The nose is an angular slate, fresh red berry fruit and saline. The palate is an ebullient spice box and cherry pie. Beautiful length and concentration. Drink 2019 – 2025.

The nose is a soy, cherry and blackberry with a deep powerful undercurrent. The palate entry is crisp wild berry with a firm, dry core that gains intensity with air, finishing with mouth-coating black fruits. Drink 2020 – 2028.

The nose combines crisp red, and crunchy blue fruit underlaid by pie spices. The palate entry offers more blue fruit along with a silk-textured core of cocoa and spicy oak finishing with an encompassing feel of warm sweet cherry. Drink 2019 – 2028.

The nose is a polished black fruit, dried honey and graphite. The palate entry is a delicious layered black fruit, nougat and acidity with strong definition. Drink 2019 – 2030.

The nose is lemon with hints of white berry and juicy tropical fruits. The palate entry is lean and precise with lemon, pear and wet stone. Drink 2019 – 2026.

The nose is a lean, crisp white fruit, cherry and grapefruit with bright acidity and notes of floral. The palate is a fresh lemon and chalk, bone dry texture finishing with hard nectarine. Drink 2019 – 2026.

The nose is a delicate yet full lemon and chalk. The palate is pure lemon, saline and crisp white fruits merging into a full, balanced core of focused golden stone fruit and citrus. Drink 2019 – 2027.

The nose is a crisp pineapple, lemon and chalk-like mineral. The palate offers a ripe and forward pineapple and lemon with a focused spice. A nice example considering the price. Drink 2019 – 2024.

The nose is bright citrus with notes of coconut and pineapple. The palate entry is supple and extracted golden stone fruit. Dry and refreshing in the core with notes of licorice and golden currant. Drink 2019 – 2024.

Opens with a nose of flinty white fruit, pear and lemon. The palate is a rich nougat, lemon and toast with saturated richness on the finish. Drink 2019 – 2024.

The nose is a bright vanilla-kissed white stone fruit and a palate of juicy golden peach with a silky feel of spice, vanilla and toast. Drink 2019 – 2023.

Adam Lee and his fiancé, now his wife, Dianne Novy Lee, met when they were both working in Dallas at Neiman Marcus. Adam was the wine buyer and he says that position opened his eyes to the world of wine. They both had a thing for wine…and for one another…so they pooled their resources and moved to California to make wine in 1993. Today, they make Pinots from the West Coast’s best cool climate appellations. The Santa Lucia Highlands AVA (American Viticultural Area) is located in Monterey County, and is cooled by the Pacific especially in the summer when fog rolls in every evening. While the aromas are of red fruits like cherries, strawberries and raspberries, in the mouth the fruit flavors are darker fruits like plum and blackberries. Zesty acidity lifts the fruit and the finish shows off the wines polished tannins. Your Thanksgiving guests will love this wine for its ability to pair with the different traditional dishes on your table. Be sure to have an extra bottle for you to go with the next day leftovers.

I saw Siduri co-owner, Adam Lee, at a Jackson Family seminar in Seattle a few years ago. I asked him how he felt about selling the winery that he and his wife, Dianna, started to the Jackson family. He said, “It’s great, now I can concentrate what I love best, making wine.” Another advantage of working with the Jackson Family must be access to other vineyards like Edmeades in Anderson Valley, also a Jackson Family estate. Anderson Valley is in Mendocino County north of San Francisco. Although it is inland, it is a valley that lies west to east and is cooled by winds from Pacific Ocean. This wine is textbook Anderson Valley, elegant and delicate with aromas of raspberries, cherries and dried rose petals. In the mouth it is light bodied and savory, carrying through the berry flavors enlivened by crisp acidity and supported by fine grained tannins. It is a versatile wine with food that can handle the range of flavors of a Thanksgiving meal from the turkey to the sweet potatoes.

A dense, black mouthful of black currant, cassis and chocolate with a smooth, persistent finish. A solid example of the varietal and very true to type.

The 15 Best Sparkling Wines for the End of the Decade Winemaker’s Note: Aromas of strawberry shortcake, canned pear, white peach, lightly toasted brioche, rose petals Flavors flirt with tangerine, kumquat, nectarine on the finish with watermelon rind and lemon meringue.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: This wine is a ripe, rich Oregon Pinot Noir, and yet on the finish it has a tension and acidity that leads one to say that this is definitively Oregon at its finest.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: Aliette is a perfumed and finesse-driven expression of Pinot Noir, offering notes of strawberry, rosewater, raspberry tea and a trace of minerality.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: Stormin’ is big, rich and assertive. The combination of clones 777 and 2A deliver a wine that is dark and brooding with surprising complexity. Plush blue fruit, cherry cola and umami notes lead into ripe tannins and a muscular frame that is refined by balanced acidity and a generous finish.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: Aromas of tea leaf, violets and spiced cranberry. A fresh attack of raspberry and red cherry give way to a structured mid-palate of tobacco, sweet umami and dark fruit.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: The wine shows its cool-climate origins in bright acidity, accenting the rich flavors of wild strawberries, black cherries and plum. Firm minerality grounds the wine. The tannins are firm, yet with silkiness on the finish, while oak barrel aging brings a smoky, sandalwood note.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Wine Spectator: A chiseled red, with notes of underbrush to the dried raspberry and red currant flavors that feature accents of persimmon and pomegranate. Cardamom details show on the finish. Drink now through 2022.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: The Nielson Vineyard’s location at the warmer, eastern end of the Santa Maria Valley accounts for the wine’s dark color and ripe flavor profile. Prior to fermentation, the Pinot Noir clusters were 100% de-stemmed and kept cold for 5 days to accentuate the naturally smooth texture of our estate grown fruit. Rose petal and dark cherry with hints of graphite and green tea.

Perfect Pinot Noirs for your Holiday Table Winemaker’s Note: Ripe blackberry and blueberry flavors are followed by notes of cranberry, cherry and pomegranate. With a balance of earth and baking spice, this wine offers firm tannins and a long finish.

2019 Holiday Bubbles Edition Robe: Deep gold robe, single-shaft pinpoint perling. Nose: Lemon, citrus, chalk, brioche nez. Bouche: Golden apple, citrus, bouche; smooth finish. Elegant, refined, well-structured.

Holiday Wine Guide: The LCBO’s best reds This is an easygoing and simply delicious pinot, especially with the holiday bird. Oak toast, spice and vanilla are generous, as is the rich core of red cran-cherry fruit. Mid-weight and smooth. Chill slightly.