Stone Brewing Co. & Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Bedrock Wine Co.
Ode to Lulu California Old Vine Rosé Blend 2019
Lovely nose, fresh strawberries, honey and stone fruit. A nice crisp finish. A favorite of mine. — 4 years ago
Desire Lines Wine Co.
Shake Ridge Ranch Syrah 2017
It’s pretty easy to over-do Syrah in this location. Desire Lines does a phenomenal job of keeping dessert-like pleasure and seriousness of terroir in check. Lifted and fruited like a modern northern Rhône or Cru beaujolais with a little less seriousness to boot but also this is young and booming. Held straight for 5 days. Get the feeling that this will resolve very slowly over time to show more what earthy and cool characteristics it has in its hand. This wine feels extremely stable and a kaleidoscope of possibilities lay herein. — 5 years ago
Cruise Wine Co.
Rorick Vineyard Chardonnay 2018
Pretty white orchard fruits. Lemon curd. Very nice. Acids a little heavy. Long finish. — 4 years ago
Bedrock Wine Co.
Esola Vineyard Zinfandel
Mascalese-esque.... — 5 years ago
Cruse Wine Co.
Rorick Vineyard Chardonnay 2016
A competent Chardonnay. Light oak. — 6 years ago
Bedrock Wine Co.
Shake Ridge Ranch Amador County Barbera 2017
Rich, dark purple in the glass. Shy, reticent nose of dark pie cherry, and tobacco. Smooth, (perhaps too smooth) and ripe (perhaps too ripe)… definitely “New world” in style. I think perhaps Barbera needs a bit of roughness, wildness, primitiveness to balance the fruit. Still a nice accompaniment to hot Hawaiian pizza and late-summer heirloom salad. — 3 years ago
Enfield Wine Co.
Citrine California Chardonnay
Nice nice. Peach yogurt, lemon, wet stone, some nuttiness and Parmesan? Some mild grassiness? Long finish. Crisp. — 5 years ago
Stone Brewing Co.
Ruination Double IPA
Surprisingly, I kinda liked this despite my aversion to overly-hopped beers. The nose is a straight up hop-bomb - floral, citrusy, piney. The palate's also full-on, with heaps of hoppy bitterness, but balanced by malty sweetness and tropical fruit notes (passionfruit and mango for me). Finishes crisp and earthy. Not bad, but not my kind of beer (not an IPA fan basically). — 5 years ago
Jeremy Shanker
Sommelier at RN74
Electric. Tart lime and tangerine, wet stone, mint. — 7 months ago