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96 POINT LIBRARY RELEASE — PERFECT SEASON 2014 = A PERFECT MELKA MADE CABERNET
September 3, 2020

  This might be one of the very best Cabernets to come from Knight’s Valley [...]

A non-tannic Howell Mountain Cabernet
January 27, 2020

Many think that Howell Mountain is synonymous with Dunn’s big, tannic wines – Wrong! Our [...]

Harlan Estate at 1/10 the price – a Mascot worth looking at!
January 10, 2020

Here’s a wine with some amazing lineage produced by Will Harlan heir to the Harlan [...]

$100.00 CAB at ½ the PRICE by Winemaker of the Year
August 29, 2019

The 2014 Convexity is an amazing bottle of wine from start to finish. It is [...]

Screaming Eagle owned… Under $60 Stunning Red
February 13, 2019

This venture is no longer the hidden gem, but in some ways it still is [...]

100 Pointer Luc Morlet does it again!
January 16, 2019

The 2014 growing season was easygoing.  Grapevines found their happy place quickly, as warm spring [...]

Laser Focused, low alchohol Pinot Noir
September 18, 2018

Waits Mast is a husband and wife Pinot Noir venture that started in 2000 when [...]

100 Point Winemaker’s GSM Stunner = FREE SHIPPING! Edit Subject
September 6, 2018

The Paderewski Vineyard is 67 acres of undulating, steep, limestone rich hillsides within 350 rural, [...]

96 Point (200 case) Cabernet beats BIG NAMES in Blind Tasting
August 3, 2018

Our first of the summer blind tasting Cabernet tasting brought together the who is who [...]

Impressive & Sexy Rhone blend
July 24, 2018

The winemaker says: “Sand & Stone is always our most vibrant cuvee due a good [...]

98 Point Dave Phinney STUNNER= FREE SHIPPING!
July 21, 2018

The Crane Assembly is centered around a unique eight-acre vineyard located in the gravel rich [...]

95 Point, 100 case Pinot Gem
July 10, 2018

Bill and Cindy Wenzlau purchased 100 acres, but only planted 12 ½ of them (8½ [...]

Former Spottswoode Winemaker “Stars” in her own Cabernet “Role”
July 7, 2018

Named for the variations of rock, loam, and clay soils found throughout the St. Helena [...]

LAST CALL WEEK – UNDER $50 Napa Cab blend still “happens”
July 5, 2018

As a young man Jesus Espinoza worked in Napa planting grape vines as a laborer. [...]

Araujo / Reuling winemaker’s 175 case Chardonnay Jewel!
June 11, 2018

Chamboulé was founded in 2011 by Matt Taylor (winemaker at Araujo & Reuling) who acquired [...]

97 Point LIMITED production Pinot Gem! Edit Subject
June 8, 2018

The history of Bien Nacido can be traced back to the year 1837, when a [...]

15% OFF & FREE SHIPPING OF SUPERB 96 Point Napa Cabernet
May 29, 2018

After the success with her own label, Helen Keplinger is out of control (in a [...]

175 case Blind Wine Tasting Surprise
May 26, 2018

My tasting group of 12 brought in a nice selection of 2014 Chardonnays from Oregon [...]

French Laundry & Frank Melis say: ”An Exceptional “Local“ Spanish Red
May 1, 2018

Jessica Tarpy Shaheen, joined former Screaming Eagle winemaker Andy Erickson at “Favia Erickson Winegrowers” in [...]

Unique Rued-Z Clone Chardonnay
April 9, 2018

There was a man named Ernest. He was an entrepreneur, a risk-taker and a role [...]

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