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Red
375ml
Bottle: $26.79 $28.20
12 bottles: $25.08
This is a wine that shows the artistry of blending five Bordeaux-heritage grape varieties, which contributed...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $29.89
12 bottles: $29.29
Rated 94 - The 2021 Arise, a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, and 4%...
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94
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90
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.75
Always a Petite Sirah-dominated wine, the 2020 Pessimist sports an inky purple color as well as a great, full-bodied...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $103.20
12 bottles: $101.14
#87 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Subtle and complex red with blackberry, black truffle, sweet tobacco and...
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97
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $41.80
12 bottles: $34.29
The 2016 Winemaker's Cuvée is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and scented of cassis, blackberries and...
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94
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.65 $12.26
12 bottles: $8.55
Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rye Barrel Aged Red Blend - the first-of-its-kind Red Blend aged in Rye barrels -...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $37.24
12 bottles: $36.50
The wine is a blend of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah and Charbono. The wine features enticing...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $135.36
This is sensational with blackberries, blueberries and mineral. Extremely floral, too. Full-bodied but so seamless...
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Red Blend United States California 375ml

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.