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was decades ago (the same can’t be   The magic that is created by this          New Vintage
        said for the 8-track player!), and we   spooky phenomenon, gives the 2018       $39 per bottle
        continue to sell out of it each year.   Entanglement a black inky color and   NOW: $29.25 per bottle (25% case discount)
        However, don’t limit its appeal to the   wild perfumes of lavender, Provencal   Save $9.75 per bottle
        table. This wine’s mouthwatering, ultra-  herbs and earthiness, along with dark,
        ripe strawberry-like fruit and tart-sweet   compote-like boysenberry and smoky   2017 NAPA VALLEY
        finish is great just for sipping come wine-  meat flavors. Cassis follows once you   CABERNET SAUVIGNON
        o-clock!                           take a sip, along with licorice and white   The red counterpoint to our Napa
                   $32 per bottle          pepper. This is one of my favorite wines   Valley Chardonnay is our Napa Valley
         NOW: $24.00 per bottle (25% case discount)  for all around enjoyment and goes so   Cabernet. Both these wines benefit by
                Save $8.00 per bottle      well with savory holiday feasts of fowl   the winemaker’s ability to intricately
                                           or roast.                         blend, down to maybe only a percent
         2018 NAPA VALLEY ENTANGLEMENT       “Best Rhone Red Blend” | 94 Points   or two of a different lot and or variety
                                                 Platinum – Monterey Int’l
        The idea to produce this wine came to       Wine Competition         to craft a wine that is complete from
        Brooks Painter and I when we visited    92 Points – CA Grapevine     start to finish. Reviewing my tasting
        the wine region Châteauneuf-Du-               $44 per bottle         notes on this wine reveals savory and
        Pape in the Rhone region of France.   NOW: $33.00 per bottle (25% case discount)  extracted black fruits, black cherry,
        We instantly fell in love and vowed to     Save $11.00 per bottle    beautiful ripeness, and rich flavors that
        produce our own estate grown, new-                                   completely mask the tannins. On the
        world style blend from the classic   2019 RUSSIAN RIVER ZINFANDEL    drinkability chart, this hits the mark! It is
        Rhône varieties of Syrah, Grenache   Of all our 12 different zinfandels, the   not by accident that this wine excels,
        and Mourvèdre. What sets this wine   2019 Russian River Zinfandel checks all   as it is blended from all our great
        apart from other blends, is that the   the boxes and, in my opinion, finds the   vineyards, including Preston, Morisoli,
        varieties are fermented together, rather   sweet spot for Zinfandel. The eastern   Mt. Veeder and Vittorio’s. This is our
        than separately and blended later. It   Russian River appellation in Sonoma   best-selling Cabernet and I highly
        is precisely this process, by which the   County provides the perfect micro-  recommend this wine for all your
        grapes are co-fermented that something   climate for this old-vine, giving a little   holiday gift giving and meals.
        was created that we could not explain.   more heat during the day as compared   94 Points | Platinum –
        Einstein called this phenomenon,   to those sites further west and closer to   Monterey Wine Competition
                                                                                    Gold – San Francisco
        “spooky action at a distance,” as   the maritime influence, yet cooler than   International Wine Competition
        particles (grapes to us) become linked                                     90 Points – CA Grapevine
        or entangled and eventually share   the heat-drenched sites of Dry Creek.
        the same existence, hence the perfect   You’ll find lots to like with this old-vine   $55 per bottle
        name: Entanglement. I must give credit   Zin. It’s loaded with vibrant dark black   NOW: $41.25 per bottle (25% case discount)
                                                                                    Save $13.75 per bottle
        to Seth Putterman, noted American   fruits, dried herbs, and fragrant
        physicist, Professor of Physics and   vanilla, balanced by delicious dark and
        Astronomy at UCLA and great friend   red berry flavors and a long, lingering
        of V. Sattui, for the collaboration and   finish. This wine makes a superb gift
        naming of this wine.               for the red wine lover and is another
                                           perfect pairing with most holiday meals.
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