Posts tagged: Jim Barbour

Scarecrow Winemaker turns heads with her latest gem

When you put Celia Welch & Jim Barbour on one team, it is like seeing Joe Montana and Jerry Rice connect for some of the best plays (wines) ever. Celia’s portfolio is well-known as is Jim’s so it is not surprise that the latest Keever is probably the best one to date! Keever 2009 Cabernet [...]

Napa Valley’s other hidden secret

The Breckenridge vineyard (Jen Mar) was planted in 1992 by vineyard manager “first class” Jim Barbour to a well-established Napa Valley clone (Bella Oaks) – and the rest as they say is history! Breckenridge 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, JenMar Vineyard Napa Valley St. Helena Retail 70.00 – GGWC 64.99 – full case 59.99 With “Vineyardist”  Extraordinaire [...]

The next Abreu/Screaming Eagle, C-Beck 2007 Cabernet

Corey Beck grew up in the the Napa Valley in and around the vineyards his grandfather planted at Chateau Montelena.  He started his winemaking career under Scott McLeod at Rubicon (Francis Ford Copolla).  His own Cabernet Sauvignon is an amazing wine sourced from the infamous Jim Barbour’s estate vineyard. This wine’s quality (and its grapesource) [...]