VOLUME 7, ISSUE 9
January 1, 2009
2008 Pinot Noir All-Americans
2008 California Pinot Noir All-Americans
2008 Oregon Pinot Noir All-Americans
2008 Value-Priced California Pinot Noir All-Americans
2008 Value-Priced Oregon Pinot Noir All-Americans
2008 Top New Zealand Pinot Noirs
2008 Pinot Noir Shootout Prelims
B Vineyards & Habitat Earns an A+
EMTU Estate Wines: Pinot Noir From Dedicated Humanitarians
Skewis Wines
Latest Pinot Noirs from Lost Canyon
Wrotham Clone of Pinot Noir
Scherrer Pinot Noir Rocks
2007 Loring Wine Co Pinots
A Long Tradition at Foxen Winery
Small Sips of Russian River Valley Pinot
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Ojai Vineyard
Oregon Pinot Not Exclusive to the Willamette Valley
White Christmas in the Willamette Valley
Styling the Pinot Noir Highway
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Jim Ball Vineyards
Chicago attorney Jim Ball has a love for Pinot Noir and the Anderson Valley. He has teamed with noted winemaker Greg La Follette and is currently building a 10,000-case winery on Highway 128 across from Goldeneye Vineyards. He has a remote vineyard in the Anderson Valley named Middleridge Ranch and will plant the new FourDog Vineyard adjacent to the winery. La Follette will craft his Tandem wines here as well. Ball has brought biodynamic viticulturalist, Ginney Lambrix, to surpervise vineyard development and maintenace. The 2006 Jim Ball "Signature" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir was introduced at the 2008 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival and is available for purchase on the website. Future wines will be sold through a mailing list as well.
Articles About Jim Ball VineyardsReviewed Wines![]() 2006 Jim Ball Vineyards “Signature Label” Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 14.5% alc., 690 cases, $60.From the 10-acre Middle Ridge Vineyard, located at 1,200 ft on a south facing Anderson Valley hillside just outside of Boonville. Clones 115, 667, 777,828 and Pommard 5. Inaugural release. · Shy but sexy scent of red cherries and oak spice. Delicious cherry and strawberry fruit, nicely spiced with gossamer tannins and a tangy finish. Delicate and elegant with impeccable balance. A ballerina in full flight. This is an up and coming producer of great promise. Reviewed January 1, 2009 ARTICLE »
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