A hot tub and a cool wine...pop and pour. A wondrous inky ruby red. On the nose: blue fruit, plum, wet leaves, dried herbs. Taste: blueberry, spice, minerals....a rich mouthfeel leading to a black cherry vanilla medium finish with some slightly grippy tannins. — 6 years ago

Each of the three sisters plays a role and behaves in the backseat of this family vacation. As long as you don’t forget about the dog tied to the bumper, this fruit forward medley will tantalize. — 7 years ago
Carbonic cranberries. — 8 years ago
Cherry and jammy but with character. Excellent nose and flavor. I don't even particularly gravitate towards cabs but this one's a keeper. — 8 years ago
Excellent. Was a wedding gift so been in the cellar a while. Change considerably after we opened it. — 10 years ago
Blind Tasting Reds 2/13/21, wine 3. Dark red/garnet, vegetal and herby aromas dominate, medium high acid and tannins. — 5 years ago
Good stuff. — 6 years ago
Thoroughly enjoyable 29 year old Zinfandel with grilled lamb. — 7 years ago
Delightfully fruity, soft. Great with vegetables — 7 years ago
Subtle with heavy Citrus fruits. A perfect summer wine with or without food. And a great price to boot! — 9 years ago
Pastiche has half price wines on Wednesday’s so I went for one of their higher priced ($64) bottles. Haven’t had a Jack London Vineyard in a long time so I thought this was the time to try it. Not very complex and a tad sweet. I’m amazed that they can sell this at the $64 price on other nights. Don’t know the retail for this wine. Don’t think I would order again. — 6 years ago
Mom likes. — 7 years ago
2011 vintage — 9 years ago
Steve Distler, owner of Arnyca, is doing consulting for a few small labels out in Napa. As I've posted before, his Arnyca cab franc is my favorite out of Napa Valley. He was the former GM at O'Brien Estate and was able to add them to his portfolio, along with Cobden Wini (winemaker for Arnyca and winemaker at O'Brien), Frias Family and Jack Winery. Killer line-up of small production stuff. We hosted him for a wine dinner and all of it was stellar.
Jack Winery utilizes the talents of Aonair winemaker Grant Long Jr. Jack was started by Vernon Wells (former MLB player) and Chris Ianetta (current MLB player). This '14 cab is from Diamond mountain and drinking well at a young age. Not as monstrous as young Howell Mountain cabs. Red and black fruit dominant with a decent amount of espresso and pepper. Needs to rest for a few years but has very good potential to be extremely good. — 9 years ago


William Feinstein
Beautiful Sonoma Coast Syrah. Won’t ever be confused with an Old World Syrah but no less enjoyable. — 4 years ago