by George Bato | Mar 17, 2020
GROTH 2016 RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON OAKVILLE | NAPA VALLEY More often than not, by the time you read about a wine featured on the prestigious Wine Spectator Top 100 list, let alone the Top 5, the wine is long gone… Groth’s 2016 Reserve Cabernet, which...
by George Bato | Mar 1, 2020
MENDING WALL 2015 PETITE SIRAH PALISADES VINEYARD NAPA VALLEY When it comes to the greatest Petite Sirah vineyards in California, the Palisades Vineyard in Calistoga, which was the source for the iconic Carver Sutro Petite Sirah for years, is foremost. The site...
by George Bato | Feb 15, 2020
BEAULIEU VINEYARDS GEORGES DE LATOUR 2016 PRIVATE RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON After 80 vintages, BV’s iconic Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is as solid as ever. They’re consistently one the top rated Napa Cabs, and they invariably...
by George Bato | Feb 6, 2020
MORLET FAMILY VINEYARDS 2014 COEUR DE VALLE CABERNET SAUVIGNON OAKVILLE | NAPA VALLEY Is it worth it? When you try a wine that comes from the greatest vineyard in the New World, made by a cult-level winemaker, will it stand-out so far above anything else, that’s...