Bear Ridge Vinyard

$6.00

Eric's Rating:
5.83 grapes.

I lowered the rating on this wine because of the false advertising of the label.

Brash and tart with a full fruity immediacy.

On the label:
"The Spanish explorers named our Santa Cruz mountains "Sierra Azul" or "Blue Mountains." Grizzly bears were numerous, prowling about in herds, like hogs on a farm."

The label goes on and on about the Santa Cruz mountains. How beautifull the valleys, how good the wine. Wonderfull. Only problem is, when you read the fine print, you discover the wine is a product of Chile. I guess one can pretend the wine is produced in the Santa Cruz mountains. The label certainly tries to give that impression.

Before I read the tiny print about Chile, I was picturing giant Grizzlies prowling about blueberry patches. It does have a pleasing hillbilly taste and an innocent recklessness - like an Elvis Presley movie where Elvis outsmarts the Guvment men.