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, [...]
Jan
Aperture = Amazing Quality = Amazing price
Never mind the six million album covers around the world that feature Andy Katz’s [...]
Nov
MUST HAVE – 94 POINTS & UNDER $50 Cab Gem
The Story: It may have been a bit of romanticism at the start, but [...]
Sep
A MUST HAVE 95+ Point, Cali- Bordeaux blend
Vailia From the owner/winemaker, might be the wife of Russell From the owner/winemaker of [...]
Jun
UNDER $50 MUST HAVE Napa Bordeaux Blend
Silver Trident is owned by Bob Binder & Walter Jost, both major “hospitality” folks. Bob [...]
Apr
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 [...]
Mar
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 [...]
Mar
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 [...]
Feb
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, [...]
Jan
Frank’s TOP 25 Wines of 2022
The Top 25 Wines of 2022! 2022 is long gone, welcome 2023. In 2022 my group and [...]
Jan
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, [...]
Sep
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 [...]
Jul
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, [...]
Jun
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 [...]
Jun
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 [...]
May
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 [...]
May
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 [...]
May
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 [...]
Apr
From Jersey Boy to Blender Boy in the Napa Valley
Les Behrens (aka the Jersey Boy) was born in Perth Amboy, NJ and moved [...]
Mar
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, [...]
Dec
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