sweet white wines

This is from very old vines, 60-85 years of age, to be exact, and these aren't your average white grape vines, either. This wine is made from the rare Romorantin ...  more

91 points Wine Enthusiast This is a stellar and immensely attractive Merlot that's sure to impress any true wine lover. Fig, black plum flesh, sweet cola glaze and ...  more

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2009 Pinot Noir Lester Family Vineyard shows some of the meatier, gamier elements of Pinot Noir. There is plenty of ...  more

The Blacksmith chenin blanc is always one of the most unique wines from this east bay winemaker, and definitely one of the more unique domestic white wines we carry ...  more

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2009 Cotes du Rhone (80% Grenache and 20% Cinsault) exhibits attractive notes of sweet strawberry and black cherry fruit ...  more

91 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Deep, bright violet. Blackberry, cherry-vanilla and licorice on the oak-spiced nose. Deep, sweet and pliant, ...  more

89 points Wine Spectator The 2010 Pinot Noir Chimera is a beautiful wine that captures the essence of the Sonoma Coast in a fairly rich style for the appellation. ...  more

Regarded as one of Germany's top producers of Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Freidrich Becker also produces outstanding white wines, including this delicious Pinot ...  more

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Bright red. Expressive, high-pitched bouquet evokes red berries, cherry and dried rose, along with a spicy overtone. ...  more

As Wall Street Journal wine writers Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher advise, "If you ever see Heitz Cellars' Ink Grade Port...grab it!" [from "Give ...  more

90 points Wine Enthusiast A lovely wine to drink now. Its soft, dry, balanced and complex, with berry, cherry, beef jerky, black pepper and spice flavors, and a ...  more

Pascal Janvier ekes out a living from a series of tiny, stony hillside vineyards along the Loir River (a tributary of the Loire River), north of Vouvray. Though he ...  more

A decidedly rich, New World style Pinot Noir with gobs of sweet fruit--ripe cherries, blackberries and raspberries--with cola and anise accents, and just a hint of ...  more

93 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2008 Pinot Noir Heirloom was bottled with no fining or filtration (as were most of its siblings). Made from old Pinot ...  more

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape (a 3,500-case blend of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre from nearly 70 year old vines) ...  more

This blend of 58% Syrah and 42% Petite Sirah offers a high tone of blueberry fruit and violets with a smokey, dried beef and bacon fat texture from the Syrah white ...  more

95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate My highest score goes to the 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Grand Pin. This impressive, deep ruby-colored, broad wine offers ...  more

Another Cooley-distilled independent bottling, this Rare edition is a fantastic upgrade to the standard Classic from WGIS&H and makes a terrific replacement for ...  more

90 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Bright, deep red with ruby tones. Very dark aromas of black cherry, licorice, crushed stone, pepper and wild ...  more

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2009 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru (from young vines in Echezeaux) is dark and sensual. It shows terrific richness in its dark ...  more