Wine Enthusiast: This epitomizes Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel. It's dry, briary and brambly, with wild berry, cola and crisped bacon flavors. It's incredibly spicy, offering everything from blac...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Calera's 2011 Pinot Noir Central Coast wafts from the glass with freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries and mint. This is a fairly laid-back vintage for the wine, with less of...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light, bright red. Red berry and floral scents are complemented by cinnamon and black tea. Racy and light on its feet, offering vibrant redcurrant and strawberry flavors and...

Wine Enthusiast: An unusual blend of Viognier and Chardonnay, the wine is brilliantly dry and crisp. It's rich and spicy in citrus, tropical fruit and spice flavors, brightened with bracing ac...

Wine Spectator: Clean, intense and vibrant, with snappy citrus, green apple, pear, honeysuckle and spice notes. Full-bodied, ending with a dash of mineral. Drink now through 2015. 2,345 cases...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Pinot Gris Wiley Vineyard (350 cases) displays more buttery apple skin notes, with a hint of marmalade and spice. Medium-bodied, richly fruity, it comes across as vib...

Wine Spectator: Expressive aromas of cherry and spicy vanilla lead to festive raspberry and apple flavors, which finish on a dry, minerally note. Drink now through 2013. -TF

Wine Spectator: #48 on 2010 Top 100; Crisp and elegantly styled, with floral apple and yeasty spice aromas that lead to layered flavors of baked pear, citrus and creamy vanilla. Drink now. 12...

Wine Spectator: Sleek and impeccably focused and balanced, with floral apple, cinnamon and anise aromas and crisp yet supple lemon tart, cherry and spicy hazelnut flavors. Drink now through 2...

About this Wine: Named in honor of Ron Melville's mother, Verna's vineyard in Los Alamos is planted to seven acres of viognier on sandy and deficient soils and is a combination of Alban se...

Wine Enthusiast: Another in a string of great Sauvignon Blancs from Hall. The wine is richly textured in citrus, green apple and peach flavors, with a zingy hint of gooseberry. Acidity is cris...

Wine Enthusiast: This fine Pinot Noir easily holds its own when tasted against far more expensive bottlings. It's softly silky and delicately structured and enormously rich, offering delicious...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light, bright gold. An explosively perfumed bouquet evokes pit fruits, lavender, honeycomb and toasted grain, with a strong topnote of white pepper. Rich but lively, with im...

About this Wine: The Melvilles are a serious viticultural family with an impeccable vineyard and top-notch wines, looked over with some consulting help from the dynamic duo of Greg Brewer an...

Wine Enthusiast: Smooth and complex, this is dry and softly tannic, with pleasant blackberry, black currant, spice and cedar flavors. Ready to drink now.

Wine Spectator: Assertive, offering a vivid mix of dried berry, sage, gravel and cedar, with notable balance and weight. Easy-drinking and fun. Drink now through 2019. -JL

Wine Enthusiast: New oak sticks out on this Chardonnay, with buttered toast and vanilla dominating the tropical fruit, orange and Meyer lemon flavors. It's finely constructed, with deft acidit...

Wine Enthusiast: The winemaker pulled out all the bells and whistles, barrel fermenting this Chardonnay, putting it through partial malolactic fermentation, and aging it on the lees. The resul...

Wine Enthusiast: So elegant and sophisticated, this is a great value in California Chardonnay. Although it's dry, it's rich and delicious in pineapples, pears, mangoes and honey, with an opule...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright purple. Blackberry and cassis scents are complicated by notes of game, black pepper and bitter chocolate. Spicy dark fruit flavors show good concentration and focus, ...