Fruity, faintly herbal; a soft, tasty wine.

An excellent wine at an affordable price.

Warm and spicy style of fruit on the nose, with well blended oak and fruit characteristics on the palate. Quite a serious wine, and one that will improve.

Sweet in oak and pear-like in its fruit with clear tropical overtones. Good value under $10.

Here's the smoky, earthy style of pinot, well-expressed for those who love it, in conjunction with a wonderfully smooth texture.

A rich and mouth-filling, beautifully balanced red, with blackberry, black cherry and black pepper flavors competing for attention.

Well-made.

Spicy currant and herb notes, picking up a cedary edge on the finish.

Serves up a pretty array of ripe, supple cherry, plum and strawberry flavors with appealing spice notes. Ready now through 1998.

"Good to very good.

Toasty oak blends with green apple fruit in the light-medium intensity aromas and is repeated in accessible flavors surrounded by a round, supple texture.

A subtle nose that balances fruit and oak, the palate is well textured.

Clean and subtly herbaceous in the nose; palate displays pear and peach nuances with a hint of earthiness, framed by buttery rich oak accents. Moderately full mouth-feel; lengthy finish.

Full-throttle, toasty, buttery, honeyed, fruity Chardonnay with lovely purity and overall balance. Full-bodied.

Worth Sampling.

Pleasing sappy, appley fruit with cinnamon and spice.

Gobs of terrific blackberry fruit.

Rich...supple.

A rich, complex mixture of subtle fruit, oak and spice, all pleasantly structured within a silky texture. Made in the style of the great white Burgundies, the wine exhibits a round, seamless body with scents and flavors of toasted biscuts and cream topped with cinnamon and apples. This certainly is not your typical California chardonnay. You won't be disappointed.

Here's a true gem, with rich, buttery aromas from barrel fermentation and aging, together with clearly defined chardonnay fruit and just the right note of acidity to unite all elements of the package.

Camelot epitomizes the best of regional character. Lovely chardonnay fruit with a touch of the tropical, characteristic of its Central Coast provenance; beautiful balance and unusual length on the palate for a wine so young.

There's lovely fruit here, the opulent sort which suggests the tropics, and admirable balance and length.

A dramatic wine made with 15 percent cabernet franc. The wine has explosive fruit and a long finish.