VinoGal: A Sommelier’s Wine Blog

November 2, 2020

Huge THANK YOU to Tony Lombardi for sending over some bottles from Lombardi Wines!

RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CA

August 19, 2020

The long-awaited warm weather had me excited to taste two of Maritana Vineyards Chardonnays.

PINOT NOIR FROM CENTRAL OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND

May 5, 2020

Here I am drinking another knockout from New Zealand: Loveblock Pinot Noir 2014. This is the former owner/winemaker of the popular Kim Crawford wines. He sold the name of the company (which is his real name) in 2003.

BLACK COTTAGE PINOT NOIR 2016 FROM MARLBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND

April 30, 2020

Boy- did I get lucky when an industry friend calls me over to pick up some wine! I get home and this gem comes out of the case- Black Cottage Wines 🍷 This 2016 Pinot Noir from Marlborough, New Zealand was incredible.