Domestic Wine

We’ve been selling Phelps Cab for more than a few years now. While we’re always impressed, this might be the first time we’ve used expletives in our tasting notes. In the interest of family-friendly...

Infused with some very serious Cabernet fruit sources, this is a medley of black fruits, black cherries and sleek minerality....

About as packed with flesh and flavor as they come, this is a July 4th fireworks display in your mouth. Creamy vanilla, butter, and tropical fruits finish with a richness bordering on unctuous....

One of the best people in the business is getting his just desserts. Bob Craig – the godfather of Mt. Veeder – uses his east Napa Coombsville vineyard for “Affinity,” a wine regularly on our list of great Cabs....

As the largest private vineyard owners in Napa Valley, the Laird family has an incredible tool box for their own label. Add the talents of consulting winemaker Paul Hobbs, and you have an awesome track record of consistency and quality. Their ’09 Jillian’s pops in the glass...

Every year we think Special Selection can't get any more - well, special - and we're reminded not to underestimate Caymus. The darkest purple imaginable, the 2010 is a cannon blast of ripe dark berries...

The Mondavi legacy lives on with this impressive Cab that seriously over-delivers for the dough. Dark fruit notes of wild cherry and cassis are backed by a mineral grip usually only found in flashy Napa heavyweights....

The fire roars again! After calling in a few markers and getting the keys to a couple of great cellars, we nailed it. Supple black cherry, blackberry and blueberry notes sing three-part harmony with...

Always among our strongest value propositions in the world of Cabernet, Ridge Runner has made us plenty of friends over the years....

Lifted black fruits, blueberry pie and a creamy mid-palate texture point to a wine that would fool a lot of people trying to pin a price tag on it. This is the sort of juice you guiltlessly stockpile as a house wine.

Don't let Mr. Rivers' size fool you. He can run with the big dogs when it comes to palate pleasure. A Zin-based blend that leans to the sweet, dark berry fruit and chocolate-cherry realm...

McPrice Meyers has received a lot of love over the years from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate for his ripe, silky, open-knit wines, and the new Paydirt release certainly fits that portrait. A kitchen sink, Grenache-based blend dominated by...

A phenomenal value from Napa Valley, the 2012 Streamside is pure precision. Green apple, pear and citrus rind flavors zip across the palate without any oak standing in the way. It's all about clean fruit from a vineyard in the heart of Oakville. We just made finding your new house white a lot easier.

If hindsight is 20/20, then what's foresight worth? Napa Cab isn't getting any cheaper, yet these guys somehow managed to deliver the goods for a pittance....

With '09 being perhaps the best modern California Pinot vintage and Gary Farrell at the controls… you're going to like it. Bright, lifted...

A catalog staple for the past few years for its notable "taste-per-dollar," Headwaters delivers again. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate called it, "a deep...

Hold on to something steady when you pull the cork on this little vixen. She means business. A blend of equal parts Cabernet, Syrah and Zinfandel, this is right in the wheelhouse of fans of wines like “The Prisoner” and other such exercises in hedonism. Sweet, supple layers of black fruits...

This 2010 is arguably the best wine they’ve produced to date, and given the press on previous vintages, we’re talking about something pretty special here. Black cherries, blackberries, graphite and seductive oak spice meet a palate weight that’s...

Magical stuff. This is one of the finest appellation-level Chards we’ve had from the Ramey cellar, and that’s saying something serious. Stone fruits, jasmine and orange peel with a beautifully defined...

Occasionally, we run into a bargain that it would be nonsense to overlook. Toby Forman – son of Napa winemaking legend Ric Forman – apparently inherited his old man’s cellar skills and adherence to fiscal responsibility. This is a flat-out ridiculous value....