MODERN WINE
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Kosta Browne 2022 Chablis Premier Cru Burgundy ($115 / $70 Wine Club Members)

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  I've been fortunate enough to try a handful of Kosta Browne's red offerings from Burgundy, which they have been making for several...
Monday, July 28, 2025

MacRostie 2022 Nightwing Vineyard Calera Clone Pinot Noir Petaluma Gap California ($68)

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This is a bewitching, nervy wine with tart cherry, pomegranate, blueberry, raspberry, coriander spice and paprika notes that persist through...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Acumen 'Peak' 2023 Sauvignon Blanc Atlas Peak Napa Valley ($55)

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    As a life-long, devoted fan of sauvignon blanc, I feel like California is finally reaching it's full potential in producing wines fr...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Alma de Cattleya 2023 Chardonnay Sonoma County ($30)

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This isn't a terribly expensive bottle of wine, but it oozes class and sophistication. It's subtle. It has a great sense of place, a...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Acumen 'Peak' 2022 Edcora Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Atlas Peak, Napa Valley ($150)

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The 2022 vintage in Napa Valley was a tricky one, with a heat wave in the middle of harvest. You would not know that from tasting this wine,...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Cuvaison 2022 Carneros Napa Valley Pinot Noir ($39)

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 Kudos to winemaker and Carneros veteran Steve Rogstad, this is an amiable wine from a tricky, but largely successful, vintage. Rogstad nail...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Larkmead 2022 Lillie Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley

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I'm a bit late in getting to a review of this excellent wine, but this is not a white wine that is showing age - quite the contrary. It ...
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My friends call me Tim Skyscraper, mostly because they can't pronounce my real last name. When I was 21, I scored a job in a wine and spirits shop, started writing and never stopped. More recently, I have contributed articles about wine to the San Francisco Chronicle, Decanter, The Wine News, Tasting Panel, The Wave, Cooking Pleasures, Wines & Vines, Vineyard and Winery Management and other wine and spirits publications. I spend a lot of time thinking about food and music. I do not consider myself to be a wine snob, but I plead guilty to being an unbearable snob when it comes to music.
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