June 3, 2008

Just bought

I just bought five cases of 2006 Hirsch Gruner Veltliner #1 and one case of S.C. Pannell 2006 Grenache Rosé from my friend Cliff at Michael Skurnik Wines.
The Hirsch is biodynamic and it has a screw cap, which I look for in a wine we’re going to pour by the glass. The poor bartender is [...]

June 3, 2008

What’s open now

Curran 2006 Grenache Blanc
Grenache Blanc is unusual for California. Click above link for what Curran has to say about their wine. Here’s what Jancis says about the grape in the Oxford Companion to Wine:

the white-berried form of grenache noir, is discreetly important in France, where it was overtaken by Sauvignon Blanc as fourth most planted [...]