About Doug Wilder

Doug Wilder - Founder, Wine Reviewer

doug@wildernapavalley.com

As a native of Northern California who regularly took trips to the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma during the 1960’s with my parents for Sunday drives, visiting the wineries introduced me to the sights and smells that helped fuel my passion for wines to this day. I always had an inquisitive nose for aromas and many years later realized that all of the training I had subjected it to prepared me pretty well for a career in wine. After starting in the business in 1990 I began writing about what I found in wine for the benefit of my clients. Over the last ten years I worked with two of the most influential domestic wine companies in the country based in the middle of Napa Valley where I continued to evolve the discipline of tasting, writing and reviewing.

The purely domestic wine blog is a unique source of consumer information as it is the only independently written blog dedicated to reviewing domestic wines produced in California, Oregon and Washington. The focus on emerging, cutting-edge producers who likely have not hit the mainstream press yet, brought to you from the local perspective. Thank you for taking the time to read it regularly.

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Lulu Roberts - Executive Coordinator, Writer/SF

lulu@wildernapavalley.com

Lulu joined the purely domestic wine blog in Spring 2009 shortly after arriving from London. Her enthusiasm for all things food and wine oriented and the fact that she lives in San Francisco led me to appoint her in November 2009 as my official eyes, ears and ‘pen’ for essentially all urban activities related to this website. 

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    Wednesday
    Nov042009

    Now accepting samples for the 9th annual Top 25 list


    It seems hard to believe that the first Top 25 list was published in 2001. Actually it was a Top 20 list then and only grew in size the following year. How many of you remember this graphic from the first one?

    Since I wrote the first three at Dean & Deluca and the next four at Vinfolio, I am getting set to publish the second I have done independently.

     

     

     

     

     

    I put Lulu in charge of coordinating samples and she reported this week that the response has been a little slow. We chalked that up to most likely having to do with harvest overload among winemakers. If you have ignored her email because you have not had a chance to meet her before, you are missing out. I think you find her picture in the OED next to the definition for charming.

    So now I am posting an open request for sample submittal for the 2009 Top 25 list. Lulu will be very pleased about this as she suggested I do it (in her very polite way) several weeks ago. Here is the criteria for the types of samples I am requesting. 

     

    • Made in California, Oregon or Washington State
    • Production level under 2500 cases for the individual wine
    • Retail price range $25 - $200
    • Two bottles of each wine
    • If your wine has been included in any of the previous years and don’t meet the second and third, you are still welcome to submit
    • Please provide notes with production, winemaker, and website information

    We hope to have all of wines assembled by the end of November as historically it is something vintners and consumers look forward to in December and January. You may reach Lulu Roberts by email at lulu@wildernapavalley.com. She will direct you to have the wines delivered to either Calistoga or San Francisco.

    For criteria on how we sample please refer to our FAQ

     

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