2016 Panthera Russian River Valley Chardonnay from The Hess Collection ($45) This 100% Chardonnay comes from The Hess Collection of wines from the Russian River Valley. Hess Family wines was founded by Donald Hess in 1978. Today, Tim Persson (Don...
2016 Lion Tamer Red - The Hess Collection ($45) This red blend comes from The Hess Collection of wines from Napa Valley. Hess Family wines was founded by Donald Hess in 1978. Today, Tim Persson (Donald’s son in law) and his wife Sabrina are owner...
2016 Hess Select Pinot Noir ($20) This Pinot Noir from Hess Select is from California’s Central Coast. Specifically, the Sarmento Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands region. From the Gablian Mountains in Monterey, these grapes experience the coo...
2015 Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon ($20) This Cabernet from Hess Select is from California’s North Coast. The wine is produced from Hess estate vineyards in Napa along with grapes from Lake County and Mendocino County. Hess states that “The roll...
2016 Artezin Old Vine Zinfandel ($18) This Zinfandel comes from California’s Mendocino County that has a climate with warm days and cool evenings that provides for great growing conditions and optimal ripening. Winemaker Randle Johnson, who has be...
2014 Hess Collection Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon ($65) Wow! Napa turns out great Cabs, and this is one of them. This blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Malbec and 3% Petite Verdot yields a bold yet somehow delicate collection of dark fruit f...
2015 Hess Collection Allomi Napa Cabernet Sauvignon ($32)  At this point, one would assume that a 2015 Napa Cab is a bit too young to be at its peak. And, while that may be so, thi...
2015 The Hess Collection Napa Valley Estate Chardonnay ($22)  This week’s feature is The Hess Collection’s 2015 Napa Valley Chardonnay. This wonderful 100% Chardonnay features flavors of appl...