Tag: Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Cruz Cabernet Proliferates
Thanks to the perennially outstanding wine from Ridge’s Monte Bello vineyard (seen above overlooking Silicon Valley), California’s Santa Cruz Mountains
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 5/18/25
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Napa’s Greatest Vintage in Decades: Tasting 2021 Napa Cabernet
As wine lovers, we’re beset by a neverending plague of superlatives, especially when it comes to communications from wineries and
California’s Other Cabernet Valley
Even in a theoretical future dramatically reshaped by climate change, it seems unlikely for Napa to lose its pre-eminence as
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 5/5/24
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Calistoga Wine & Culinary Experience: April 13, Calistoga
As popular as Napa wines are, the chances to taste a bunch of them in a single setting are rare.
Vinography Images: Crack That Cap
The dynamics of a huge vat of grapes can be fascinating. As the wine ferments, the skins float to the
Vinography Images: Ready, Set, Cabernet
Boxes of Cabernet Sauvignon catch the early morning light, as the grapes prepare to be sorted before processing at Anomaly
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/11/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/19/22
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Red Mountain Aristocracy: The Wines of Col Solare
By now, it is something of a well-trodden path in the world of wine. A long-standing European wine family begins
Peter Michael Wines 2005-2019
Depending on how much you believe in destiny, it will come as no surprise that when, in 1982, Peter Michael established his
Vinography Images: Jesus’ Cabernet
Jesus inspects the sunrise Cabernet pick for QTR Wines at their vineyard high above Lake Hennessy near St. Helena, California.
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/12/21
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The Soul of Refinement: Recent & Upcoming Releases from Corison Winery, Napa
There most definitely was a time, not so long ago, when you couldn’t begin an article about one of Napa’s
Three Men, One Shovel: The Single-Vineyard Cabernets of La Pelle
Earlier this year, I wrote up an extensive report on many of the new (to me) producers of Napa Valley
New Names, New Wines from Napa
As some readers know, I’ve only recently been able to dedicate more time to writing here on Vinography after a
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/14/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/21/20
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