Harvey Steiman's Blog Archives

September 2007

New Developments from Soter, Bergström

Posted: 11:23 AM ET, September 28, 2007

Two prominent Oregon winemakers are involved with big new projects that will be debuting this fall. I got the first taste of these important new wines from Tony Soter and Josh Bergström this week, the first time either wine was shown to a journalist. Read more

Oregon Picks, With One Eye on the Sky

Posted: 11:36 AM ET, September 27, 2007

Skies are clear and daytime temperatures are in the 70s this week in Oregon's Willamette Valley. They have started picking Pinot Noir grapes, but the growers and winemakers are nervous. They're expecting rain this weekend, the first of a series of storms lined up to wash across the Pacific Northwest coast. Read more

New Book Takes a Close Look at Washington

Posted: 03:58 PM ET, September 24, 2007

With all that has happened to boost the quality and profile of Washington wines in the past few years, we needed a good book on the subject. The number of existing wineries, counted in the dozens only a decade ago, passed 500 sometime last year. Big companies such as Columbia Crest and Chateau Ste. Read more

Mollydooker Finds a Home

Posted: 03:05 PM ET, September 20, 2007

After an acrimonious breakup with their American partner in Marquis Philips, Sparky and Sarah Marquis have scraped together enough money and called on some of their longstanding contacts in McLaren Vale to start up a new label. They crushed their first grapes in 2005, finished the wines in rented facilities and called their new wines Mollydooker (Australian slang for left-hander, which they both are). Read more

Henschke Getting Too Rarefied

Posted: 12:13 PM ET, September 10, 2007

Every time Henschke Shiraz Hill of Grace comes through my tasting room, it embarrasses me. It's not the quality; it may be Australia's single greatest wine. It's not just the price ($500 plus per bottle). It's a great wine, comparable to the titans of Europe and California that command those kinds of prices, and it has the track record to back it up. Read more

A Vegas Bet: Schiopetto or Gaja?

Posted: 10:30 AM ET, September 04, 2007

Passing through Las Vegas on the way from Colorado to San Francisco recently, my wife and I stopped for dinner at Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare. We just wanted a light dinner, and ordered some grilled prawns, an octopus and potato salad, a whole fish and some vegetables. Read more

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