Walker Family Vineyards Chardonnay 2008

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”  – Tennessee Williams

Mama said not to talk to strangers.  Love ya mama, but sometimes advice needs modification.  It was early morning, jet-lagged and sleep deprived, clutching my latté like the last chance for salvation, I was blearily attempting to write a wine post at a [...]

Seven Daughters

“Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.”   — Toni Morrison

The Seven Daughters wines are fun.  Easy drinking, eminently quaffable; the wines you open when you want to just drink wine, not over-evaluate your beverage.  These are playful little table wines, perfect for big parties [...]

Chateau Ste Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard Chardonnay 2007

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”  –  Helen Keller

Wine Harlots believe beautiful things should be felt with all the senses.  And the beautiful thing today is the Chateau Ste Michelle Cold [...]

Ukiah Cellars Two Vineyards Chardonnay 2008

“In the depths of winter,  I at last discovered that within me there lay an invincible summer.”  — Albert Camus

The winter doldrums getting you down?  Wine Harlots suggest a glass of liquid sunshine to brighten up your day.  Try the Ukiah Two Vineyards Chardonnay, with it’s cheerful sun-burst label.  It’s an unoaked chardonnay with [...]

X Winery Carneros Chardonnay 2008

“When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.”  — Jacques Cousteau

This is a subtle wine.  The X Winery Carneros Chardonnay’s color is straw, the nose is clean with a fresh, light, lemony scent.  The palate has apple and pineapple [...]

Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé Champagne

“I love thee,
I love thee,
‘Tis all that I can say
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day.”

–  Thomas Hood

How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways.  Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé is a dream of a Champagne, a fantasy come to life.  The color is the [...]

Finca La Linda Extra Brut

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”  — Robert Frost

Wine Harlots have an irresistible desire for Finca La Linda Extra Brut.  The color is a pale gold hue with pinpoint bubbles, crisp apple and tropical fruit notes and a honey finish.  The Finca La Linda bottle is elegant with a clean label [...]

Bianchi Extra Brut

“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”  — W. H. Auden

What an exuberant wine!  It was so eager to get into the glass, it had the audacity to foam all over [...]

The Postmistress Blanc de Blanc 2009

“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.” — George Bernard Shaw

Wine Harlots love a good story.  And Henry’s Drive Vignerons tells a good tale.  The brand is named after the proprietor of the mail coach service which ran through the property in the 1800’s.  The wines are [...]

Passaggio New Generation Unoaked Chardonnay 2008

“When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.”  — W. Somerset Maugham

Passaggio is the Italian word for passage.  Wine Harlots opened a bottle [...]