2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality This offers some very attractively complex aromas of spiced red and dark cherries, as well as stony accents. The palate has impressive, fleshy appeal and a smooth run of silky tannin that carries long and smooth into the expansive, upbeat finish. Fresh and balanced. Drink or hold.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality This is a brambly style that has forest berries and herbs on offer, as well as a spicy layer that delivers a complex overall impression. The palate has good, harmonious structure and neat, spiced red-cherry flavors. Drink now.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality Aromas of violets and dried red cherries make for classic pinot style. The palate has plush and silky tannin texture and delivers a mellow, fleshy feel with good balance. Drink now.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality Spicy oak influence sits across ripe red cherries with a swathe of freshly cut herbs. The palate has very attractive freshness and lithe, juicy appeal. Already lots to like here. Drink now. Screw cap.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality Aromas of sliced dried cherries and blueberries lead to a languid feel on the palate with mellow red cherries and dried, woody spices, as well as a creamy, biscuit and espresso finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality A bright, vibrant pinot that offers plenty of ripe red-cherry and strawberry aromas that lead to a palate that delivers assertive tannins, driving a fresh and quite intense, directly fruity finish. Drink in the next three to four years.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality Dried forest wood, dried red cherries and a light, herbal thread lead to a light, fine-boned palate that holds mellow, red-cherry flavors with a spicy twist through the lacy finish. Drink now.

2018 Oregon Vintage: Vineyard Savvy Reaps Consistency and Quality Aromas of earth and dried cherries with wet-wood notes, leading to a palate that has a soft, easy feel. Drink now.

Intense, sweet, deep zin, with soft contours, complex fruit.

Best Edmeades I've had in years, deep, rich, quality fruit.

Incredible zin, very fine grained, detailed, spicy, vibrant, elegant.

The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Guide To Celebrate All Things Love The acidity found in unoaked Chardonnays stands up well to sweet caramel, while traditional California Chardonnays offer strong oak, buttery notes that pairs perfectly with creamy desserts like banana cream pie or vanilla pudding. Choose either a newfound favorite like the classic Vintner’s Reserve.

The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Guide To Celebrate All Things Love Fresh, fruit-forward wines are the perfect pairing for this Valentines (or Galentine’s) Day — sip on a grapefruit and strawberry forward rosé like Kendall-Jackson’s 2018 Vintner’s Reserve Rosé and pair it with your favorite charcuterie plate combination.

Even better than their entry level bottling, the 2016 Brewer-Clifton ‘Machado’ Pinot Noir is a spell-binding new wine from this storied state in the Santa Rita Hills. The ‘Machado Vineyard’ is a 15 acre site that is adjacent to Clos Pepe and immediately behind the Kessler-Haak Vineyard. Planted to Pommard, Merry Edwards, Mount Eden, and 459 clones, the Pinot Noir opens with peat moss and wild blackberry tones that connect with the seaweed and citrus rind aromatics that are all woven together brilliantly in the glass. The palate is lithe, elegant and marvelously textured. Red and dark fruit flavors collide with copious minerals and damp earth undertones, with a beam of salinity that sings through the mid-palate. A complete wine, the 2016 ‘Machado’ will provide an exceedingly long life in the cellar. Drink 2020-2040.

Every bit as outstanding as the ‘Katherine’s’ the ‘Bar-M’ is a truly brilliant wine by superstar winemaker Greg Brewer. Ripe apricot and roasted hazelnuts meld with wild mushroom and earthy undertones on this downright intoxicating nose. The freshness and verve to the wine is outstanding, as the tension, salinity and weight truly entices. The long, buttercream and mineral-driven finish lingers for nearly a minute. Gorgeous in its youth, the ‘Bar-M’ will evolve well for another decade. Drink 2020-2030.

Weighing in at 14.5% alcohol, the ‘Santa Rita Hills’ Chardonnay by the talented Greg Brewer was sourced from the 3D, Machado, Acin and Hapgood vineyards. Texturally beautiful, the wine yields great brightness and acidity, as well as weight. Baked apple and vanilla creme brûlée flavors mingle with the earthy and citrus rind undertones on this complex palate. While outstanding now, the 2017 Brewer-Clifton ‘Santa Rita Hills’ Chardonnay will provide drinking enjoyment for another decade, picking up tertiary tones as it ages. Drink 2020-2030.

The 2018 ‘Katherine’s’ Chardonnay shows nice salted Marcona almond and pink grapefruit tones that build together aromatically. The palate is exceedingly bright and lithe, showing off a silky texture and yielding medium-bodied lemon cream and saline drenched Challah bread flavors. The long finish is exceedingly good. This has just terrific length and elegance. Fantastic now, this will continue to build for another seven to ten years. Drink 2020-2027.

The 2016 Brewer-Clifton ‘Santa Rita Hills’ Pinot Noir is an absolutely killer value Pinot Noir by this storied estate first founded in 1996. On the nose this takes on salted Bing cherry tones that collide with shades of blood orange zest, Umami and wild strawberry that all take their shape in the glass. The freshness imparted, as well as the silky texture, really shines here. Bright red cherry preserves and pomegranate seed connect with the damp terroir tones and salted orange zest flavors. While this is outstanding now, the wine will cellar well for at least another decade. Drink 2020-2030.

Sourced from a host of sites in the Santa Barbara County, the Syrah shows smoky undertones that mingle with white pepper, blackberry cobbler and suggestions of venison tartare that take shape in the glass. The palate shows a nice combination of verve and viscosity with straightforward black fruit and smoky flavors. Beautiful now, this will provide drinking enjoyment for at least another seven years.

This dark ruby colored Syrah from Copain opens with a faint strawberry bouquet with hints of blueberry and florals. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, well-balanced and smooth. The flavor profile is a tasty mild plum with notes of gentle minerality. We also detected hints of cinnamon, cedar and red currant. The finish is dry and its fine tannins sail away nicely. This Syrah shows nice finesse. It would pair well with a pork roast.

Located in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars was founded in 1998 by husband and wife team Lynn and Ron Penner-Ash. The first female winemaker in Oregon (at Rex Hill Vineyards in 1988), Lynn Penner-Ash focuses on small-lot indigenous yeast fermentation with extended cold soaks to extract rich, fruit-focused, wines....