Diva

Black Box Wines

California Pinot Noir

my go-to boxed wine! most boxed reds BURN- either too acidic, too dry, or just plain cheap alcohol. but this one is perfectly smooth!! @ Black Box— this diva deserves to have “velvet” in her title way more than y’all’s awful red blend 😅💅🏻 — 6 months ago

Masumi

Sanka Daiginjo

Very beautiful Sake, gift from Diva:-) — 4 years ago

Takeo, Ichiro and 2 others liked this

Tilted Shed Ciderworks

Super Diva Pét-Nat Plum-Apple Wine

Phenomenal. Plums, apples, funk, acidity, bubbles, everything you could want. Super diva! — 5 years ago

Jason, Josh and 1 other liked this

Dirt Diva

Paso Robles Red Blend 2015

What a delicious medium bodied wine. Violet and allspice with tart apple. Fantastic — 7 years ago

Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud

"Le Clos de La Tournache" Mâcon-Charnay Chardonnay 2016

Some spice. Good mouthfeel. Medium length finish. Drank for dad’s birthday with chicken noodle soup (made by scratch by diva). — 7 years ago

Chris BakerBrud Baker
with Chris and Brud

Monteverdi

Montepulciano D'Abruzzo

JFS
9.2

At Casta Diva, Hungary — 8 years ago

Hugel et Fils

Classic Alsace Pinot Gris 2014

When we diva we #winediva — 9 years ago

Patrick Vaughn
with Patrick
Velma liked this

Bieren Cabardouche

Kloeke Diva

NV | Cabardouche brewery Antwerp | Kloeke Diva Tripel | my night cap — 7 months ago

Doug, Dave and 7 others liked this

Tendril Wine Cellars

Pretender Willamette Valley Pinot Noir White 2014

Tom Elliot
9.3

I’m starting to understand that this White Pinot Noir is at its best with at least several years of bottle age. At 9+ years this Diva is singing with a rich, silky, supple, intricate voice. — 3 years ago

Daniel and Ira liked this

S. Anderson

Diva Prestige Cuvee Napa Valley Sparkling Blend 2001

Fabulous after 20 years. Took 15 min for a sour-tartness to mellow out, but it was delicious with fruity, flinty, and bready notes… wish we had more! — 5 years ago

Walter Scott

Cuvée Ruth Pinot Noir 2017

Birthday dinner with Angela in steamboat Springs at Cafe Diva — 7 years ago

Louis-Antoine Luyt

Cuvee des Brasseurs Cordo Blanco White Blend

Pear, pineapple, peach, oh my! I want to dab this wine on my wrists, throw on an Hermès scarf and live my best elderly diva life. — 8 years ago

Linden liked this
Elena Trierweiler

Elena Trierweiler

and guava. there’s def GUAVA

Domaine Michelot

Meursault Chardonnay 2015

From half bottle. Heavy SO2 that blows off with some air, which does the wine good in general. Ripe lemons and cinnamon spiced baked pear. The malo and battonage are more pronounced than the oak. The ‘15’s are out of control. A diva vintage for Burgundy. — 8 years ago

Jacob's Creek/Orlando

Classic South Eastern Australia Cabernet Merlot

No other way to describe this than a silky smooth full bodied beauty. This drop is the diva of the wine world. It demands your attention and you're more than happy to give it. To fully reap the exotic flavours of this Cabernet Merlot I recommend pairing it with multiple bottles. — 9 years ago

Jack GriffithsJack Arthur
with Jack and Jack
Ashlea and Out liked this
Jack Griffiths

Jack Griffiths

Cracking review, eagerly awaiting your next write up
Dan Bruton

Dan Bruton

I drink for the fans @Jack Griffiths
Ashlea Kate

Ashlea Kate

This review is making me thirsty

Bodegas Gutiérrez de la Vega

Casta Diva Cosecha Dorada Moscatel 2021

Such a damn fine example what Muscat de petit grains dried in the sun can be. Made into the sweet (but not too sweet), spicy aromatic concoction that can be found in many countries. Miel? Yes but I get a lot of dried apricot equally. The residual sugar is IMHO perfectly balanced by the remaining acids. One of the best examples of desert Muscat I've had anywhere. Good cold but maybe even better at cool room temp.

Cellarer, Barcelona
— 2 years ago

Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello

Mascarello Barolo Nebbiolo 1964

Tasted blind. Dark red and opaque. Notes of tart cherries, earth, molasses, some wood, and a hint of VA that blew off. Rich fruit in the mouth. Monolithic though, and very quiet compared to the diva 64 Giacosa that is singing next to it. Perhaps it was the less air time that this had. What a treat to taste two great 64 Barolos side by side, brought brown-bagged by two different people. — 6 years ago

Alex, David and 25 others liked this

Clendenen Family Vineyards

The Pip Santa Maria Valley Nebbiolo 2014

#Nebbiolo is a surprisingly rare grape. Even in its native Piedmont, it accounts for only 8% of vineyard land. There are fewer than 100 hectares planted in the United States. 🕵️‍♂️🍇
Over 80% of prewar Italian immigrants came from Sicily and Southern Italy. Piedmont was the wealthiest and most politically dominant region. But if fortunes were reversed, could Nebbiolo have taken Primitivo/Zinfandel’s place as a grape relatively uncommon on the boot but dominant in California? 🤔🇮🇹🇺🇸
Probably not. The Nebbiolo vine is *not* for beginners. It flowers early and ripens late, making it susceptible to both spring and autumn frosts. It loves the occasional fog bath (some say the name is derived from ‘nebbia’, Italian for fog ☁️☁️☁️) but is prone to the mildew that may result from such humid conditions. Its fussiness would make Pinot Noir blush: it demands southwesterly exposure, a proper gradient, constant sun above, and fog licking at its toes.
#diva
Sound anything like California’s Central Coast? 🌅
In the Santa Maria Valley, where the East-West Transverse Range bends back into the North-South Coastal Range, it’s possible. Vineyard selection still requires extreme discretion - an eye like @JimClendenen’s, perhaps.
Jim began the Nebbiolo program at the legendary
#BienNacido vineyard in 1994. Production is small, but if you track down his “The Pip” Nebbiolo, it will only run you about $30. You’ll believe anything is possible when you have real California Nebbiolo of this quality come wafting out of the glass at you! 🙌🙌
🏞.“The Pip” is named after Jim’s old cellar dog Pip, a border collie. So it only seemed right to include one of our own pips! 🐈
— 7 years ago