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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 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint

In these days the corporate and governmental fantasy of Global Inclusion runs amok and in real terms necessitates Global Exclusion of others. So I had a bad experience a few months ago with a New Zealand North Canterbury Pinot Noir by the name of Nor’wester. A disaster but I do not need the Global InclusionContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint”

RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel

As far as official classifications and the textbooks read the 10 Beaujolais Cru’s rank over Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages. The Nicolas Potel 2022 Fleurie Cru du Beaujolais then should be put to test about how it justifies the textbooks! Aroma: A lively melange of raspberry, cherry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Palate: Crafted in a subtleContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel”