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Red
750ml
Bottle: $324.94
98-100 This note is written before the final blend of the 2021 Continuum. Deep purple-black in color, it hits 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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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.90 $36.01
6 bottles: $32.41
A deeply golden hue in the glass, this bottling hits the nose with hazelnut, wood spice and honey aromas. The palate...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.87 $32.08
12 bottles: $22.80
Embodying the luxurious beauty of great Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, this alluring wine draws you in with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.87 $32.08
12 bottles: $22.80
Combining mountain and valley floor fruit from the most acclaimed wine regions in Napa Valley, including Rutherford,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.83 $26.48
6 bottles: $20.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $349.94
The 2021 Dominus, 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, is opaque purple-black in color. It needs a lot of...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $143.60 $151.16
6 bottles: $140.00
The 2021 vintage has delivered an elegant, age-worthy and invitingly fragrant expression of Napa Valley Cabernet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.47 $76.08
The 2021 vintage has delivered an elegant, age-worthy and invitingly fragrant expression of Napa Valley Cabernet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.87 $50.40
A well-rounded, velvety and flavorful merlot with dark cherries, grilled bell peppers and some baking spices. Supple...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.13
12 bottles: $50.11
Rich in color and flavor, right out of the gate. This wine presents a deeply saturated, garnet hue in the glass, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.92 $38.80
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $53.35 $59.28
12 bottles: $39.90
Grapes for this wine are sourced from vineyards in Napa Valley, including land which has been in my family for...
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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...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $96.35 $103.60
Very expressive, with alluring warmed cassis and steeped plum aromas and flavors taking the lead, while anise,...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $131.16
6 bottles: $113.60
Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
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94
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $31.00 $34.44
12 bottles: $26.60
Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.15 $71.28
6 bottles: $64.08
Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $114.94 $124.08
6 bottles: $106.40
Coombsville is Napa's newest appellation and Faust's home vineyard. The marine breeze from nearby San Pablo Bay...
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2004 2012 2021 United States California Napa Valley San Luis Obispo

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.

When it comes to New World wines, and especially wines from the United States of America, Napa Valley is something of a standard bearer. Over its relatively short history, it has managed to transform itself from being a fairly insignificant region, to becoming one of the most important and highly regarding wine locations on earth. With an ideal climate for viticulture, blazing sunshine and a low level of rainfall, this valley is shielded on many sides by mountain ranges which help it maintain a consistent level of heat, light and moisture throughout the year. Today, Napa Valley is a home of innovation and quality, with dozens of grape varietals thriving in the fertile soils. However, the main varietals grown there have always been Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Zinfandel, and the wines they produce are constantly lauded by critics and competitions across the globe.