A bit of lame trickery in the wine business. I bought 6 bottles of Pepperwood Grove Pinot Noir . Opened one bottle. Yuck. Thin, watery, simple. Tasted odd. Notes of fingernail polish.  Not good and certainly not tasting like a Pinot. Checked the bottles. In very small print, the labels reveal that 2 of the bottles are wine from Italy. The other 4 bottles are from Chile.

Long a California winemaker of bargain, but acceptable wines, Pepperwood Grove now appears to be merely a label slapped on generic imported wine from around the globe.  I had purchased 6 bottles because based on past experience with Pepperwood Grove, this would be a good wine to keep around for picnics and times when informal, easy wines were in order.

The Chilean wine was not as horrific as the Italian, but not much like a pinot. I paid little for the wines, but at any price, I feel ripped off because I was expecting a California wine and was duped.

I am done with Pepperwood Grove wines of any varietal.  A once reliable winery I no longer trust. It’s just marketing.