Exploring the Art of Wine
Category: Pinot NoirToby Hill has emerged as one of the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir “Stars” over the last few years. Gary Vaynerchuk’s raving review of the 2005 Phillips Hill Toulouse Vineyard Pinot Noir propelled the Phillips Hill Pinots onto the national stage, and as Toby says, jammed his Inbox with requests for the wine.
“Athair continues to step it up.” Score 94 —Pinot Report
Ken and Akiko Freeman took their love of Burgundy to the next level and built a winery with the focus on creating world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. To help them on their journey to producing wines worthy of bearing the FREEMAN moniker, they enlisted the winemaking talents of Ed Kurtzman, a “Rock Star” Pinot Noir [...]
BAXTER – Memorable Mendocino County Pinot Noirs Despite his easy going and laid back demeanor, Phil Baxter is making his mark with tiny quantities of vineyard-designated Pinot Noirs that exhibit power and finesse. The young, talented winemaker makes Anderson Valley Pinots from the Toulouse and Run Dog Vineyards, and one from the famed Oppenlander Vineyard [...]
Making Consistent and Classic Russian River Wines for Two Decades Robert Mueller’s resume includes working at many notable wineries, which lead him to establish a large custom crush facility servicing both Napa and Sonoma. This ultimately drove him to his true calling of making hand-crafted wines, and in 1991 Mueller released his first wine under [...]
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Moratto Vineyard with Agostino Gamba, Jr.
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Dan Glover and his new L’Objet Pinot Noir