The International Wine Report Scores the 2012 releases
The International Wine Report looks at “balance” in California and has some great things to say about the 2012 wines. You can see the full list of reviews here. The “Balance” in California This report is focused around a handful of winemakers from Sonoma and the Central Coast. These producers are making Pinot Noir and […]
Cuvee Corner wine blog names Chanin among Top Ten Central Coast Pinot Producers
It’s an honor to be included in this list of top ten Pinot producers along the Central Coast! Click here to read the full post. “Pinot Noir is a righteous grape, chock full of incredible texture and hedonistic pleasures; it is sex in a glass, so seductive that it is hard to say no to.” […]
Grape-Nutz.com reports on the 2014 IPOB tasting
Report on the 4th annual In Pursuit of Balance (IPOB) Tasting, on Monday March 10th, 2014, at Bluxome Street Winery in San Francisco. The event showcases current releases of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from California producers. In Pursuit of Balance San Francisco events included two seminars preceding the afternoon trade/media tasting. I attended the trade/media […]
“Definining what elegance means in wine,” with KCET.org
KCET.org wine writer, George Yatchisin, profiles Chanin wines at the 2nd annual wine futures tasting in Santa Barbara. You can read the full article here. Wine Keeps On Sipping into the Futures by George Yatchisin on April 23, 2014 For many wines, it was easy to predict wonderful futures, precocious babes they were. Gavin […]
Wine & Spirits gives 2011 Bien Nacido Chardonnay 94 Points
Wine & Spirits magazine recently reviewed the 2011 Bien Nacido Chardonnay in the April issue, giving it a score of 94 points! See below for the full review. 2011 Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido Vyd. Chardonnay A cool, wet year and aggressive triage left Gavin CHanin with about 20 percent of the fruit he normally […]
North Bay Business Journal talks wine trends with sommelier Eugenio Jardim
Bay area sommelier and consultant Eugenio Jardim, discusses wine trends with the North Bay Business Journal and has some nice things to say about Chanin wines. You can read the full Q&A here. Wine Industry Conference Q&A: Eugenio Jardim: Reconnecting vintners and diners By Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter Eugenio Jardim is a San […]
Sommelier Brian Mcclintic weighs in on the 2013 vintage
The Prosperous Drought: 2013 Vintage Report A Sommelier’s Predictions for Santa Barbara County Wines Harvested Last Year Monday, April 14, 2014 by BRIAN MCCLINTIC When you think of drought, images of abundance and teeming life rarely follow. But Mother Nature has a tendency to make up the rules as she goes along. Every vintage of […]
BrennerBrief.com names Chanin among new “cult wines”
A future California cult wines list… March 20, 2014 By Ilona Thompson “The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues” – Marcus Aurelius Wikipedia’s definition of cult wines reads: “Cult wines are those for which dedicated groups of committed enthusiasts will pay large sums of money.” Such a […]
Finding the Nuance in California chardonnay
By Pamela S. Busch In this column I try to stick to wines that retail close to the $20 range. Of course less is always good, but as wine prices continue to rise, the selection gets more limited. This is especially true for what remains one of the hottest tickets in town, California chardonnay. Many […]
Jamie Goode reviews 10 “Mind Blowing” Pinot Noirs
“It’s official. California is an exciting place for Pinot Noir, and there is now no shortage of elegant, detailed, supple, world class Pinot Noir here, if you look in the right places. The In Pursuit of Balance tasting held in San Francisco in March 2014 showcased the top Pinot Noirs from California, and from the […]