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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.84 $18.40
12 bottles: $17.48
A rich and distinct with complex notes of blackberry, coffee, nutmeg, and caramel. A velvety smooth finish of plump...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.87
Dry, almost full-bodied with ripe black cherry leading black currant and red berry fruit, with vanilla and cinnamon...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $22.08
12 bottles: $19.54
Cherry pie and red licorice notes are rounded, forward and open-knit in style, ending with a frank dose of vanilla on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.85 $19.19
12 bottles: $17.49
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon delivers vivid aromas of violet, boysenberry and black currant with trailing hints of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $60.79
Dark and concentrated fruit and wood aromas are intense but not overblown on the nose of this rich bottling. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.71 $60.79
Dark in the glass, this is a dense expression from the estate's top blocks, offering aromas or elderberry, açaí and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
PALATE: Rich, complex, and full-bodied with silky tannins up front that lead to a juicy finish leaving you wanting a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.48 $18.40
12 bottles: $14.64
Big Red Monster was created by acclaimed winemaker Jeff Booth. Crafted with select California grape varietals, Big...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $25.94
Roasted blackberries, boysenberry, black cherry, granite, raw cocoa nib, cedar, eucalytpus.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
Big blast of cedar, cigar box, and blackberry aromas with hints of olive. Jam-packed flavors of plum, black olive,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.90 $21.20
Broadside 2021 Margarita Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon While robustly fruited in its youth, Broadside Cabernet...
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Red
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
Aromas of dark Bing cherries and blackcurrants with hints of cedar and vanilla. The wine is rich, full-bodied and has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.88 $20.41
It's amazing that the Daou brothers can produce a formidable Cab that is this accessible at such a young age. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.72 $50.80
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is blended with 23% Petit Verdot, made entirely with free-run juice, and it will...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.83 $26.48
6 bottles: $20.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.24 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.87 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
Estancia relies on the benefits of boutique-style winemaking techniques, including whole-cluster fermentation, gentle...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
Plenty of herbal aromas kick off the nose of this bottling, including hints of fennel and toasted oregano, and there...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.07 $20.08
12 bottles: $13.99
Our Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of black cherry, plum and violet. Flavors of cherry and cocoa integrate...

Cabernet Sauvignon Grenache Lambrusco United States California San Luis Obispo 750ml

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.

Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.


Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.