Keep An Eye On The Wine Shelf

Six wines guaranteed to please you...
for five different reasons. We explain:

PALOMA Merlot, Spring Mountain
Napa Valley 2006 $58/bottle

is our featured
"Wine Country Classic"
Hands-down one of the best Merlots made in California. From Spring Mountain, high above the Valley floor. 15% Cab Sauv adds more body and girth. Enjoy from now through 2015. Dense, dark and very rich. Taste blackberry liqueur, dark chocolate, vanilla bean, tobacco, pomegranate. Well endowed while maintaining the silkiness of Merlot.
Here are all of our "Wine Country Classics"

PRIEST RANCH Cabernet Sauvignon

Napa Valley 2006 $36/bottle
is our "Rising Wine Star"
From a hillside vineyard east of the Valley floor. This is the kinda Cab we like to drink at BRW. It marries rich Napa ripeness with Bordeaux-like tobacco, cocoa and earthy spice. Taste black cherry, pomegranate, cedar, black olive, bittersweet chocolate, earth & roasted meat. Powerful and intriguing. Decant & enjoy.Here are all our "Rising Wine Stars"

B. KOSUGE Pinot Noir "The Shop"

Carneros 2007 $34/bottle
is one of "Daniel Dawson's Picks"
Could be our favorite VERY LOCAL Pinot Noir. "The Shop" is a working vineyard shop in The Carneros, and this vineyard is its neighbor. You'll love the rich, juicy, friendly, dark berry cherry fruit along with the body, spice and sweet-soil notes in this wine. Heck, we just plain LIKE IT!

JULES MELANGE Claret

Napa Valley 2006 $28/bottle
is another "Daniel Dawson's Picks"
This wine continues to get glowing customer reviews. Tony of Los Gatos, CA wrote me, "This is an awesome wine and superb value. One of the best you have ever offered, in my humble opinion."
This is a rich and very smooth red blend of Cab Franc, Merlot and Syrah. Smell & taste smoky oak, plum jam, cracked pepper, dark raspberries, strawberry pie and violets. Wonderful concentration and polish. 125 cases made.
All of Daniel Dawson's current picks are here.

GREEN & RED Zinfandel

Chiles Canyon Vineyards,
Napa Valley 2007 $23/bottle
is in the current Food & Wine Blog.
With Green & Red Zin in glass, I played with sweet, summer, heirloom tomatoes. How to make this more unlikely match a pairing to remember? To find the answer, I went for taste comparisons rather than contrasts.
The sweetness of the tomato and the wine are easy, and it worked. The Zin's "sweetness" came out more. As for the spice, three things: extra virgin olive oil, cracked black pepper and chopped fresh basil. Pepper in the oil and black pepper matched that in the Zin nicely. The minty-ish spice of the basil matched with the mint/licorice note in the wine. Oh, one more thing: Balsamic Vinegar. Getting back to match sweet with sweet again. And it did! Great match that you can do at home. But be sure to get good, vine-ripened tomatoes.
Here are more Food & Wine Blogs

PARLAY "The Bookmaker"

Red Wine, Napa Valley 2007 $17/bottle is our latest "Great Wine Deal"
A classic, lush, seductive, right-atcha Napa red blend. Made by Ramian Estate, this is 60% Cab Sauv, 40% Syrah, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel. Berry liqueur, pie spice, exceptional richness, good balancing acidity. Ready to drink and fall in love with. 970 cases made. Check it out for yourself all of August.
We're pouring Parlay EVERY DAY, ALL DAY in our Wine Flight.
This way to all our current Great Wine Deals

Mixed Case, 2 bottles of each: $350
includes 10% case discount

Half Case, 1 bottle of each: $185
includes 5% discount

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