Epinions Recent Reviews for Leah

Tuscan Tantra -- Sting's ALL THIS TIME

Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:44:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Art is something veiled...

I often feel that songwriting is something like putting yourself into a state of receptivity --

or to be more cosmic about it -- into a state of Grace, where the song can reveal itself to you.

And I think...

Haut-Brion 1978: A Confluence of Graces

Sat, 31 Mar 2001 19:37:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Several months ago I received an email from a trusted wine reviewer on this site. "With your permission, I'd like to send you a wine to review." It took me two full nanoseconds to respond: Permission Granted! Knowing a bit about the ultra-refined...

Did you get your Elke? 98 Pinot Noir

Sat, 17 Feb 2001 23:00:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Three men from Pagosa Springs, CO, die and go to heaven.

They are met at the gates by old St. Pete for the admission interview.

Man #1: "I had an IQ of 140."

St. Pete: "Did you get your PhD?"

Man #1: "I certainly did."

He is...

YOWZA Yalumba! 99 Viognier. My Dream Wine!

Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:39:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - This is an homage to the 1999 Vintage of this wine.

I love Viognier. It is second only to Sauvignon Blanc on my list of top ten favorite white wine grapes. But, I have the hardest time finding one that satisfies my craving for this...

New Zealand's Nautilus: 99 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:35:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Please note this review covers the 1999 Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand.

I have finally...

begun to explore wines from other countries in this last year due primarily to the intense pressure I am under to...

"The Heart Has Its Rieslings". Bonny Doon's 1999 Pacific Rim

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:37:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - THIS REVIEW IS NOT OF THE LISTED WINE BUT OF THE 1999 BONNY DOON PACIFIC RIM DRY RIESLING.

I had occasion to visit the Bonny Doon winery in Santa Cruz, CA, last Summer and ended my visit in the tasting room (where else?). I managed to...

Another Absolutely Fabulous Fume: Chateau St. Jean's 99

Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:58:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - This review addresses the newest vintage: the 1999 Sonoma County Fume Blanc

As you will see from the links at the bottom of this page, Chateau St. Jean's 98 Fume Blanc was well received by at least two wine advisors on this site...

"Shut up and put it in the glass!" - The Wine Avenger

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 17:09:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Many, many Malvasian moons ago a reviewer on this site suggested I obtain a copy of Willie Gluckstern's The Wine Avenger if I did not already own one. As soon as I hopped on over to amazon.com and noted that Gluckstern titled one of his...

97 Beringer North Coast: A Pinot to Give Thanks For!

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:51:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This is a review of the 1997 Vintage)

Leah's Thanksgiving Day Parade of Pinot...

With the snow comes the Pinot.

That's been my motto for the last five Winters here in SW Colorado. This year the snow came...

Dr. David Bruce's Pinot Passion: Rx For Pleasure.

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 21:19:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (Not only does this review not cover the wine I have linked it to, it does not do so twice. Because there is no link on this site to David Bruce wines, and because Stonehouse linked his own review of the 1998 David Bruce Sonoma Pinot...

Laurel Glen REDS (sans Beatty and Keaton)

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 22:24:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This is a review of the 1997 Laurel Glen REDS, a blend of several red grapes from California. I'm not even gonna pretend to tell you that one day "it will be moved to its proper home on this site". I've got reviews almost a year old now...

Another Best Buy Beringer Blanc: 99 Chenin

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:14:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Welcome to the eagerly anticipated second installment of Dionysian Divas Present: Anything BUT Zin.

ElaineP8, Epinions.com wine reviewer extraordinaire and I are committed to sharing the love and shedding the light on some value...

Can Do Kenwood - 99 Sauvignon Blanc

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:52:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This is a review of the 1999 Kenwood Sauvignon Blanc.)

Dionysian Divas* Present...

Anything BUT Zin

Welcome to the first in what is sure to be a series of erratically scheduled and haphazardly timed...

Discovering Ste. Chapelle - 1998 Fume Blanc

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 16:40:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This review sings the praises of the 1998 Ste. Chapelle FUME BLANC, Winemaker's Series.)

The Idaho based Ste. Chapelle name and label have been familiar to me for quite a while, but I couldn't tell you why, really. Just one of...

Cain's Musque Muse

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 19:54:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This review addresses the 1998 vintage of this wine. I just know in my heart of hearts that someday...someone...will get around to adding the new vintages of all the wines in the database.)

Once upon a time, many moons and months ago,...

Best Buy Beringer Blanc

Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:19:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - A few weeks ago while trolling the Just In section of the Wine category my eyes fell upon the first few opening lines of a review on this particular wine. The user name was not familiar to me, so I courageously clicked on to find a wonderful...

St. Francis: Marvelous Saint, Mediocre Chardonnay

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:55:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Must be two months ago now that in a brief and rare email exchange Workingmomof2 and I discovered that just the night before we'd both opened a bottle of the 1998 St. Francis Sonoma County Chardonnay. I'm sure that more than two women, one...

1999 Buena Vista Sav. Blanc: What a Difference a Year Makes!

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 20:56:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Disclaimer: This review addresses the 1999 vintage of the listed wine.

Boy Oh Boy

You know you have been writing on this site far too long when you find yourself reviewing a 1999 vintage wine when you have also posted a...

Mark West and a Myocardial Infarction

Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:38:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - This is a review of the 1998 vintage

Like several of my Gourmet Advisor cohorts, I have been trying to muster up the will power to change my "lifestyle" (read: gluttony and sloth) lately. Just this past Monday, after...

Strawberry Blondes Have All The Fun!

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 20:49:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This is actually a review of the Non Vintage Sparkling Strawberry Mist Wine produced by the Winery at Wilcox in Elk County, Pennsylvania. I am posting it here so that it may bask in the glory/stand in the shadow of cmuir's own very...

A loaf of bread, a Beaujolais-Villages, and Thou

Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:58:33 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - Several months back I received an email from gracef, our happy hostess for this evening's festivities, titled: "Do you take requests?" She had read some of my wine reviews and wondered if I would ever get around to reviewing her...

Girls Just Wanna Get Buzzed

Sat, 8 Jul 2000 18:39:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This review, as well as Lambira's, sings the praises of the Francis Coppola Diamond Series Gold Label 1998 Chardonnay.)

It has been 4 months since Lambira threatened me on this site, insinuating that I should "back...

99 CDB X-M-N-D

Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:59:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (This review pertains to the 1999 Chardonnay-

99 Clos du Bois Examined)

Happy Anniversary Baby, got you on my mind...

Exactly six months ago tonight my cyber pal and fellow Gourmet Expert Sweetpaulie...

I got somethin' to give you that the mailman can't deliver

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 19:05:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - There are a few very important things that my Write Off partner Grouch and I have in common. We were both birthed onto this site on launch night, 9/8/99 (Love ya' Andy D!), and we share longstanding affection for several female musical artists. We...

Bonny Doon's Just (Delicious) Desserts

Sun, 2 Jul 2000 17:21:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Leah - (Warning: This review is a bit goofy. Not only am I not reviewing the product currently on this link, I am breaking protocol and reviewing two products in one review. It just seems to make more sense to do it this way. The actual wines discussed below...