Sommelier Jerry Lee: Robert Weil Reisling Spatlese

This week’s pick comes from Jerry Lee, wine director and sommelier at The Stonehouse restaurant at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.  I asked Jerry to recommend a bottle to pair with a first course (smoked duck and avocado spring roll with boursin cheeze and asian coleslaw) and a second course (Arctic Char with [...]

Drinking Begins at 10 a.m. at Wine Bloggers Event in Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash.–Starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the Wine Bloggers Conference began a tasting (still ongoing), offering dozens and dozens of wines from around the world. In just an hour, I have already sampled more fabulous wines that I can count. I stop drinking now to share thoughts on a few–listed in the order [...]

Williamsburg Winery–Napa Talent in Virgina

If you haven’t sampled many Virginia wines in recent years, you should. The industry here has truly come a long way in the past several decades. Like any infant wine region, Virginia wines had humble beginnings, and many local wine lovers initially were not impressed. Some complained that the prices were too high. And many [...]

2008 Hesketh “Scissorhands” Riesling, Clare Valley, Australia

This week’s pick comes from Sandy Block, Master of Wine and Vice President of Beverage at Legal Sea Foods.  He chose this single-vineyard Australian white for a number of its endearing qualities.  The wine is very fresh with an extremely lime-lke aroma and a bone-dry green apple character.  It has a tartness which Sandy notes [...]

2007 Weingut Josef Leitz “Dragonstone” Riesling, Germany

   This week’s pick comes just in time to welcome warmer weather, and is offered up by Michael Bryan, director of the Atlanta Wine School.  Michael describes this off-dry Riesling from the Rheingau as “very balanced and generous in flavor” and recommends it for cheese pairings.   Leitz Weingut (winery) produced this white Spätlese wine from the [...]

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