Comments on: Temecula – A Case of Preconceived Notions?

By: penny auction strategy

penny auction strategy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:33:21 +0000

I LOVE going to Temecula with the wife. We have 2 memberships now to two wineries and we have been there about 6-7 times now. In fact, it’s the first thing that we think of when we think of wine tasting since I proposed over at the Wilson Creek winery. Our second favorite tasting area would be the Paso Robles area.

Protip: In Temecula, Wiens and Leonesse are the best wineries both in terms of atmosphere and wines. Wilson Creek would be the best for large groups. It’s a huge area and has a small park.

My favorite wine from Wiens is the “2008 Crowded” and Leonesse has great whites with above average reds (like their cab).

Go to Temecula. You’ll love it.

-Geoff

By: Youndy

Youndy — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:54:51 +0000

Thanks for another great show, Eric. I was in Temecula just last week for a bluegrass festival and stopped at several wineries with a buddy of mine. Really liked Hart. Talking with Jim Hart and going through all of his wines was the highlight. Agree with you that the Rhone varietals were the standouts. I hadn’t been to Temecula to taste since the late 90′s and the wines definitely have improved since then. Looking forward to the future.

Youndy

By: GrapeRadio Bunch

GrapeRadio Bunch — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:08:59 +0000

Hi Bob,

The purpose of the visit was to record interviews for GrapeRadio with several local producers. So, that task occupied the majority of my time and effort. That said, I did taste through all or most of the current offerings from each of the producers I interviewed. Initially, I began taking tasting notes on the wines during the more “conventional” type of visit. However, I found it becoming more difficult to take notes over meals, and/or while having conversation with multiple people, and stopped with the TNs.

My impressions were that nearly all the wines were well-made, and were good to very good representatives of their varieties. It’s been my opinion for some time that Italian and Rhone varieties grown here seem to produce better wines, and I found that to be true this time. But, I was quite surprised at the increase in quality they’ve achieved with Bordeaux varieties as well. In fact, I brought a Temecula Cabernet to a recent blind tasting of Bordeaux varieties. While most of the tasters thought it was “new world” in origin, their collective jaws dropped when they found it was from Temecula.

As to mixing of GR & GN content, Brian’s been after me for over a year to add more notes and reports. I guess I’ve just been too busy with retirement! Actually, there is a GN report linked up at the top of this page, to another area of viticulture that gets overlooked – Arizona.

Eric

By: Bob Davis

Bob Davis — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:13:50 +0000

I’ve listened to about half and found it interesting. I’d like to know if Eric tasted any of the wines and if he might put notes up on Grape-Nutz or are the 2 entities not mixed? (understandable) I’d like to get some current opinions on the wines. Just curious, no intention of buying at this time.
Bob

By: SoCalWineNews

SoCalWineNews — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:08:59 +0000

Excellent show.

It generally has smaller vineyards with more varieties planted, which is the opposite of it’s brethren up north who have large vineyards with a smaller number of varieties planted. The demographic for this area is 29 million within a two hours drive, which could lead to the reason for more varieties planted. The larger the demographic the larger the palate diversity.

Great job!