Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid red. Fresh red fruit and rose scents show good energy and a bright, spicy quality. Taut and refreshingly brisk, with good lift and gentle sweetness to its strawberry a...

Wine Spectator: White peach and white flower notes, with a hint of butterscotch, ride the rich texture in this harmonious white. Integrated and lingering in the finish. Drink now through 2018...

Wine Spectator: Polished, generous and airy in texture, with pure currant and blackberry flavors that hint at coffee as the finish lingers against fine tannins. Drink now through 2014.-HS

Wine Spectator: This jammy red shows layers of game and baking spice flavors to the ripe cassis and kirsch notes, which linger with a floral aftertaste. Drink now. -NW

Wine Enthusiast: Lots of elegance in this Cabernet. It's dry, full bodied and rich in tannins, with a good depth of black currants and sweet, toasty oak. Won't age, but who cares: Pop the c...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Fume Blanc La Petite Etoile, from a vineyard in the Russian River, shows the influence of the site, the presence of 30% Sauvignon Musque and aging in French oak barre...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Grand Barossa Riesling is intensely scented of honeysuckle, lime leaf, grapefruit and kumquat. Light-bodied, dry and crisp in the mouth, with good concentration, it h...

Wine Enthusiast: Lanson's Black Label is one of the most familiar Champagne brands, well known for its rich but dry style. It needs some bottle age-as has happened with this bottling-to soften...

Wine Spectator: Apple blossom, pear and tangerine flavors are at the core of this wine, with a nice acidity to give the flavors plenty of intensity and freshness. Drink now. -MW

Wine Enthusiast: Foxen consistently makes one of the best Chenin Blancs in California, and sells it at a fair price. This is a very nice wine, dry and crisp, with green apple, honey and citrus...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Refreshing aromas of white peach, lemon candy and hazelnut. Glossy yet quite svelte, this is a finely chiseled kabinett with a note of toasted almonds adding complexity. Off...

Wine Spectator: Apple blossom, pear and tangerine flavors are at the core of this wine, with a nice acidity to give the flavors plenty of intensity and freshness. Drink now. -MW

Wine Enthusiast: This wine is the epitome of traditional Rioja Reserva. It opens with aromas of citrus peel, tobacco, earth, cherry, smoke and rubber. Fresh and medium in body, it has oak-base...

Wine Spectator: Offers meaty aromatics, with dense, chewy and juicy currant and plum fruit flavors sliding into a relatively gentle finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, ...

Wine Spectator: Offers shades of spice, loamy earth, dried berry and red licorice, firming and full-bodied, ending with a spicy earth aftertaste. Drink now through 2018. -JL

James Halliday: Bright and clear crimson-red; there is also a touch of touriga in the wine, which is a model for a red wine ready to fully enjoy at the time of its release; the supple and jui...

Bob Campbell, MW: Attractive wine in a classic Marlborough Sauvignon style with pungent passionfruit and zesty gooseberry, grapefruit and capsicum flavours. The wine has appealing purity and le...

About this Wine: The Côtes du Rhône Rouge sets the standard for the appellation. Since the 1998 vintage, the wine is now based on Syrah (50-60%), with about 30-40% Grenache and the balance...

Wine Enthusiast: The bright nose leads with aromas of crushed granite, damp forest floor and baked boysenberry cobbler drizzled with cassis liqueur. This is medium-bodied, with integrated alco...

Connoisseurs' Guide: If showing the unmistakable grassiness of Sauvignon Blanc both in the nose and again on the palate, this rounded, easy-to-taste bottling is keyed first and foremost on direct ...