2008 L’Envol de Familongue Blanc – Domaine Familongue France

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 [...]

2007 Sangiovese Toscana – Poggio Alle Sughere Italy

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, [...]

2009 Tuga Vinhos Do Douro DOC – Tuga Portugal

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. [...]

2009 Union Island Pinot Grigio – Bixler Vineyards Lodi, California

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 [...]

2006 Grenache Columbia Valley – Waving Tree Vineyards Goldendale, Washington

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. [...]

2009 Eye of the Needle Syrah Columbia Valley – Pacific Wine Woodinville, Washington

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 [...]

2009 Linen Chardonnay Wahluke Slope – Bergevin Lane Vineyards Walla Walla, Washington

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 [...]

2008 La Capra Merlot – Fairview Wines South Africa

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 [...]

2009 Union Island Red – Bixler Vineyards Lodi, California

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 [...]

2007 Viognier Columbia Valley – Chatter Creek Winery Woodinville Washington

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 [...]