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Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club International Wine Club Familongue winery is located 30 km west from Montpellier, producing mainly AOC wines. At the beginning of this project, they owned only 4 hectares but now Familongue vineyards cover 25 hectares and is situated in the north and south of their village on specific geological [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club International Wine Club Thirty years ago ‘Lionello Marchesi’, a successful industrialist decided to devote himself to his great passion, wine-growing. So began a fascinating story that culminated in the acquisition of three very important estates in Tuscany. The purchase and restoration of an historic monastery at Castelnuovo Berardenga, [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club International Wine Club Douro is a Portuguese wine region centered around the Douro River in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region. It is sometimes referred to as the Alto Douro (upper Douro), as it is located some distance upstream from Porto, sheltered by mountain ranges from coastal influence. [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club West Coast Wine Club When David Bixler came to the California Delta after his prosperous run during the Nevada Silver Rush of the 1860’s, little did he know that a wine brand in his namesake would be born some 150 years later. The vineyards of Augusta Bixler Farms [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club West Coast Wine Club Waving Tree Vineyards and Winery is a small family owned and operated vineyard and winery, featuring mostly estate wines grown on the bank of the Columbia River just below the Stonehenge Monument. The winery is operated by Goldendale native farmer turned winemaker Terrence Atkins. [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club West Coast Wine Club Eye of the Needle Columbia Valley Syrah is not your typical over extracted fruit bomb. This is a deliberately lighter-bodied Syrah, emphasizing the riotous flavors this grape offers without resorting to the sort of 30-weight density that many Syrah producers shoot for, in hopes [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club Premium Wine Club In the beginning months of 2001, Annette Bergevin and Amber Lane co-founded and created Bergevin Lane Vineyards with Gary Bergevin (Annette’s father). The goal for Amber and Annette was to “leave the rat race behind” in California and get back to what they each wanted [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club Premium Wine Club The home of Fairview wines is a 300 ha farm on the south-west-facing slopes of Paarl Mountain, a granite rock outcrop in the heart of the Paarl wine district, viticulturally among the most historic and influential areas of the Cape wine lands. Winemaking on the [...]
Tasting notes from the Cellars Wine Club Premium Wine Club When David Bixler came to the California Delta after his prosperous run during the Nevada Silver Rush of the 1860’s, little did he know that a wine brand in his namesake would be born some 150 years later. The vineyards of Augusta Bixler Farms encompass [...]
Gordon started making wine as a hobbyist over twenty years ago while he was working for a fine wine distributor in the Seattle area. In 1987, he parlayed his enthusiasm for winemaking into a job at Columbia Winery where he had the opportunity to work with Master of Wine, David Lake. David’s style of management [...]
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