Great Pinot Noir isn't cheap. The delicate grape is difficult to grow. Yields are usually quite low, and hungry starlings further reduce the volume just before it's time to pick the grapes. And ...

THE RUSSIAN RIVER Valley is a great place for pinot and chardonnay. Cooling fog spills into the valley from the Pacific in the evening and burns off the following morning. Vineyards that are ...

El Pino Club 2021 The Cusp Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Sonoma California. Winemaker Alicia Sylvester crafts this beautiful Pinot Noir using grapes grown on the 45-acre Trenton Road Vineyard.

Frei Brothers “Sonoma Reserve” Pinot Noir Russian River Valley, California $22.99 14.6% alcohol PLCB Item #8141 Sale price through July 6; regularly $26.99 There’s only one California wine ...

Pedroncelli, 2019 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, 13.5%, $22, 3.5 stars. A tasty pinot with notes of pomegranate, strawberry and a kiss of vanilla. Balanced, with crisp acidity.

Combined, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - two Burgundian varieties - account for slightly more than 70% of the plantings in Russian River Valley. Theresa Heredia, winemaker at Gary Farrell in ...

We live in the days of $4 Pinot Noir. Consider what that means. True, the Pinot in question may be a Trader Joe's rock-bottom special (Blue Fin, a Fred Franzia effort), but it's symptomatic of ...

TWO AND A HALF STARS 2004 Kenwood Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ($18) This is an excellent value, and the most aromatic wine recommended here, with black cherry, cola, soy sauce, dark chocolate ...