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2023 Carneros Creek Reserve Chardonnay ($29.95) Carneros Creek Winery (now a brand under Carneros Wine Company) was originally founded by Francis Mahoney in 1972. While the physical winery was sold to Michael Mondavi in 2006, the Mahoney family ha...
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Chardonnay   * Image from Wikimedia Commons * Chardonnay is one of the most widely planted varieties. Although it is probably ...
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2020 Sobon Estate Amador County Barbera ($17) Shenandoah Vineyards in Plymouth, CA, was founded in 1977 by Shirley and Leon Sobon. They moved from Los Altos, California, where Leon was a Senior Scientist with the Lockheed Research Lab. Leon’s gift...
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Carménère 🍷  * Carmenere grapes grown at Equinox Vineyard, Olanesti, Moldova ( Wikimedia Commons ) * The name Carménère** **(kar-men-nair) comes from the French word carmin (meaning crimson...
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2021 Chateau Ste. Michelle Indian Wells Cabernet Sauvignon ($19.99) When Chateau Ste. Michelle was founded in 1967, many believed great wine could only come from Italy or California. Their founders set out to prove otherwise—and in doing so, estab...
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2023 Bezel Cabernet Sauvignon ($29.99) Bezel is a new wine adventure from the famed Cakebread Family of wines. Since 1973, they have made wine in Napa Valley at Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford, California. But with Bezel, they are breaking out of...
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Cabernet Sauvignon 🍷  * Photo by Christophe Eyquem, Wikimedia Commons * Widely considered the “King of Red Wines,” Cabernet Sauvignon is the world’s most widely planted and renowne...
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2023 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Parallèle 45 Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge ($15.99) Parallèle 45 is named after the earth’s 45th parallel, a famous circle of latitude that marks the midpoint between the equator and the North Pole. It also passes over the cellars o...
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Cabernet Franc 🍷  * Image from Wikimedia Commons ( Ursula Brühl, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) , * Cabernet Franc (often referred to as Cab Franc) is a lesser know grape, but it’s actually the...
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