Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates by Tom Hill A self-admitted wine geek, Tom lives in Northern New Mexico and works as a computational physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory doing numerical neutron transport & large scale code development. He has been tasting wines since 1971, participates locally with a couple of large tasting groups in his area, and is practically a fixture at most California wine festivals, such as the Hospice du Rhône, Rhône Rangers, and ZAP. Other interests: Tom is heavily into competitive sport fencing (foil & epee), biking, cooking, basketball, skiing, backpacking, mountain climbing. Index of Tasting Notes 1996 - 1999 New Zinfandels, December 22, 1999 New California Pinot Noir, December 15, 1999 Navarro Winery Releases, December 8, 1999 New Rhones, December 2, 1999 David Coffaro Wines, November 23, 1999 Ravenswood Single Vineyard Zinfandel (and a Rafanelli), November 17, 1999 New Rhones, November 10, 1999 New Releases, Mostly Zinfandel, November 5, 1999  California Rhones, October 13, 1999 Rhones, September 22, 1999 Old Pinot, September 15, 1999 New Zinfandels, August 24, 1999 New California and French Rhones, August 17, 1999 Semillons, August 16, 1999 New California and French Red Rhones, July 21, 1999 Turley Spring Releases (mostly), July 7, 1999 Petite Sirah and Mouvedre, July 5, 1999 California and French Rhones (mostly), June 30, 1999 Rhones, June 9, 1999 Rhones, May 27, 1999 Zindandels (mostly), May 19, 1999 Handout For Rhone Tasting, May 15, 1999 California Rhones, May 15, 1999 Oz/French Rhones (mostly), May 4, 1999 New Zins, New Ridges, April 28, 1999 Old Rhones, April 21, 1999 Old Ridge Zinfandel, April 15, 1999 Old Cabernet, April 14, 1999 Zinfandel from the 80's, April 12, 1999 California, French and Australian Rhones, March 31, 1999 Pinot Noir, March 24, 1999 California Viognier, March 15, 1999 California Zinfandel, March 10, 1999 Australian Rhones, March 2, 1999 French & California Rhones, February 17, 1999 Bipin Desai's 3-day Extraordinary Ridge Tasting, February, 1999 Old Ridge Zinfandels, February 3, 1999 Bob Lindquist: Qupe & Routas, January 24, 1999 Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet, January 21, 1999 Older Ridge (mostly) Zinfandel, January 19, 1999 Spanish Wines, January 18, 1999 Older Zinfandels, January 13, 1999 Zinfandel, January 6, 1999 Rhones and a couple of Sauternes, December 29, 1998 Mostly Coffaro and Jaffurs, December 16, 1998 Chardonnay, December 9, 1998 Rhone Wines, December 3, 1998 California - French Rhones, November 18, 1998 New Zinfandels, November 4, 1998 Rhone Wine, October 28, 1998 New Zinfandels, October 21, 1998 New California & French Rhones, October 14, 1998 New Zinfandels (mostly), October 7, 1998 David Bruce Retrospective (some really old wine!), September 28, 1998 Older California & French Rhones, September 23, 1998 New (mostly) Calif (mostly) Red (mostly), September 2, 1998 [Tasting Notes from 2005-present] [Tasting Notes from 2000-2004] California  (some older) Rhones, August 31, 1998 California (mostly new) Zinfandels, August 26, 1998 A Few New California Reds, August 12, 1998 California Rhones, July 29, 1998 Some New Zinfandels, July 23, 1998 Central Coast Pinot (mostly), June 30, 1998 Raisin' Rhones '98 Trip Report A Few New Reds (mostly Zins), June 10, 1998 Zinfandel and Syrah, (May 27, 1998) Zinfandel, (May 26, 1998) California Rhones (April 28, 1998) New Zinfandels (mostly), April 22, 1998 New Zinfandels (mostly), April 15, 1998 Rhone Wines, April 8, 1998 California Italian Varietals and Zinfandels, April 8, 1998 California and Australian Rhones, March 24, 1998 Santa Barbara Futures Tasting (and a lot more!), March 12, 1998 California (mostly) Reds,March 6, 1998 ZAP '98 Trip Report (with some Syrahs), February 2, 1998 California Rhones, January 15, 1998 A Zinfanatic's Look at 1997: Some Great Wines, Some Stupid Prices, January, 1998 Zinfandel, October 31, 1997 Rhone & Syrah, October 9, 1997 California Reds, October 6, 1997 Zinfandel, October 2, 1997 Zinfandel, August 25, 1997 Zinfandel, August 7, 1997 Raisin' Rhones Trip Report, July 1997 Older Zinfandel, June 16, 1997 California Pinot, June 14, 1997 New Zinfandels, June 10, 1997 New Zinfandels, June 1, 1997 A Few New Wines, May 23,1997 Syrah/Shiraz, May 13, 1997 New Zinfandels, April 17, 1997 New Zinfandels, April 3, 1997 California Cabernet, February 20, 1997 Red Rhones, February 5, 1997 126 Random (mostly) California Wines, February 3, 1997 New California Reds, January 10, 1997 New California Reds, December 11, 1996 New California Reds, November 27, 1996 New Zinfandels, November 15, 1996 Syrah, November 7, 1996 New Zinfandels, October 31, 1996 8 Various Reds, October 28, 1996 California Roussanne, October 17, 1996 Oregon and Central Coast Pinot, August 22, 1996 Italian and California Sangiovese, August 19, 1996 French and California Rhone Reds & Whites, August 15, 1996 California Syrahs and Rhones, June 28, 1996 Zinfandel and a few Dessert Wines, June 24, 1996 California Reds, Mostly Zinfandel, April 25, 1996 Dessert Wines, May 14, 1996 Mostly New Mostly California Cabernet & Merlot, April 17, 1996 California Reds, April 10, 1996   Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates Copyright © 1993 - 2010, Ken Zinns - All rights reserved No original material may be reproduced without written consent Mail & Comments - Grape-Nutz Updated 2.23.11