Bella Vineyards & Wine Caves Petite Sirah Big River Ranch (2008)
Winery: | Bella |
Region: | USA » California » Sonoma County » Dry Creek Valley |
Varietal: | Petite Sirah , Primitivo |
Type: | Table Wines |
“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
Parentage of the grape: Crljenak to Austria to America. In the 1970s, claims surfaced that the Italian Primitivo is l...
History of the grape: Petite Syrah is often confused with its parent grape, Syrah, but it has been identified as a se...
You’re a member of the ‘Rhône Ranger’ band. Your groupies think you’re ‘hot’, even when you're boozy and "strung out"...
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“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...
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Bella on SnoothDecember 2016
I can't say I'm a Penfolds fan as the ones I've had were the ... ... ... ten minutes. The Bella's Garden was great, but young still. I think if it had been eight years old, it might have been better than the RWT, but for half the price it'd be a no-brainer. The Silverback nose was also very full and fragrant, but couldn't quite compete wit... Read More
December 2016
I did a wine event today. It was tough because some people couldn't ... RWT, a 2013 Two Hand's Bella's Garden and a 2010 Silverback Syrah (Washington). Follwed by a 2009 Molly Dooker "Carnival of Love" and some other stuff including an Errazuriz Don Maximiano 2008, some BC icons.... &nbs Read More
December 2016
Greg, you were right when you said it's tough to keep a forum going. Though this does seem to be an especially slow week all over the place...on the road, in business, etc. good to see people take some time out. Read More
June 2016
If your starting point is Bella Sera, or Cavit, or Bolla, in fairness you'd have to compare these to Woodbridge or Barefoot other varietals (i.e. they all suck).If you seek premium high quality in other wines, then it's only fair to do the same w/ PG... Read More
June 2016
Bella Serra Pinot Grigio, great cooking wine! Read More
June 2016
I explored this topic for a recent piece, finding some interesting results. Your thoughts?http://undiscovereditaly.us/pinot-grigio-good/ Read More
January 2016
Yes, the Monte Bello was 2012. 2007 was a great vintage, and well worth a ... go together. (We can also do Bella or Talty or Chappellet if you want, and we can all join OT for Mike's wines Read More
January 2016
One of our charming new posters, cysurvivor, was fishing for recommendations here for a visit over MLK weekend. Since we're all pretty free with our half-baked ideas and opinions, we had plenty of ideas for him, didn't we? Since Mauritson kept showing up on the list, it looked like it would make the final cut, so I went on private messaging an... Read More
December 2015
Robin is now the head winemaker at Swanson, where I would like to go visit ... ... Zins in your tastings. Bella is a favorite of mine--different SVDs from them are very different. A total independent. Missing from your list is Talty, a maker of Zin and only Zin with a really different profile from Ridge and Mauritson/Rockpile, which skew to... Read More
December 2015
HI. Thanks for the response. I was planning on trying to make ... ... ... VineyardsRidge VineyardsBella VineyardsMauritsonNapa:Anomaly VineyardsGamble Family VineyardSt Helena WineryVineyards 29ChappelletMyriad CellarsTurnbull Wine CellarsDunn VineyardsCarter CellarsCorison WineryMcGah Family VineyardsSwitchback RidgeHall WinesMending Wall ... Read More
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