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Staff Favorites - Steve Greer

Steve Greer
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I think I started down the path into the wine world with my first job, at 16, bussing tables in a Chinese restaurant. Blue Nun Riesling was the big seller (this in 1985, so don't laugh). While the Blue Nun Riesling was not an "epiphany" wine, I drank a lot of it. It was a magnum of Robert Sinskey Claret that I shared with friends while watching the 1994 World Cup that got me started reading about wine (Brazil won). My first "wow" wine was that same year, when a customer gave me a glass of 1982 Haut Brion. It was amazing. Next I found pinot noir, specifically a 1994 Whitcraft Bien Nacido, and I was hooked. I knew I wanted to sell wine so I moved from restaurants to wholesale wine sales, working for Metamora in Ohio and Kentucky. But after continued consolidation of distributors and the realization, that in wholesale you wear blinders, tasting only the wines you sell, I knew I wanted to move to the retail side. I would like to say I moved from Cincinnati just for K&L but I left the "Red" state for Los Angeles (a Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals fan in San Francisco just would not do) and I was very lucky to find the K&L store in Hollywood. The rest is history.


Reviews

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2010 Latour-Martillac, Pessac-Léognan Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-12-2013
Coffee, herbs, spice and dark fruit.
Price: $36.99 Add To Waiting List JS 92-  93 WE 93 WS 92
2010 Duhart-Milon, Pauillac Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
Dark blackberry nose. Spice and minerals on the palate.
Price: $149.99 Add To Cart RP 96 WE 93 JS 91-  92
2010 Domaine de L'A, Côtes de Castillon Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
An elegant wine with a pretty nose and bright red fruit. Balanced structure and a bright finish.
Price: $36.99 Add To Cart JS 93 WS 93 ST 89-  92
2010 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc, Pessac-Léognan Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
Toasty oak nose, rich mid-palate.
Price: $119.99 Add To Waiting List JS 97 RP 95 WE 95
2010 Doisy-Daëne, Sauternes (375ml) Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
A riper, more tropical style for Doisy-Daëne.
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart ST 93-  96 JS 95 RP 92-  94
2010 Doisy-Daëne, Sauternes Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
A riper, more tropical style for Doisy-Daëne.
Price: $47.99 Add To Cart ST 93-  96 JS 95 RP 92-  94
2010 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac (1.5L) Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
Layers of cassis, mineral and coffee, with balanced tannins and a long finish. Wow! A value pick.
Price: $599.99 Add To Cart RP 97 JS 96 WS 95
2010 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-11-2013
Layers of cassis, mineral and coffee, with balanced tannins and a long finish. Wow! A value pick.
Price: $299.99 Add To Cart RP 97 JS 96 WS 95
2010 Cantenac Brown, Margaux Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-8-2013
At UGC (1/13): herbs, garrigue, floral on the nose. Dark black fruit, mineral and spice on the palate. Heady fruit on finish. Tannins and texture are polished.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart WE 95 JS 94 RP 94
2010 Brane-Cantenac, Margaux Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-8-2013
Out of Barrel: Minerals and spice dominate the nose. Juicy and spicy on the finish. In Bottle (1/13): Very aromatic nose blackfruit and spice with dark rich fruit on palate more spice and chewy tannins.
Price: $99.99 Add To Cart RP 95 ST 92-  95 JS 94
2010 Fourcas Hosten, Listrac Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-5-2013
Big wine. Lots of ripe fruit, wood spice and lots of wood tannins and structure but with plenty of richness.
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart JS 91-  92 WE 89-  91
2010 Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-5-2013
Closed nose but rich aromatic dark fruit on the palate with a long ripe finish.
Price: $1,299.99 Add To Cart RP 100 ST 96-  99 WS 99
2010 Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-5-2013
At UGC-Cassis, coffee tart red fruit and spice. Balanced and seamless elegance.
Price: $279.99 Add To Cart JS 100 RP 98 ST 93-  97
2010 Léoville-Las Cases, St-Julien Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-5-2013
One of my top five wines of the vintage. The nose had this piercing purity with cassis and mineral along with with spice. Tons of structure and astringency balanced by the fruit.
Price: $339.99 Add To Cart WE 100 JS 99 WS 98
2010 Malescot-St-Exupéry, Margaux (6L) Pre-Arrival
Review Date: 2-5-2013
Mint and cocoa, with cassis and spice on the palate and finish. At UGC: I'm really partial to the wines from Margaux as a whole in 2010, and this is one of my favorites. The nose is a heady blend of cassis, plum, graphite, floral aromas and potpourri. The palate shows big, chewy tannins, with chocolate, licorice and more potpourri, all of which linger on the long finish.
Price: $859.99 Add To Cart JS 95 RP 95 ST 91-  94
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2010 Knez Winery Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ($29.99)

2009 Copain "Les Voisins" Yorkville Highlands Syrah ($34.99)

2010 Westrey Willamette Valley Pinot Gris ($16.99)

2011 Evesham Wood Willamette Valley Grüner Veltliner ($14.99)

2008 Reinisch "Vom Steinfeld" St. Laurent ($18.99)

2010 Montirius "Garrigues" Vacqueyras ($19.99)

2011 Montirius "Mineral" Vacqueyras Blanc ($19.99)

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1987 Chateau Pellehaut K&L Exclusive Tenareze Vintage Armagnac 750ml ($79.99)

2000 Domaine d'Ognoas Vintage Bas-Armagnac 750ml ($55.99)

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2006 Arbios Cellars Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($24.99)

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Michel Dervin Brut Champagne ($32.99)

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Berry Bros & Rudd No. 3 London Dry Gin 750ml ($34.99)

2010 Wattle Creek Yorkville Highlands Sauvignon Blanc ($11.99)

2006 Alice Bonaccorsi "ValCerasa" Etna Rosso ($32.99)

2010 Elio Ottin Petite Arvin Valle d'Aoste ($22.99)

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2008 Anderson's Conn Valley "Right Bank" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend ($49.99)

2007 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Kerner Estate" Pinot Blanc Marlborough (Biodynamic) ($21.99)

Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne ($34.99)

2002 Bruno Michel "Cuvee Millésime" Brut Champagne ($59.99)

Domaine du Viking Vouvray Brut ($18.99)

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2003 Señorío de P.Peciña Crianza Rioja ($19.99)