, Fumé Blanc, and garnering headlines for their 1969 and 1970 vintages of “unfiltered” Cabernet Sauvignon. So, too, with Heitz Cellars 1968, 1969, and 1970 Martha’s Vineyard Cabernets; Beaulieu with their 1964,...

You can’t go wrong with anything from Kendall-Jackson or Rodney Strong, both excellent California Vineyards. Also, I like the Robert Mondavi Private Reserve line of Johannisburg Reisling, or anything from Beaulieu Vineyards...

rotisserie chicken, I think they call it Hacked Chicken salad. Kind of sweet sour crunchy, nice with a glass of Trefethen Riesling. It is kind of a local favorite, shares a parking lot with Beaulieu Vineyards right on highway 29,...

with an oven roasted corn on the cob, as well as a baby spinach salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, and balsamic dressing. We finished the bottle at the end of the night on its own. I think I may have a man crush on Nic. 2003...

Popped the corks or two recent purchases this weekend: Beaulieu Vineyards 2004 Tapestry Red Wine – a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot and malbec. ABV 14.5 %. Served with grilled bone-in NY...

article said Reagan’s favorite wine was Beaulieu's Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s also this article from the Aug. 16, 1981, New York Times: Legh Knowles, B.V.'s president and an ardent yarn-spinner, tells...

Caymus Vineyards is on the eastern edge of the Rutherford Bench soils zone... For a wine most similar to Caymus, substitute another rutherford cabernet. There are so many possibilities... St. Supery, Conn Creek, Quintessa, Frogs...

shops (which is fairly easy since I live in New York City) or vineyard direct. Unless I am traveling, I never purchase wine from grocery stores, Costco, Sam’s Club, Trader Joe’s, or that sort of thing. When I’ve...

What I mean by that is that there is no Joseph Phelps, no Opus One, no Beaulieu Vineyards, no Cain, etc.. Yes, some of the wineries in the membership are large, i.e. Kendall-Jackson. Some are known for their Meritage, i.e. Flora...

Beaulieu is nice... compact... I’d suggest make a list of those you want to visit THEN find out which are offering “reserve tastings” on that particular day.

of Merlot — all between $10-$20: Alexander Valley Vineyards — Alexander Valley Beaulieu — Napa Benziger — Sonoma Beringer — Napa Buena Vista — Carneros Canoe Ridge — Washington Chateau Ste...

If you look at the package it says made with organicly grown grapes. One of the problems is that retailers put it in the organic section of a lot of stores. To be totally organic your vineyards need to be certified (which...

Rombauer Grgich Duckhorn Van Der Heyden Beaulieu (sp?) These will change within the next 5 minutes tho. I would throw Silver Oak and Pine Ridge too... I dunno. Just, whatever you do... HIT ROMBAUER.

— another good one is Fenestra. The link below is to the Thomas Coyne page on a site called California’s Hidden Wineries, which you may want explore further. And, yes, the Wente Vineyards restaurant in Livermore is...

," meaning you ignored the excessive VA and enjoyed the Chianti Classico Riserva anyway. My exposure to “serious” California wine was, at this time, pretty much limited, to the reserve bottlings of Cabernet Sauvignon...