Kirk Venge has been crafting wines since his childhood with his “famous” dad Nils Venge (first 100 Point winemaker in the Napa Valley, 1985 Groth Reserve). Nils told me some years ago that Kirk is a better winemaker than he’ll ever be – big statement! Kirk also makes the wines for Macauley, Venge, Honeycut, Jax, [...]
Kirk Venge has been crafting wine since he was a little child under the tutelage of his dad Nils Vegne. Kirk has wowed us with many great wines (Macauley, Honeycutt, Jax, Igneous, Venge, Trespass, etc) Really, his dad told me that at pre-school age he knew Kirk was going to be winemaker. Beau Vigne 2010 [...]
In a blind tasting of big name Cabernet Francs, the little Trespass winery (yes only 150 cases produced of this vintage) blew away a lot more expensive and highly rated wines, including: Hourglass ($150.00), Cadence, Andrew Will ($75.00), Derencourt ($140.00), Realm ($90.00), Pride ($75.00), Cayuse ($85.00), Del Dotto ($90.00), Crocker Starr ($70.00), Reverie ($60.00) and [...]
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