New Releases 

1994 Cuvée BILLON Sonoma Pinot Noir -- Stealth Cuvée

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1998 Cuvée DD Sonoma Pinot Noir

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1997 Potter Valley Sauvignon Blanc Reserve

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1994 Cuvée W Livermore Valley Chardonnay

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1994 Cuvée LD Sonoma Chardonnay

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1997 Cuvée DD Sonoma Pinot Noir (sold out)

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1997 Livermore Valley Semillon (sold out)

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1988 Cuvée Blanche Sparkling Wine (sold out)

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Fact Sheets for these and other recent releases are available

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Critical Reviews and Special Events

Listed below are recent critical reviews of Kalin Cellar's Wines.

• Stephen Tanzer - November, 1996 -- International Wine Cellar
• Robert Parker - October 31, 1996 -- The Wine Advocate
• Robert Parker - December 20, 1996 -- The Wine Advocate
• 1997 Beverage and Food Dynamics' National Retailer Wine Tasting Panel Award:

  1992 Kalin Cellars Potter Valley Sauvignon Blanc Reserve

• Wine Enthusiast - 1992 Cuvée DD Sonoma Pinot Noir - March 1997
• Stephen Tanzer - May/June '97 -- International Wine Cellar
• John Gilman's Wine Vault - Cuvée W Livermore Valley Chardonnay
• Taking Risks Goes Hand-in-Hand with Quality - 1992 Chardonnay - By Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr: The Capital
• Expand Your Palate - Kalin Semillon - By Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr: The Capital
• Kalin Cellars was one of only FIVE California wineries selected as "Consistently Outstanding Sources for Expensive Small Production Chardonnay" by Stephen Tanzer in Food & Wine Magazine's 1998 Official Wine Guide
• Kalin Cellars was selected as a "Great U.S. Chardonnay Producer" in the February 1998 issue of The Wine Enthusiast
• Stephen Tanzer - May/June '98 -- International Wine Cellar
• Stephen Tanzer - May/June '99 -- International Wine Cellar
• Decanter - July 1999 -- The Millennium Test of Champagnes
• Decanter - July 1999 -- The Gurus Tell All
• Read what California Chardonnay Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine and international head of Sotheby's wine department, prefers
• Stephen Tanzer - May/June 2000 -- International Wine Cellar
• Read the February 2001 San Francisco Chronicle review of Glow Restaurant and Kalin Cellars 1993 Cuvée LV Sonoma Chardonnay
• Read the February 2001 San Francisco Chronicle review of 231 Ellsworth Restaurant and Kalin Cellars wines
• Read what Stephen Tanzer had to say about the recent release of Sauvignon Blanc and Cuvee LD Sonoma Chardonnay in the International Wine Cellar
• Read what Cigar Aficionado had to say about about El Gaucho Restaurant, Seattle and Kalin Cellars 1992 Pinot Noir
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 60,000 wines for their 2002 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Sauvignon Blanc as the best wine of its type.
• The Los Angeles Times selected Kalin Cellars 1995 Livermore Valley Semillon as Wine of the Week
• Read about the "Secrets of Semillon" by Bruce Cass
• Read what the "Gang of Pour" have to say about Kalin Cellars Semillon
• Read what record producer Billy Ray Hearn has to say about Kalin Cellars Chardonnay
• The Los Angeles Times recommends Kalin Cellars 1993 Livermore Valley Semillon with the food at Les Deux Cafes
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 60,000 wines for their 2002 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Semillon as the best wine of its type.
• Read about the "Cutting-Edge" of wine and cheese pairing by Max McCalman, maitre fromager at New York's Artisanal Cheese Center with Kalin Cellars Sauvignon Blanc.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 60,000 wines for their 2004 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Semillon as the best wine of its type.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 60,000 wines for their 2004 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Chardonnay as one of four Outstanding California Chardonnays.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 60,000 wines for their 2004 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir as one of six Outstanding California Pinot Noirs.
• Food and Wine magazine selected Kalin Cellars as one of Ten Top Artisanal Wineries of 2003.
• Fine Wine Magazine has selected Kalin Cellars for the inaugural issue of what Hugh Johnson describes as  "the most exciting magazine launch for true wine lovers and serious collectors in the last 20 years," Johnson said in a press release. "At last there is a magazine that puts fine wine in its rightful context of elegant thoughtful living."
• Stephen Tanzer - May/June 2005 International Wine Cellar.
• Forbes.com has selected Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir as one of "25 Great American Pinot Noirs".
• Stephen Tanzer - January/February 2006 International Wine Cellar Review of the 1996 Livermore Valley Semillon.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 1000s of wines for their 2005 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Semillon as the best wine of its type.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 1000s of wines for their 2005 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Chardonnay as one of two Outstanding California Chardonnays.
• Food and Wine Magazine tasted 1000s of wines for their 2005 Wine Guide. They selected Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir as one of five Outstanding California Pinot Noirs.