This Sauvignon Blanc is my personal favorite from the “Forefront” wine series.  67% of the fruit comes from the Sonoma Dry Creek Valley and 33% from Napa counties.  Dry Creek Valley is an area best known for producing great Zinfandels because of its cool, dry climate with minimal heat waves.  After learning this I wasn’t [...]

First I would like to say that I’m not that much of a pinot drinker myself but I have a lot of friends who are.  With that in mind, I will do my best to describe this wine for those of you who are real pinot fans. This is the 2008 “ForeFront” Pinot Noir from [...]

Today I will be reviewing 1 of 3 wines from the new “ForeFront” series thanks to my friends at Pine Ridge Vineyards. These three wines resemble the vision of founders Gary & Nancy Andrus, a vision that can only be described as “open source” winemaking. “Open Source” Winemaking a philosophy and technique for blending wine [...]