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Eve Bushman, March 2023, EveWine101
Michael Kelly, CaliforniaWinesandWineries, March 24, 2024
James Melendez, Youtube, March 17, 2024
Jeff Kralik, The Drunken Cyclist, January 24, 2024
Tasting Panel Magazine, Meridith May, March 2024
Fredric Koeppel, BiggerThanYourHead, January 4, 2024
Sultan Khalid, InsiderMonkey, December 24, 2023
Bloomberg, Elin McCoy, December 28, 2023
Dale Robertson, The Sporty Wine Guy blog, November 30, 2023
International Wine Review, Don Winkler, November 2, 2023
International Wine Review, Don Winkler, November 2, 2023
International Wine Review, Don Winkler, November 2, 2023
Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate, May 2023
Iwasreallyhere, Instagram, October 18, 2023
Bin 412, Eric Hiltz, October 12, 2023
BiggerThanYourHead, Frederick Koeppel, October 3, 2023
Peg Melnik, Press Democrat, September 20, 2023
Elizabeth Schneider, WineForNormalPeople, September 2023
Alder Yarrow, Vinography, August 13, 2023
Food & Wine Magazine, Brian Freedman, July 12, 2023
Ellen Landis, EllenOnWine, July 8, 2023
Modern Wine, Tim Teichgraeber, July 8, 2023
Steve McIntosh, Imbiber's Journal, July 4, 2023
The Wine Curmudgeon, Jeff Siegel, November 29, 2021
The Wine Curmudgeon, Jeff Siegel, July 12, 2021
Jeff Kralik, The Drunken Cyclist, June 23, 2023
Catherine Fallis, Planet Grape, June 3, 2023
StrongCoffeeToRedWine Facebook, Rick Dean, May 28, 2023
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, May 23, 2023
Dave Thompson, Napa Wine Project, May 2023
David Gabine, Wineceptions, May 17, 2023
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Peg Melnik, May 8, 2023
FoodGal, Carolyn Jung, May 5, 2023
AmateurSommelier, Alec Terman, May 2, 2023
Rich Cook, WineReviewOnline, April 25, 2023
Ellen Clifford, ScrumptiousGruel, April 25, 2023
PullThatCork, Nancy Brazil, March 30, 2023
Michael Chelus, NittanyEpicurean, March 30, 2023
WineReviewOnline, Vince Simmon, March 22, 2023
Michael Kelly,CaliforniaWinesandWineries, March 20, 2023
Decanter, Clive Pursehouse, March 13, 2023
Lori Budd, ExploringTheWineGlass, March 8, 2023
Jason Wise, SommTV podcast, March 7, 2023
WineSipping, Oded Cohen, March 4, 2023
Terroirist, Isaac Baker, March 4, 2023
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, March 3, 2023
Eve Bushman, EveWine101, February 24, 2023
Philip Kuo, TheWineGuys, February 27, 2023
BiggerThanYourHead, Frederic Koeppel, February 24, 2023
Wine1percent, Stephen McConnell, February 22, 2023
JamesTheWineMan, James Melendez, February 8, 2023
Owen Bargreen, February 8, 2023
CMKWine, Cameron Kosson, February 8, 2023
Stephen McConnell, Wine1percent, December 30, 2022
Nancy Brazil, PullThatCork, December 19, 2022
UnhappyPhilosophyWine, December 12, 2022
Wilfred Wong Wines, December 4, 2022
Wine Enthusiast, Jim Gordon, November 2022
Joe Campbell, The Wine Bulletin, October 27, 2022
Richard Hemming, September 23, 2022, JancisRobinson.com
Los Angeles Magazine, Colman Andrews, December 2022
WineFoodTravel.us, Alex Gott, November 14, 2022
CaliforniaWinesandWineries, Michael Kelly, October 13, 2022
JancisRobinson.com, Richard Hemming, September 23, 2022
Free Run Juice, Doug Wilder, September 7, 2022
Wine & Spirits Magazine, Josh Greene, Summer 2020
KQED Check Please, Leslie Sbrocco, June 2, 2022
The Wine Advocate, May 31, 2022
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Peg Melnik, May 3, 2022
Eric Hiltz, Bin 412, Instagram, April 7, 2022
Rupal Shankar, Syrah Queen, March 13, 2022
Don Winkler, International Wine Review, January 20, 2022
Steve McConnell, Imbiber's Journal, July 20, 2021
Elin McCoy, Bloomberg, December 9, 2021
TheDrunkenCyclist, December 28, 2021, Geoff Kralik
Piedmont Post, Pierre DuMont, November 3, 2021
Pamela Riley, FoodandWineChronicles, August 2021
OwenBargreen.com, September 2021
Terroir Review, Meg Maker, July 28, 2021
KB7497 on Instagram, September 24, 2021
Planet Grape Wine Review, Catherine Fallis, September 15, 2021
Carolyn Jung, FoodGal, September 10, 2021
CaliforniaWinesandWineries, Michael Kelly, September 4, 2021
Dan Dawson, Napa Valley Register, September 3, 2021
WineReviewOnline, Rich Cook, August 24, 2021
Wine Enthusiast, Virginie Boone, September 2021
Talk-A-Vino, Anatoli Levine, May 17, 2021
Imbiber's Journal, Steve McIntosh, July 14, 2021
James Melendez, July 16, 2021
Wine Curmudgeon, Jeff Siegel, July 12, 2021
Trevor Felch, Nob Hill Gazette, July 2021
Napa Sonoma Magazine, Laura Levy Shatkin, Summer 2021
Beverage Dynamics Magazine, July 2021
NittanyEpicurean, Michael Chelus, June 24, 2021
The Tasting Panel Magazine, June 2021, Meridith May
Terroirist.com, Isaac Baker, June 6, 2021
MyRedWineGuys, June 3, 2021
James Suckling, May 15, 2021
Drinkhacker, Christopher Null, May 13, 2021
Oded's Wine Reviews, May 17, 2021, Oded Cohen
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, May 17, 2021
PullThatCork, Nancy Brazil, March 13, 2021
PullThatCork, Nancy Brazil, April 16
Kathleen Wilcox, April 22, 2021, Instagram
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Michelle Anna Jordan, April 20, 2021
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Peg Melnik, April 20, 2021
Cameron Kossen, cmkwine Instagram, April 13, 2021
EveWine101, Eve Bushman, April 16, 2021
BiggerThanYourHead, Frederic Koeppel, April 12, 2021
OwenBargreen.com, April 2021
American Wine Society Journal, Spring 2021, Ellen Landis
LM Archer Instagram, March 29, 2021
CaliforniaWinesandWineries, Michael Kelly, January 28, 2021
JebDunnuck.com, Jeb Dunnuck, January 27, 2021
ConsiderableLibations, January 9, 2021
BiggerThanYourHead, Frederic Koeppel, December 15, 2020
Frank Morgan, DrinkWhatYouLike, December 14, 2020
Wine1percent, Stephen McConnell, September 30, 2020
Oded Cohen, Odedi's Wine Reviews, September 23, 2020
ShanksandChardonnay, September 8, 2020
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, August 25, 2020, Michele Anna Jordan
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, August 25, 2020, Peg Melnik
HV Wine Goddess, Debbie Gioquindo, July 12, 2020
WineTravelEats, Amber Burke, July 17, 2020
Tobin, Instagram, August 14, 2020
ArmchairSommelier, Kirsten Georgi, July 22, 2020
UncorkWithLisa, Lisa Eppel, July 6
SwirlingDervish, Lauren Walsh, July 1, 2020
StrongCoffeetoRedWine, Rick Dean, July 2, 2020
Enofylz, Martin Redmond, July 7, 2020
DallasWineChick, Melanie Ofenloch, July 5, 2020
UncorkwithLisa, Lisa Eppel, July 5, 2020
Swirling Dervish, Lauren Walsh, July 1, 2020
Jim Van Bergen, JVB Uncorked, June 27, 2020
PullThatCork, Nancy Brazil, June 26, 2020
Gabe's View, Gabe Sasso, June 16, 2020
Kirsten Georgi, ArmchairSommelier, June 5, 2020
Grape-experiences, Cindy Rynning, May 22, 2020
RedWinePlease, Neil & Cheri Dubois, April 25, 2020
Decanter Magazine, Elin McCoy, February 2020
Winethropology, Steve McIntosh, February 1, 2020
Terroirist, Isaac Baker, January 25, 2020
I-WineReview, Don Winkler, January 22, 2020
Washington Wine Blog, Owen Bargreen, January 8, 2020
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, January 7, 2020, Michele Anna Jordan
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, January 7, 2020, Peg Melnik
NittanyEpicurean, Michael Chelus, January 2, 2020
Talk-a-Vino, Anatoly Levine, December 31, 2019
Elin McCoy, San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 2019
WrittenPalate.com, Cori Solomon, November 26
Grape-Experiences, November 21, 2019, Cindy Rynning
Wine Enthusiast, Virginie Boone, December 2019
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, November 2, 1956
wineReviewOnline, October 24, 2019, Rich Cook
Wine1er, Stephen McConnell, October 14, 2019
Washington Post, October 4, 2019
VinePair, Edward Deitch, September 26, 2019
St. Helena Star, Catherine Bugue, September 12, 2019
Purely Domestic Wine Report, Doug Wilder, Issue 7.4, September 2019
James Melendez, August 28, 2019
Terroirist, Isaac Baker, August 24, 2019
NittanyEpicurean, Michael Chelus, August 23, 2019
Forbes, Tom Hyland, August 8, 2019
EllenOnWine, Ellen Landis, July 30, 2019
The Bohemian, August 7, 2019
Vine Pair, Emily Saladino, April 17, 2019
Napa Sonoma Magazine, Laura Levy Shatkin, March 2019
Spitbucket, Amber LeBeau, February 19, 2019
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, December 22, 2018
Gabe Sasso,TheDailyMeal, December 19, 2018
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, December 8, 2018
Elaine Brown, HawkWakaWaka, November 2018
Vinepair, November 2018
Orange County Register, Paul Hodgins, November 15, 2018
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Peg Melnik, November 14, 2018
Grape-Experiences, Cindy Rynning, October 11, 2018
St. Helena Star, Catherine Bugue, September 25, 2018
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, September 19, 2018, Peg Melnik
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Linda Murphy, September 11, 2018
The Wine Guys, Philip Kuo, September 11, 2018
BiggerThanYourHead, Frederic Koeppel, August 13, 2018
Fred Swan, August 11, 2018
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, August 4, 2018
GoodVitis, July 9, 2018
BriscoeBites, June 29, 2018, Stacy Briscoe
WineReviewOnline, Rich Cook, June 26, 2018
Winethropology, Steve McIntosh, June 25, 2018
Sunset Magazine, Marin Preske, June 2018
Tasting Panel Magazine, Meridith May, June 2018
I Like This Grape, Paul Hodgins, June 16, 2018
Napa Valley Register, June 15, Allison Levine
Nittany Epicurean, Michael Chelus, June 6, 2018

Terroirist, Isaac Baker, May 26, 2018

Slow Wine Guide, January 2018
Slow Wine Guide, January 2018
PleaseThePalate, Allison Levine, May 26, 2018
Forbes, Cathy Huyghe, May 9, 2018
CMK Wine, Cameron Kossen, May 12, 2018
Enofylz, Martin Redmond, March 28, 2018
Corkscrew Report, February 20, 2018, Johannes Marlena
International Wine Report, Owen Bargreen, August 2017
Lilianacabana blog, Linda Coco, January 18, 2018
The Drunken Cyclist, Jeff Kralik, December 14, 2017
Maker's Table, Meg Houston Maker, November 5, 2017
WineSplashing, Rick Fillmore, October 2
Samantha Stowell, ILikeThisGrape, October 6, 2017
WineForNormalPeople, Elizabeth Schneider, July 19, 2017
Philip Kuo, WineGuys, September 23, 2017
SoifKnows, Stephen McConnell, September 18, 2017
Forbes, Cathy Huyghe, September 1, 2017
The American Wine Society Journal, Fall 2017, Ellen Landis
Decanter Magazine, September 2017, Oz Clarke
Grape-Experiences, Cyndy Rynning, August 3, 2017
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, July 29, 2017
NapaFoodandVine, Amber Burke, July 28, 2017
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, July 22, 2017
Rockinred blog, Michelle Williams, July 17, 2017
The Tasting Panel Magazine, July 2017, Meg Houston Maker
International Wine Review, Don Winkler, June 21, 2017
Cuvee Corner blog, Bill Eyer, June 20, 2017
Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences, June 13, 2017
WineReviewOnline, Robert Whitley, May 2, 2017
WineReviewOnline, June 13, 2017, by Rich Cook
Good Vitis blog, Aaron Menenberg, June 9, 2017
Wine Enthusiast, July 2017, Virginie Boone
Orange Coast Magazine, Valory Reed, May 5, 2017
Good Vitis blog, Aaron Menenberg, April 26, 2017
ArmchairSommelier, Kirsten Georgi, April 22, 2017
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 20, 2017, Michele Anna Jordan
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 19, Peg Melnik
CleanPlates.com, by Peter Hellman, April 14, 2017
St. Helena Star, April 13, 2017, by Catherine Bugue
Washington Wine Blog, Owen Bargreen, April 3, 2017
Winethropology, Steve McIntosh, March 30, 2017
GrapeCollective, Chris Barnes, March 23, 2017
Intrepid Media, Cathy Huyghe, March 20, 2017
Terroirist, Isaac Baker, March 18, 2017
International Wine Report, August 2016
The Somm Journal, Fred Swan, December 2016-January 2017
Fred Swan, FredSwan.com, November 23, 2016
San Francisco Chronicle, Esther Mobley, September 28, 2016
Food & Spirits Magazine, Mark Gudgel, summer 2016
NapaFoodandVine, August 16, 2016
Grape-Experiences, Cindy Rynning, August 11, 2016
Susan Spinello, LiveLeft, July 12, 2016
Nancy & Peter Brazil, PullThatCork, July 18
Mark Gudgel, ITheeWine, July 15, 2016
Wine & Spirits Magazine, August 2016
The Tasting Panel Magazine, June 2016
Gayot.com, April 2016
Decanter Magazine, February 2016, by Adam Lechmere
California Grapevine, January 2016
St. Helena Star, December 31, 2015 by Catherine Bogue
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, December 14, 2015, by Peg Melnik
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, November 25, 2015, Peg Melnik
The Wine Knitter, November 21, 2015
Napa Valley Then & Now by Kelli A. White
The Drunken Cyclist
Rieslingontheriver
Wine & Spirits Magazine, October 2015
WineChic blog by Katie Curley-Katzman, June 7, 2015
Robert Neralich blog, June 1, 2015
Examiner.com by Melissa Vogt, May 28, 2015
The Fermented Fruit blog by Ryan O'Hara, May 29, 2015
Terroirist.com, May 15, 2015
Enofylz Wine Blog, Martin Redmond, April 16, 2015
The Wine Enthusiast Magazine, May 2015, by Virginie Boone
Mary Ewing-Mulligan, WineReviewOnline, April 4, 2015
EllenonWine blog by Ellen Landis, March 5, 2015
TheArmchairSommelier, March 7, 2015
Bacchus & Beery blog, Roger Beery, March 5, 2015
Fred Tasker, syndicated column, January 20, 2015
Michelle Williams, Rockin Red blog, January 19, 2015
Sunset Magazine, February 2015
Sacramento Bee/syndicated, Fred Tasker, January 20, 2015
Vinography, Alder Yarrow, January 6, 2015
Chris Kassel, Intox Report, January 2, 2014
Rich Cook at WineReviewOnline, December 23, 2014
St. Helena Star, Catherine Bugue, December 31, 2014
Roger Morris, TheDailyMeal.com, May 9, 2014
Jameson Fink blog, December 14, 2014
The Sacramento Bee, November 18, 2014
Jancis Robinson, October 2014
The Prince of Pinot, Rusty Gaffney, 2014
San Francisco Magazine, by Elaine Brown, October 2014
American Winery Guide, Martin Redmond, August 2014
California Grapevine, August 2014
Los Angeles Times, by Irene Virbila, June 7, 2014
Wine & Spirits Magazine, June 2014
Sacramento Bee, April 7, 2014
Enofylz blog by Martin Redmond, March 26, 2014
Robert Neralich blog, spring 2014
The Daily Meal, March 12, 2013, by Gabe Sasso
UpstateDowntownNY blog, Chris Matthews, March 10, 2014
The Wine Enthusiast, April 2014, by Steve Heimoff
JamesTheWineGuy, James Melendez, February 2014
Terroirist blog by Isaac James Baker, February 15, 2014
WineReviewOnline by Rich Cook, January 21, 2014
Isaac James Baker's blog, January 2014
Purely Domestic Wine Report by Doug Wilder, December 2013
The Tasting Panel Magazine, January 2014
BiggerThanYourHead blog by Frederic Koeppel, January 7, 2014
Bacchus & Beery blog by Roger Beery, January 2014
Creators.com, December 5, 2013, by Robert Whitley
NowAndZin blog by Randy Fuller
Bigger Than Your Head blog by Frederic Koeppel
Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences, Vol. XVII, Issue 40, November 21, 2013
Food & Wine Magazine, October 2013
Mary Ewing-Mulligan, WineReviewOnline, December 2013
WineReviewOnline, by Linda Murphy
Chicago Tribune by Bill St. John November 2013
California Grapevine Magazine, November 2013
St. Helena Star, November 20, 2013, by Catherine Bugue
Le Sommelier Fou blog, by David Pelletier, August 2013
Record Detail
Record Number: 328
Riesling Vintage (value): 2018 Riesling
Riesling Vintage (label): 2018 Riesling
Media Source: Eve Bushman, March 2023, EveWine101
Review URL: http://evewine101.com/2023/02/24/reviewing-the-new-smith-madrone-2018-riesling/
Highlight Quote:

Very appealing


Riesling Review Excerpt:

The wine is the color of pale gold, and sparkly, making it very appealing. On the nose, which I detected from about three inches away, I was reminded of sweet Meyer lemons, ripe grapefruit, wet pebbles in a stream, a touch of pineapple, talcum powder and Golden Delicious apples. I was anxious to taste the wine and immediately noted its rich mouth-coating viscosity, a lot of that Golden Delicious apple I found on the nose, as well as more pineapple, less lemon, with a mild to medium acidity that held on for a nice long finish. It wasn’t bone dry or sweet; instead it had a nice sweet spot that I thought would pair well with a cheese board, pasta in a cream sauce, fried chicken or all by itself!

The wine is all estate Spring Mountain District fruit, 100% Riesling, grown at an elevation of 1,300-1,900 feet, with slopes angling up to 34%. The vineyard is partially dry-farmed and most of the Riesling was planted on its own rootstock…the same hands cleared, planted, tend and make the wine…for the last fifty years. Smith-Madrone was founded partly on the premise of making great Riesling (i.e., not to dis the Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay!), given its mountain site and steep slopes. Stu Smith describes the effort to market Riesling as Sisyphean…and to that point beginning with the 1983 Riesling vintage Smith-Madrone went where no other American winery would go for the next 17 years – changing the label from Johannisberg Riesling to “just” Riesling, and essentially outlasting the BATF and prevailing with that name.


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