001 Chardonnay
- Perry Creek Vineyards; 2000 Spanish Creek Ranch Cellar Select Zinfandel, 1999 Sangiovese
- Ponzi Vineyards; 2001 Pinot Blanc
- Poplar Grove Winery; 2001 Pinot Gris
- Rancho Zabaco; 2000 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
- Rex Hill Vineyards; 2000 Seven Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2000 Weber Vineyards Pinot Noir, 2000 Jacob-Hart Vineyard Pinot Noir
- Ristow Estate; 1999 Cabernet
- Robert Craig Wine Cellars; 1999 Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
- Rosenblum Cellars; 2001 Australia Biggibilla Syrah, 2001 San Francisco Bay Continente Vineyard Mourvedre, 2000 Russian River Valley Lone Oak Vineyard Merlot, 2000 Napa Valley Lyons Vineyard Zinfandel, 2000 Napa Valley RustRidge Vineyard Zinfandel
- Rutherford Hill; 2000 Syrah
- St. Clement Vineyards; 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon
- Schramsberg Vineyards; 1998 Blanc de Noirs
- Scott Paul; 2000 Oregon Cuvée Martha Pirrie Pinot Noir
- Seven Peaks Winery; 2001 Central Coast Chardonnay, 2000 Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000 Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz
- Sobon Estate; 2000 Syrah
- Spottswoode Winery; 2001 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
- Stags' Leap Winery; 1999 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 1999 Napa Valley Petite Syrah
- Stone Creek Wines; 2000 Special Selection Zinfandel
- Sunce Winery; 2000 Lodi Merlot
- Sunset Cellars; 2000 Napa Valley Twin Creeks Vineyard Barbera
- Tinhorn Creek Vineyards; 2001 Okanagan Valley Kerner Select Late Harvest
- Torii Mor Winery; 2000 Seven Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2000 Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir
- Truchard Vineyards; 1998 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001 Estate Roussanne
- Valley of the Moon Winery; 1999 Cuvee de la Luna
- Vinum Cellars; 2001 Wilson Vineyard Clarksburg 'Pets' Petite Syrah
- Westerly Vineyards; 2001 Sauvignon Blanc
- ZD Wines; 2000 Napa Valley Merlot
- Zahtila Vineyards; 2000 Napa Valley Estate Zinfandel, 2000 Sonoma County Dry Creek Old Vines Zinfandel
Till next month!
Neil Monnens
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