February 8, 2012

Discovering Doffo Winery by Tyler Worth

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Recently Doffo Winery invited me to come try their new vintages. I have always been impressed by Doffo’s wines, and I’d say they are one of the Valley’s best, most quality minded producers. For that reason I’ve talked about their Syrah, Malbec, Zinfandel, and Port style dessert wine before on my site, WhatsWorthDrinking.com. Today we’re [...]

Las Piedras: The Undiscovered Gem Grown on Mt. Palomar

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Today’s pick was inspired by an article I wrote for my site, WhatsWorthDrinking.com. In that post I reviewed a Sangiovese by what has become one of my favorite wineries in the Temecula area. Las Piedras is the private label of Steve Hagata, the winemaker at the Temecula Valley’s own Falkner Winery. Clinging to the slopes [...]

Love Those Hart Wines!

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A while back, I wrote an article on Hart Family Winery and their reds wines. In that post I mentioned that while I was at the  Hart Winery I also tasted some white and rosé wines from the vats that were yet to be bottled. Well the wait is over and Hart’s Sauvignon Blanc, Roussanne, [...]

Delicious Reds @ Europa Village by Tyler Worth

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A while back I featured some great warm weather white wines from Europa Village, the Temecula Valley’s newest boutique winery. There were just too many wines worthy of recognition in their line for me to cover in one post, so today we are revisiting them to talk about their reds. We will be talking about [...]

Sauvignon Blanc – Temecula vs. Central Coast

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For those who have been following the What’s Worth Drinking Central Coast Saga, less than three days passed after I returned from my trip before I was back in the Temecula Valley tasting wine. As a result, today’s article includes a Sauvignon Blanc from both places in something of a comparative Central Coast – Temecula [...]

New Reds at Hart Family Winery

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Last week I made a trip to Temecula in search of material to review. I stopped by a few of my old favorites and sampled their new vintages, and also visited some new wineries I had not yet explored. The most impressive of my new discoveries was a family owned and operated winery that actually [...]

Tasting Two Whimsical Whites by Briar Rose Winery

Tasting Two Whimsical Whites by Briar Rose Winery

By Tyler Worth, Columnist If you read last week’s Temecula Tuesday post, you may recognized the name Briar Rose. I try not to repeat the same winery too many times in my reviews but I was so taken with the Viognier I wrote about last week that I decided to visit the winery. I can [...]