Former Screaming Eagle winemaker’s  96 Point & UNDER $90 Cab blend ROCKS

Arietta is the name for wines born of a passion for music. The name Arietta, [...]

Aperture = Amazing Quality = Amazing price

  Never mind the six million album covers around the world that feature Andy Katz’s [...]

MUST HAVE – 94 POINTS & UNDER $50 Cab Gem

  The Story: It may have been a bit of romanticism at the start, but [...]

A MUST HAVE  95+ Point, Cali- Bordeaux blend

  Vailia From the owner/winemaker, might be the wife of Russell From the owner/winemaker of [...]

UNDER $50 MUST HAVE Napa Bordeaux Blend

Silver Trident is owned by Bob Binder & Walter Jost, both major “hospitality” folks. Bob [...]

LAST CALL for this Must have 95 Point, UNDER $50 Napa Bordeaux Blend

  The Hendry family has been farming the same vineyard in Napa since 1939. The [...]

This 100+-year-old Napa Zin is a MUST HAVE – 95 Points

The RW MOORE VINEYARD is one of California’s oldest and best known Zinfandel vineyards, planted [...]

SORRY … SADLY, THE VERY LAST CALL FOR THE LAST COHO EVER, JUMP IT NOW… or it will forever… swim away! 

COHO is the aspiration of vintner Gary Lipp to produce flavorful, balanced wines. Grown in [...]

Another 96 Point Phoenix Rising in Napa – A Wine  a la Château Angélus but MUCH MUCH CHEAPER!

Ace winemaker Clayton Kirchoff did it again! Only a few hundred cases of the stunning, [...]

Frank’s TOP 25 Wines of 2022

  The Top 25 Wines of 2022! 2022 is long gone, welcome 2023. In 2022 my group and [...]

Another (96 Points) Phoenix Rising in Napa a la Château Angélus but MUCH MUCH CHEAPER!

Ace winemaker Clayton Kirchoff did it again! Only a few hundred cases of the stunning, [...]

A wine to take the road – NO need to pay for expensive  gas…

Herman Story is the “story” of tall tales, Wrangler Jeans, and bold wines crafted by [...]

LAST CALL 4   this  Bordeaux Blend at a Bargain $

Vailia From owner/winemaker, might be the wife of Russell From the owner/winemaker of Herman Story, [...]

NEWS FLASH – The VERY LAST Coho Pinot Noir Ever has arrived

Sadly, this will be the LAST Coho Pinot Noir ever. Gary Lipp is retiring next [...]

Philippe Melka does not “SKIP” a beat and beats big names  in a blind tasting

In our recent blind tasting of California “Bordeaux blends” we had some surprises. My group [...]

Top Notch Napa Chardonnay, you’d believe it was a Grand-Cru Montrachet

Winemaker Clayton Kirchhoff did it again! Another stunning, very Burgundian-like Hudson Chardonnay was produced! If [...]

Last call for this 94 Points, UNDER $70 MUST HAVE Napa Cab

  In 1960 Henri Vandendriessche came to America from France to study economics at UC [...]

A NAPA CULT WINE OFFERING NEVER SEEN BEFORE — VERY LIMITED SUPPLY!!

For those who dream and drool over Cult Wines when reading Robert Parker and various [...]

From Jersey Boy to Blender Boy in the Napa Valley

  Les Behrens (aka the Jersey Boy) was born in Perth Amboy, NJ and moved [...]

LAST CALL 4 this Amazing 97 Point, UNDER $80 Cabernet

Never mind the six million album covers around the world that feature Andy Katz’s photographs, [...]