6 Barrel 95 Point White Gem = FREE SHIPPING

    In 1995, Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton met while working on a committee [...]

HIDE & SEEK… YOU FOUND IT, AN AMAZING WINE & FREE SHIPPING TOO!

   SEEK is a very small family (Sieck Family) owned winery atop Howell Mountain, producing [...]

Monte Bello Cabernet at a Fraction the cost

  Napa Valley has become synonymous with great California Cabernet Sauvignon. But I’d argue that [...]

Screaming Eagle Winemaker’s Grenache Rocks!

In case you didn’t know her yet, It all started in the late 80s when [...]

Surprise! Another 96+ Rating for Spottswoode

Robert Parker is quoted in Wine Spectator as saying “When the history of Napa’s great [...]

EXTRAORDINARY “ANCIENT VINE” ZINFANDEL

  Two friends, Founders – David Huang and Clint Holdsworth, crossed paths in Napa, but [...]

The Second Coming of a Napa Legend

Vincent Arroyo purchased and transformed 23 acres of the Greenwood Ranch in 1974, and initially [...]

Can’t dance the Foxtrot? Drink it instead!

The Foxtrot winery was created by Torsten and Kicki Allander who believe that the key [...]

Rare Jewel … Thomas Brown’ 95 Point UNDER $75

Hestan Vineyards was born from the culinary passion of Stanley Cheng and his wife, Helen. [...]

Wine Wake up Call… 96 Point MUST HAVE Wine

Justin Willett started out as an assistant winemaker and worked his way up owning his [...]

95 Point KILLER SYRAH (CALI/FRANCE WINEMAKER VENTURE)

A Jeff Cohn and French Winemaker Yves Cuilleron Collaboration… Two venerable winemakers with a history [...]

New Winds Blow over venerable Stag’s Leap Winery

Mike Smith (Carter, Bench, Miriad, Scarlett, etc) and Jim Barbour (Viticulturist extraordinaire) took over the [...]

Thriller… THOMAS RIVERS BROWN 97 & 95 POINT CABS

In 1997, while visiting the Napa Valley, Dr. Revana discovered a small parcel of prime [...]

Blind Tasting (95 Point Rated) Chardonnay Winner

We don’t do a lot of (enough) blind tastings, especially Chardonnays.  So I am excited [...]

Thomas Rivers Brown “Perfect-ly” crafted Chardonnay

Shibumi Knoll is a very small  Napa winery that was founded by wine collector Don [...]

Diamond Creek’s neighbor Cabernet at 1/3 the price

Michael Klopka purchased the 150 acre estate in 1998 atop Diamond Mountain, but it wasn’t [...]

Phillippe Melka’s Smokin Hot New Cabernet

Apriori is the fruit of a collaboration between Patrice Breton & Georges Sabongui, two very [...]

“Down Under” Exclusive for Golden Gate Wine Cellars customers!

O’Dwyer 2013 Cabernet & 2014 Shiraz Pre-Sale Offer! The Cabernet which I am sipping while writing [...]

Colgin Cabernet source at 1/10 the price

A few weeks ago we had a retrospective tasting of the 2007 vintage, including the [...]

It’s all about Elevation & Location & Napa Valley

  In the 1960’s the estate was merely raw land without access roads or utilities. [...]