Antonio Galloni, December 2014   These are the first wines I have tasted from Kieran Robinson, who formerly worked along side Aaron Pott and a number of other projects. Both the 2009 and 2010 Syrahs are made from the Vivio Vineyard in Bennett Valley. The 2009 comes across as not fully formed stylistically while the 2010 takes things up several… Read more →

Fiona Beckett, 2014   Given that I’ve been in Napa and Sonoma County for the past few days you might expect me to select a cab or a pinot noir as my wine of the week (more on those in due course) but I’m going for this fantastic syrah I tasted at the Rhone-fixated Girl and The Fig in Sonoma… Read more →

June 25, 2013   Out of all the syrah wines that I tasted at the Rhone Rangers, the ones from Kieran Robinson Wines stood out the most. My friend and I tasted both syrahs that were poured; a 2009 Vivio Vineyard Syrah and the 2010 Le Voyageur Syrah. Clearly, the winemaker’s training in French wine making was evident in both wines; terrior-focused wines.  My… Read more →

Cy Limon, 2013 As I’ve continued to write this Syrah blog over the last year and a half, I’ve come to realize that there are basically two reasons why a winemaker makes Syrah these days. One is that they just happened to come across some high quality fruit that they can get for cheap and they decide to take a… Read more →

June 2013 http://www.1winedude.com/wine-reviews-weekly-mini-round-up-for-june-3-2013/   Read more →