Blackstone Winery offers a Cabernet Sauvignon which I picked up yesterday on sale for $8 a bottle (750 ML). It says California on the label so I know that the grapes don’t come from a specific American Viticultural Area. Reading this Cabernet wine’s label you’ll discover the grapes come from the Central Coast, Sonoma and [...]
A Cabernet Sauvignon for under $5 a Bottle?
Many folks are hurting these days monetarily. This inspired me to try a very affordable Cabernet wine. This wine would be Crane Lake Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 and I purchased it for$4.50 a bottle (750 ml) plus tax. Its natural to be skeptical especially at this price level but heck if its not good its not [...]
Did you know that Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon was once Great?
Yes Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon wine, who’s name you’ve seen undoubtedly in the liquor store, was once a great wine. During a time that stretched from 1939 until 1964 John Daniel Jr. ran Inglenook and made some phenomenal legendary cask Cabernet Sauvignons. In fact a bottle of the 1941 vintage sold for almost $25,000 dollars. [...]
337 Cabernet Sauvignon (2007)
Cheers to 337 Cabernet Sauvignon wine. It made for nice pair last night with my homemade tomato sauce. This wine’s name is 337 because that refers to the clone or genetic mutation the grapes are from (this specific genetic mutation has heritage in Bordeaux France). This Cabernet wine is made in a great American Viticultural [...]
Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon (2008)
Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon (vintage 2008) is my first go at trying an Argentinian wine. In my latest trip to the wine store I figured I’d go with instinct and try the first Cabernet that caught my eye. So I came across Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon and thought it won’t kill my wallet and why not see [...]
Glass Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon (2005)
Glass Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon (vintage 2005) is a Cabernet that is made and bottled in the famous Napa Valley California. The wine is labeled California and so the grapes are taken from different regions in the state. Glass Mountain Cabernet is product of Markham Vineyards (perhaps a value play product for them) and the Terlato [...]
Beaulieu Vinyard Coastal Estates Cabernet Sauvignon (2006)
BV (Beaulieu Vinyard) Coastal Estates Cabernet Sauvignon is a solid Cabernet that you can find in the $10 a 750 fl bottle range. If you can get it for $9 its a good deal as I spent $10.50 for my last bottle of it. You’ll find that BV offers a wide range of Cabernets, the [...]
Reserve Maison Nicolas Cabernet Sauvignon
Recently I haven’t had good luck with French wines. When I took a trip to pick up a bottle of wine recently for some reason I was compelled to have a French wine. Now generally French wines are classified by their origin but some are allowed to use a varietal on the label. This category [...]
Toasted Head North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon (2006)
Wine labels get more and more interesting all the time. Perhaps there is great marketing value in them. My latest new wine try (Toasted Head Cabernet Sauvignon) had a label along with a price point that made me say, “lets give it a try.” The wine label has a picture of a bear with flames [...]
Dancing Bull Cabernet Sauvignon (2006)
My recent trip to the wine store had me looking to experiment with a new wine. I was in the mood for a Cabernet Sauvignon from California. At the same time I wasn’t looking to put a big hole in my pocket so I looked in the $10 range. That leaves most Cabernets from Napa [...]