The 2012 Milestone Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from vineyards in more than one California grape growing AVA. Milestone Winery is one of Constellation Brands 121 different wine labels, Constellation is the largest wine producer in the world, their labels include Ravenswood, Robert Mondavi, Toasted Head and Kim Crawford. Milestone Wines were created by Brian…
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The 2012 LaPlaya Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc sourced from grapes grown in the Colchagua Valley inside the Central Valley of Chile. The Colchagua Valley is one of the best grape growing regions in Chile and in 2005 won Wine Enthusiast’s World Wine Region of the Year award….
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The 2012 Bonny Doon A Proper Claret is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Petite Verdot, 8% Tannat and 1% Petite Sirah sourced from more than one California grape growing AVA. A Claret is an English term for a Red wine produced with a mix of the traditional Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet…
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The 2011 Snap Dragon Cabernet Sauvignon is 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petite Sirah and 3% Merlot sourced from multiple vineyards in the 81% Lodi AVA (the bottle front label lists California for the grape origin, but since 75% of the grapes came from Lodi, the bottle could have legally shown Lodi) and 19% from the Central…
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The 2012 Dancing Flame Cabernet Sauvignon is a $4.99 ALDI import exclusive, sourced from vineyards in the Central Valley of Chile. This Cabernet is produced by Vina Luis Felipe Edwards, a family owned winery in business since 1976 and this wine is exported to 60 different countries. The Dancing Flame was aged in oak for…
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The 2012 Legend of the Vine Cabernet Sauvignon is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot and 8% Petite Sirah sourced from vineyards in 95% the Central Coast AVA and 5% the North Coast AVA. The Legend of the Vine is one of Rosenblum Cellars and The WIne Bar, Inc. many wine brands. The 2012 wine vintage…
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The 2011 Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from Estate grown grapes in the Colchagua Valley of Chile’s Central Valley. Los Vascos translates to The Basques, which is a region in northern Spain and southern France. In 1750, the Echenique family, who had migrated from the Basque region, founded this vineyard. In 1988, Barons de Rothschild, of…
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The 2010 James Mitchell Estate Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon also includes a little Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Merlot and a touch of Malbec sourced from James Mitchell vineyards in the Lodi AVA of California. James Mitchell is one of Avenui Brands many labels world wide, Avenui Brands is a division of Codorniu, the largest producers of…
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The 2012 La Playa Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc sourced from La Playa’s 600 acre sustainably farmed vineyard in the Colchagua Valley sub region of the Rapel Valley inside Chile’s Central Valley. The Colchagua Valley is one of Chile’s premier growing areas for Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Carmenere….
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The 2012 Restivo Silver Series Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a vineyard in the Barrancas sub-region of the Maipu District inside the Mendoza grape growing area of Argentina. Barrancas differs from the rest of Maipu in that it lies at a lower altitude (2,500 ft) and is warmer and drier. The main growing factors for…
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The 2012 Skinnygirl Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from vineyards located in more than one California grape growing AVA. This Cabernet Sauvignon is part of Bethenny Frankel’s growing low-cal line of wines, pre-mixed drinks and spirits. The Skinnygirl Cabernet has 100 calories per 5 ounce serving and has a 10% alcohol content, a typical Cabernet Sauvignon has 123…
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The 2011 Mascara de Fuego (Mask of Fire) Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from several vineyards in the Central Valley of Chile. The Mascara de Fuego line is the entry level brand for Chateau Los Boldos, a family owned wine Estate founded in 1991. Their vineyards are much older, the Cabernet Sauvignon vines were planted in…
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The 2011 Carnivor Cabernet Sauvignon is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petite Sirah, 5% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc sourced from vineyards in more than one California grape growing AVA, but mainly from Lodi and the San Joaquin Valley (east of the San Francisco Bay in the Central Valley) in Northern California. Carnivor is one of…
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The 2011 Rickshaw Cabernet Sauvignon is 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc sourced from vineyards in Napa Valley, Sonoma, Paso Robles and Mendocino. Rickshaw Wines are sourced from up to 24 different lots of grapes (different vineyards, different sections of a vineyard, aged for varying times in new or used oak barrels),…
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The 2011 Chateau St Jean California Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from vineyards in Santa Barbara and Paso Robles in the Central Coast AVA and vineyards in Sonoma to Lake County in the North Coast AVA. Chateau St Jean is known for their high-end Estate wines, but the this is their entry level Cabernet Sauvignon and…
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The 2012 Castle Rock Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon is one of Castle Rocks 3 AVA specific Cabernets, the other two are sourced from Napa Valley or the Columbia Valley in Washington State. Castle Rock owns no vineyards and does not have its own winery facilities, instead they have long term relationships with grape growers in…
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The 2011 HandCraft Cabernet Sauvignon, with a small amount of Sangiovese added in, is sourced from vineyards located in more than one California grape growing AVA. HandCraft is one of DFV Wines many labels, Gnarly Head, Bota Box, Twisted, {Noble Vines}, Twisted and Brazin along with several others. HandCraft is a project run by Cheryl…
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The 2011 Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from vineyards from three different grape growing valleys inside Chile’s Central Valley. Casillero del Torro is one of the value labels owned by Concha Y Toro a huge winery that has been in business for 130 years, they also produce/own Cono Sur, Trivento…
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The 2012 Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from vineyards in the Central Valley of Chile. Smoking Loon is one of Don Sebastiani and Sons labels, others include Pepperwood, The Crusher and Project Paso. They are negociants, which means they own no vineyards, through their contacts and sources they find excess grapes or juice from other vineyards around…
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The 2010 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Merlot sourced mainly from vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA and the Wahluke Slope AVA inside the larger Columbia Valley AVA in Washington State. 99% of the grapes grown in Washington are grown in the Columbia Valley…
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The 2010 California 37 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the band Train’s line of wines, though you would not know it by looking at the label unless you happen to know their 2012 album was named California 37. California 37 is one of Under Dog Wines many labels, which also include Cupcake, flipflop, Big House,…
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The 2012 Black Mountain Fat Cat Cabernet Sauvignon is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive produced for them (this is the 30th anniversary edition) by Bronco Wines (2 Buck Chuck). Trader Joe’s started in 1967 and Bronco in 1973. Black Mountain is one of Bronco Wines 60+ wine labels and the reason they can produce so…
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The Stark Raving Cab (that’s right, Cab, not Cabernet Sauvignon) is a non-vintage Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from grapes grown in the Languedoc region of France, with about 15% Grenache blended in. Stark Raving is a Brand put together by Rosenblum Cellars, a leading producer of California Zinfandel. Value priced wines are often non-vintage to keep…
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The 2010 Kenwood Vineyards Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon is 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 3% Syrah sourced mainly from vineyards in Alexander Valley, Dry Creek and Sonoma Valley in the Sonoma AVA of Northern California. The grapes from each individual vineyards were fermented and aged separately and then blended to taste just before bottling….
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The 2011 Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a Trader Joe’s $7.99 exclusive sourced from grapes grown somewhere in Napa Valley, California. Trader Joe’s says one of their long time wine partners needed to sell some of their Cabernet Sauvignon, the price was right, so here it is. Back in 2008, when…
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