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Switchback Ridge Cabernet 2014
Type, Body & Flavor
Switchback Ridge Cabernet 2017
Napa Valley, the Disneyland for drunks. But where the Peterson Family has been farming for a century, you find real people, real wineries and real wine. The Petersons have done themselves proud, transitioning into grapevines and wine over the last three decades. It doesn't hurt that their winemaker is Bob Foley. Not Robert Foley, the guy who buys wineries like they're amusement park trinkets, but Bob Foley, the damned fine winemaker quietly plying his trade since the 1970s.
Type, Body & Flavor
Switchback Ridge Merlot 2015
Bob Foley can fairly be said to have established the quality standard for Merlot in the North Counties. The world noticed when he helped start Pride Mountain Vineyards and took his considerable Merlot achievements to another level where they remain tops today. It's not that the Switchback Ridge wines (or Pride Mountain for that matter) are big wines; rather, they are full, deep, compelling and always perfectly balanced.
Type, Body & Flavor
Switchback Ridge Merlot 2016
Bob Foley can fairly be said to have established the quality standard for Merlot in the North Counties. The world noticed when he helped start Pride Mountain Vineyards and took his considerable Merlot achievements to another level where they remain tops today. It's not that the Switchback Ridge wines (or Pride Mountain for that matter) are big wines; rather, they are full, deep, compelling and always perfectly balanced.
Type, Body & Flavor
Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah
A grape only grudgingly respected, Petite Sirah has the grace of a drunken Chris Farley, but in its best examples has his irresistible charm. From the grape's sweet spot in Napa, planted sixty years ago, we're lucky the vines are still there. Time adds its mark to the character of vines just as much as it does to wine. The character that older vines offer gives more than mere charm - intense plummy fruits, spice, herbal hints and lotsa power.
Type, Body & Flavor
Tatiana Guillot Macon Villages
Macon Villages was once a bigger deal, or at least it was once a wine that absolutely every restaurant had to pour by the glass. In the climate change era, Macon seems to be morphing from light and slightly generic to richer and even slightly buttery. But only slightly. Remember that Chardonnay in France is almost always more about the minerals than the butter; Macon is clean and crisp. We’re not quite to California richness yet, but who knows?
Type, Body & Flavor
Tentadora Malbec
Salta, little known outside Argentina but heavily touristed by the Argentines themselves, is famous for its resorts and mountain air. It also produces a Malbec unlike any other: there is something about the 5000+ foot elevations and skinny soils that offer a Malbec that is less blowsy and generous than what we see from Mendoza. Instead, what we get are wines of structure, with equal measures of power and finesse.
Type, Body & Flavor
Tenuta di Arceno Chianti Classico
Located in the Castelnuovo Berardenga portion of the Chianti Classico (or the historical Chianti) region within the much larger delineated as “Chianti”, Arceno is both traditional and modern, if a bit more contemporary in its embrace of Bordeaux varieties. Here the region’s grape, Sangiovese, has 15% Merlot added to it, gaining both some muscle and power (Tuscan Merlot is that, believe me) but also a sense of flavor familiarity from that grape too. This is one of those wines that we recommend not only because of Arceno’s excellence and the great reviews but because the 2018 vintage is universally considered to be ideal.
Type, Body & Flavor
Terrasses de la Mer
So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.
Type, Body & Flavor
Tinazzi Corvina
Tinazzi makes excellent Veronese wines; which means they are masters at Amarone, Valpolicella and the like. This “family selection” is made from dried grapes, as is the tradition with Amarone, but here it’s made into a dry wine, and the alcohol isn’t as lofty as with Amarone. So it’s like baby Amarone, made 100% from Corvina, the best grape of the region.
Type, Body & Flavor
Switchback Ridge Cabernet 2014
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Switchback Ridge Cabernet 2017
Napa Valley, the Disneyland for drunks. But where the Peterson Family has been farming for a century, you find real people, real wineries and real wine. The Petersons have done themselves proud, transitioning into grapevines and wine over the last three decades. It doesn't hurt that their winemaker is Bob Foley. Not Robert Foley, the guy who buys wineries like they're amusement park trinkets, but Bob Foley, the damned fine winemaker quietly plying his trade since the 1970s.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Switchback Ridge Merlot 2015
Bob Foley can fairly be said to have established the quality standard for Merlot in the North Counties. The world noticed when he helped start Pride Mountain Vineyards and took his considerable Merlot achievements to another level where they remain tops today. It's not that the Switchback Ridge wines (or Pride Mountain for that matter) are big wines; rather, they are full, deep, compelling and always perfectly balanced.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Switchback Ridge Merlot 2016
Bob Foley can fairly be said to have established the quality standard for Merlot in the North Counties. The world noticed when he helped start Pride Mountain Vineyards and took his considerable Merlot achievements to another level where they remain tops today. It's not that the Switchback Ridge wines (or Pride Mountain for that matter) are big wines; rather, they are full, deep, compelling and always perfectly balanced.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah
A grape only grudgingly respected, Petite Sirah has the grace of a drunken Chris Farley, but in its best examples has his irresistible charm. From the grape's sweet spot in Napa, planted sixty years ago, we're lucky the vines are still there. Time adds its mark to the character of vines just as much as it does to wine. The character that older vines offer gives more than mere charm - intense plummy fruits, spice, herbal hints and lotsa power.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Tatiana Guillot Macon Villages
Macon Villages was once a bigger deal, or at least it was once a wine that absolutely every restaurant had to pour by the glass. In the climate change era, Macon seems to be morphing from light and slightly generic to richer and even slightly buttery. But only slightly. Remember that Chardonnay in France is almost always more about the minerals than the butter; Macon is clean and crisp. We’re not quite to California richness yet, but who knows?
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Tentadora Malbec
Salta, little known outside Argentina but heavily touristed by the Argentines themselves, is famous for its resorts and mountain air. It also produces a Malbec unlike any other: there is something about the 5000+ foot elevations and skinny soils that offer a Malbec that is less blowsy and generous than what we see from Mendoza. Instead, what we get are wines of structure, with equal measures of power and finesse.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Tenuta di Arceno Chianti Classico
Located in the Castelnuovo Berardenga portion of the Chianti Classico (or the historical Chianti) region within the much larger delineated as “Chianti”, Arceno is both traditional and modern, if a bit more contemporary in its embrace of Bordeaux varieties. Here the region’s grape, Sangiovese, has 15% Merlot added to it, gaining both some muscle and power (Tuscan Merlot is that, believe me) but also a sense of flavor familiarity from that grape too. This is one of those wines that we recommend not only because of Arceno’s excellence and the great reviews but because the 2018 vintage is universally considered to be ideal.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Terrasses de la Mer
So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Tinazzi Corvina
Tinazzi makes excellent Veronese wines; which means they are masters at Amarone, Valpolicella and the like. This “family selection” is made from dried grapes, as is the tradition with Amarone, but here it’s made into a dry wine, and the alcohol isn’t as lofty as with Amarone. So it’s like baby Amarone, made 100% from Corvina, the best grape of the region.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions