Covenant Winery

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(707) 963-3887 1241 Adams St #1023
St. Helena, CA 94574
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Based in Napa Valley, Jeff Morgan is a winemaker, author, journalist and wine educator. His articles have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Elle, Food & Wine, Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast. He is also the author of Dean & DeLuca: The Food and Wine Cookbook, The Working Parents Cookbook (written with his wife, Jodie) Rosé, A Guide to the World’s Most Versatile Wine (all with Chronicle Books) and The PlumpJack Cookbook: Great meals for Good Living (Rodale Press), and Domaine Chandon Cookbook: recipes from étoile restaurant (Chronicle Books). In addition to his writing pursuits, Jeff also teaches at the Culinary Institute of America’s Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies in Napa Valley. His interest in food and wine first blossomed in Southern France, where he lived and worked for nearly a decade as a flutist, saxophonist and singer, eventually becoming bandleader at the Grand Casino in Monte Carlo in the mid-1980s. Ironically, the call of wine led Jeff back to America, where he grew grapes for several years and made Chardonnay, Cabernet and Merlot commercially on Long Island, New York. In 1995, Wine Spectator hired Morgan as its West Coast editor. He moved to San Francisco, wrote over 400 articles on wine and food for the magazine and became a member of its close-knit tasting panel. In the fall of 1999, the journalist headed to Napa Valley to take on the position of wine director for the nationally recognized gourmet food and wine purveyor, Dean & DeLuca. That’s when he met Leslie Rudd. Leslie Rudd is owner of Rudd Vineyards & Winery, located in the Oakville appellation of the Napa Valley. Along with the renowned Bordeaux style proprietary red wine produced with fruit from the estate, Rudd makes small quantities of Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc and Bacigalupi Vineyard Chardonnay from the Russian River Valley in Sonoma. Brought up in Kansas, where his parents founded Standard Beverage Corporation in 1949, Leslie purchased the Oakville property in 1996. In addition to managing Standard Beverage and the winery that bears his name, he serves as Chairman of Dean & Deluca. Leslie was also the driving force behind the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America’s Napa Valley campus. – Description from Dragac (hide)

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Kilikanoon Shiraz R Reserve (2004)

Winery:	Covenant Winery
Region:	Australia » South Australia » Mount Lofty Ranges » Clare Valley
Varietal:	Syrah
Type:	Table Wines

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Strong out of the gate, with tart black cherry, blackberry and floral wafts on the nose. Spreads clearly to maintain distinctive notes. Zingy, pleasant acidity gives firm suppose to a medley of dark fruit flavors. Combines cherry liveliness with big...

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Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety -- and...
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“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
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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...
Syrah

The irony here is that Syrah’s origins could give Carmen Sandiego a run for her international wallet. Syrah’s deepest...

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Covenant Winery on Snooth

March 2015

There's also Covenant and a bunch of others. Many of them are, more or less, pretty good. None of them that I have had has ever been better than pretty good. All of them have cost much more than they should have for the source of the fruit and for the quality of the wine. Why is that the case? It's not that the wine has to be processed in a... Read More

Forum post in the topic Pahrump Valley Winery (Nevada)
February 2015

Made a trip to Pahrump Nevada today to play a round of golf with my friends at Mountain Falls GC. Amazing course! Rated #1 in Nevada and the #7 public course in America. Who would have thought a course that nice could be located smack dab in the middle of basically no-mans land.Because the trip is 45 minutes from Vegas, I decided to visit the wi... Read More

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April 2012

Kilikanoon Shiraz Covenant 2005

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Enjoyed this for Easter on 5 April, 2012 with roasted lamb. Had been in my cellar for 3 years. The wine is very dark, purple, no brown edges, seems like no light can pass through. On the nose intense dark blue berries, slight fresh raspberry, some leather and light vanilla. Palate has same elements, very fruity with gentle and smooth tannins. A ... Read More

Wine review by Ruski
March 2012

Wanting to refresh my memory on certain French vintages in the Rhône Valley I came across (as I often do) the Robert Parker Vintage Chart. Parker includes vintages from 1970 through 2010 on his website and scores them on the usual 100 point scale. He claims that scores of 70-79 are "average" while those of 80-89 are "above average to excellent... Read More

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March 2012

Covenant Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red C Kosher 2004

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Wine review by Bsberlin22
March 2011

Since my queries of this nature are usually tagged to the end of other threads of (somehwat) related nature, I figured I'd start one of dedicated nature. Hopefully this'll be easier to search for and come back to in the future.Here's an offer from HDH in Chicago. Anything of particular interest, or of relatively good pricing? This offer seems a... Read More

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March 2011

Covenant Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Kosher 2006

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Wine review by skuatt
January 2011

Kilikanoon Shiraz Covenant 2005

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Wine review by cwah
January 2011

Kilikanoon Shiraz Covenant 2006

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Blueberry and spice on the nose, sweet fruit with a dry firm finish. The oak brings this wine together nicely. Read More

Wine review by peyesquared
September 2010

Kilikanoon Shiraz R Reserve 2004

Snoothrank:

Strong out of the gate, with tart black cherry, blackberry and floral wafts on the nose. Spreads clearly to maintain distinctive notes. Zingy, pleasant acidity gives firm suppose to a medley of dark fruit flavors. Combines cherry liveliness with big bold percussive underthemes. Exhibits notes of forest floor, damp ferns, roots, kiwi and gree... Read More

Wine review by Wine Fire
May 17, 2010

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