Meyer Family Vineyards tries to get political by filling bottles with grape juice from Anarchist Mountain. I wonder if they have thought this out. An anarchist thrives in anarchy. Wineries require order and method in making their wine. How is it then MFV can support disorder. I mean if they produced Baby Duck which byContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards: Politics and Madonna and Their Private Jet at Kelowna COSTCO Tells it All!”
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RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Has Benched Me!
In most sports being “benched” is indicative of poor performance or naughty manners. So when I received from Meyer Family Vineyards in British Columbia a Chardonnay from their Old Main Road Vineyard located on the Naramata Bench I raised no objection. I deserve no penalty for misconduct in reviewing MFV wines or at least theyContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Has Benched Me!”
RKS 2024 Wine: The Great McLean Creek Road Vineyard Challenge at Meyer Family Vineyards
The 2022 Meyer Family Vineyards’ Pinot Noir from the McLean Creek Road Vineyard was exceptional, at least in my humble opinion, with a score of 94. So how does its Chardonnay counterpart fare. Do grapes challenge each other or are they simply unfeeling grape juice? Only the finest, purest juice from the early stages ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: The Great McLean Creek Road Vineyard Challenge at Meyer Family Vineyards”
RKS 2024 Wine: Riding the Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir Merry Go Round: No Follies in its Youth!
For a few years I have been riding the Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir merry go round. Like a child I don’t want to hop off because I am having so much fun. Quality consistency even in the face of challenging growing seasons. The winery says, “The 2022 vintage was a classic Okanagan growing season….”Continue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Riding the Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir Merry Go Round: No Follies in its Youth!”
RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir “B” Field Blend Okanagan Valley 2022
The 2022” B” Field Blend Pinot Noir from Meyer Family Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is from three Dijon clones (115/667/777) and a cutting taken from Old Block on McLean Creek Road. The four clones were picked on the same day and co-fermented. As common with Meyer Family Vineyards the Pinot Noir was agedContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir “B” Field Blend Okanagan Valley 2022”
RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices
One example of the plenty of moderately priced red Bordeaux’s is a $16.00 2020 Chateau Hyot. 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. No oak ageing or fermentation. Aroma: One senses a young and fresh wine attempting to decide how it will mature. Lazy black cherry with no attitude. Blackberry, blueberry and someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM
Can I go so far as to say I have never met a Yalumba I didn’t enjoy? We try a Yalumba 2019 Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro blend. Aroma: Big fat almost overripe local strawberries, black cherry, blueberry and plum. Palate: Creeping tannins with very fine acids. Cactus pear, pomegranate with some preserved sour cherry. ShortContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM”
RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?
I can’t see any customer lining up to purchase the latest release of Lambrusco. I suppose there is a very high percentage of wine drinkers who might think Lambrusco is the current Prime Minister of Italy. At times the stark purpleness of Lambrusco could send a wine drinker into the horror zone. On the otherContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?”
RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal”
Looks like there are co-operatives in Bordeaux and a “Bois Royal” emanates from one of them. At $15 it is not going to break the bank. Aroma: Lots of cherry. Some blackberry, black cherry and chocolate wafer cookies. Hints at immediate approachability. Palate: On the light side not necessarily a strike against it. Should allContinue reading “RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal””
RKS 2023 Wine: 3 Red Wine Clunkers of 2023
Nor’Wester by Greystone Pinot Noir 2020 (New Zealand) 55 Vina del Pedregal 2018 Kidia Reserve Carmènére (Chile) 56 Meia Serra Jaen 2018 Casa Santos (Portugal) 59
