2007 Come Fly With Me Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon The inaugural release of the 2007 Sinatra Family Estates Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%), Cabernet Franc (7%) and Petit Verdot (3%). The estate is a 5 acre vineyard, just south of Calistoga in the northern crest of Napa Valley. Each vintage of [...]
2006 Water Wheel “Memsie” Shiraz-Cabernet-Malbec Bendigo Victoria The 2006 Memsie red is a ruby-colored Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec blend. The nose exhibits black currant, plum and raspberry aromas. A balanced, full-bodied wine with rich, dark fruit and berry flavors, with hints of savory spice and anise. The smooth, chalky tannins carry through to a lingering [...]
Cult Cabernets California Cult wines are rare wines produced by small wineries, almost always from Napa Valley and almost always cabernets. These limited production wines are generally very expensive and have long waiting lists. During the dot-com hay days, some of the wines sold in excess of $2,000 per bottle. Wineries in the club include [...]
Filet Mignon & Cabernet Sauvignon If you haven’t decided where to take dad for Father’s Day, why not consider the backyard? What could be better than a perfectly grilled filet mignon with a glass of his favorite cabernet sauvignon? Add roasted potatoes and grilled asparagus and you have a meal fit for a king. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [...]
Plastic Wine Bottles Let’s face it. It’s all about cost savings, not taste. If you expect your Australian Shiraz to come in a traditional glass bottle, enjoy it while you can. Fosters is shipping their Wolf Blass wines in recyclable plastic – now on sale in your local grocery store. The new Wolf Blass ‘Green [...]
Merryvale Starmont Cabernet 2005 A family-owned winery that has been turning out exceptional wines for 25 years. In 2006 they opened their new Starmont Winery – a state-of-the-art “green” facility. This may be the company’s third tier label, but the finished product is first class. A blend of Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc marry [...]
Canadian Wines The latest celebrity wine to be introduced comes from hockey’s Great One, Wayne Gretzky. In partnership with Niagara’s Creekside Estate Winery in Jordan Station, the first three wines to be released in the US this year are a 2005 Meritage – $22, a 2006 Chardonnay – $18 and a 2005 Vidal Ice Wine [...]
What Affects The Enjoyment of Wine? Music? Location? Smell? Think about some of the best wine tasting experiences you’ve had – from sipping wine outdoors on a spring day to relaxing over a glass of Cabernet by a winter’s fire. Maybe soft music was playing in the background and the smell of a wine-braised short [...]
New California wine varietals quench America’s thirst for diversity Although California Chardonnay, Cabernet and Merlot are still by far the most popular varietal wines in the U.S., comprising more than half of all California table wine sold in the U.S last year,* recent data shows that the state’s winegrowers and vintners are increasingly catering to [...]
