date:Sep 19, 2012
Rae Jepsen about finessing a star turn.
Overexposed, maybe? I couldn't get that out of my mind as our panel sat down for a lineup of about 40 Pinot Noirs from Mendocino County. Among the few bottles from outside Anderson Valley, 2010 was pleasant enough; for example, Girasole Pinot Noir from Charlie Barra's organically farmed Redwood Valley plantings is a benchmark for how California can pull off value-priced Pinot without resorting to dark magic.
A divide in style
When we got to the core of