Founded in 1988 by Dave Miner, president of Oakville Ranch Vineyards, along with his wife Emily and his parents, Ed and Norma. Gorgeous light Ruby on the pour, ample red fruit aromas with oaky spice notes. Palate has big cherry and sweet red plum flavors, cacao and cinnamon spice with balanced oak. Rich full soft tannins lingering finish ending with herb character. Very Nice! Went well with a Halibut Livornese. — 8 years ago
Great Grenache. — 9 years ago
Classic Dave Phinney, inspired by tradition but his totally his expression. Bold and textured, long finish, solid. — 9 years ago
Dave Mathews — 9 years ago
One of my favs I love all of Dave Matthews wine — 10 years ago
Big, bold and juicy. High tannins. Dave Phinney strikes again!!! — 10 years ago
Good zin had to decant — 11 years ago
Dave Phinney Locations — 11 years ago
Locations by Dave Phinney (Orin Swift). This bottle is the Agentina 2. Fantastic wine straight out of the bottle, but look forward to letting a few age. — 12 years ago
I really liked this! Very smooth! — 7 years ago
2013. Full bodied. Hint of current, and a smooth after. — 8 years ago
Another great Dave Phinney wine, this more price approachable blend is really good. Fruit forward, berries, vanilla and some aniseed flavours. This 'lesser' wine knocks many more expensive competitors off their podiums. Glad to have found it. — 8 years ago
Domestic Barbera — 9 years ago
a bit heavy on alcohol at almost 16% but huge delivery, typical Dave Phinney style — 9 years ago
Really great blend. Sweeter, berry front with a slightly dry, woody finish. Seriously delicious. Will buy again. And again. And again. — 10 years ago
Light, not overpowering. Not a lot of tannins — 10 years ago
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir. Deep ruby color with bright red fruit and beautiful acid indicative of a cool climate Pinot. Great structure with notes of winter spices, coffee and chocolate. Produced by two of nicest guys I have have ever met, Rich Aurillas and Dave Roberts - both former baseball players and all around good guys. Only 150 cases produced. — 11 years ago
Dave Bowling provided — 12 years ago
"I" by Dave Phinney. Superb Italian cab blend. — 12 years ago
There's this like pink bubble gum flavor throughout (maybe this is Dave Matthews contribution?) but there great dry finish. Really interesting - would recommend. $12.34 from golden eagle — 8 years ago
Palermo from Orin Swift borrows its label, featuring a mummified Capuchin priest, from one of a series of images taken by National Geographic photographer Vincent J. Musi of 16th century Capuchin Catacombs. Four long limestone corridors underneath the Capuchin Church in Palermo, Sicily hold about 8000 mummies. After looking over the rest of Musi’s series, I’m surprised Dave Phinney didn’t create an entire line of wines using the images from this collection. Cabernet Sauvignon with small amounts of Malbec and Merlot, and all from Napa Valley. Packed with extracted dark fruit, cassis, vanilla, cedar, and chocolate, the Palermo eschews nuance in the name of hedonism. — 8 years ago
From Corsica, an island south of France and west of Italy. The grape is vermentino. Mineral nose, slight hint of flowers, can't tell the fruit... maybe pear, yellow apple. Excellent wine for under $20 price. I am in love with Corsica! — 9 years ago
First mentioning bought this at a rite aid!!! Not in NY!! also Dave Matthews - more reason to love it! Silky and rich sooo good! — 9 years ago
A Scott Harvey masterpiece. — 10 years ago
Always a favourite. Drank with Dave & Colleen after a night at Le Grand — 10 years ago
Refreshing clean finish from the Central Coast. Faint pear and burnt caramel with a slight citrus overtone. Delightful with grilled fish or chicken. Dave Mathews is affiliated with the winery. Reasonably priced -
go buy a bottle and give it a try - you'll end up buying more... — 10 years ago
Good spice but smooth (birthday wine) — 11 years ago
Dave recommended this one — 12 years ago
Wonderful. Spanish Red Wine Dave Phinney-Orin swift — 13 years ago
Brian Boulden
Excellent rich full body wine. Fantastic wine to relax with and kick back in the evening. Big fan of Scott’s wines — 7 years ago