Featured Wines - March 2000

Distinctively styled in the classic French Sancerre style, the 1998 Dry Creek Vineyard Fume Blanc is unquestionably the benchmark by which all other California Sauvignon Blancs are measured. Exhibiting the scents of freshly mown grass, herb, lemon grass and grapefruit, this delicious Sauvignon Blanc is beguiling in every way. Clean and fresh on the palate, it combines herb, fig and hints of gun smoke, along with a touch of cream and vanilla. Fini...

Wow! What a wine! How do you describe this flamboyant, decadent, absolutely delicious Zinfandel? Those were our first, second and third reactions to the positively scrumptious, 1997 Murphy-Goode Liar’s Dice Zinfandel. Rose petal, raspberry-scented woodlands and juicy fruit form the attack of this pure, richly fruity, but not sweet Zinfandel, a wine that seems to hit all the palate pleasing spots on our taster’s tongues. This is one wine our tasti...