Highlights: Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Napa Valley
This is brilliant. Napa is often knocked for its excess: Cabernet Sauvignon wines made from grapes picked too late, spoofed
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California
Highlights: I Brand & Family Cabernet Franc Bayly Ranch 2017 Paicenes, California
Website: https://www.ibrandwinery.com/ I don’t know much about winemaker Ian Brand’s project in California, but I saw this wine, bought it,
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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California
Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t
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Three from Merry Edwards
Merry Edwards began her winemaking career in the 1970s at Mount Eden Estate, and has also worked at Matanzas Creek.
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The wines of Daou, Paso Robles: tilting at the top with Cabernet
Brothers George and Daniel Daou come from Lebanon. The first rocket from the civil war in the 1970s landed in
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Highlights: Whitcraft Winery Grenache Stolpman Vineyard 2018 Ballard Canyon, California
This is a distinctive and beautiful Californian Grenache, made pretty naturally. Whole bunches are lightly trodden by foot, and then
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Kinero Cellars and Royal Nonesuch Farm: the wines of Anthony Yount, California
Anthony Yount makes wine in Paso Robles. His day job is with Denner Vineyards, but since 2008 he has also
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TOR: high-end Cabernet from Napa
Tor Kenward spent 27 years with Beringer. When he retired in 2001, he set up his own winery, TOR Wines,
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Highlights: Enfield Wine Co Waterhorse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Take everything you know of Cali Cab and throw it away. Then taste this graceful wine. From Sonoma County’s tiny
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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard 2017 Santa Maria Valley, California
Adam Tolmach began his wine career at Zaca Mesa in Santa Barbara County. Before long he decided to do his
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