One of Napa Valley’s magnificent historic stone wineries, Far Niente (the name means “without a care” in Italian) was founded in 1885. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Founded in 1979 by famous California architect William Turnbull along with friend and attorney Reverdy Johnson,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

If you’ve never drunk a great franc, you must try Detert. Beautifully intense and rich (but not fat), it flows with layers of lavender, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Driving north on Highway 29 in the Napa Valley, as you come around a slight bend The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Opus One was the first California/France joint venture in the Napa Valley—and among two acclaimed figures, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

For pure hedonism and “aliveness,” the MACDONALD cabernet sauvignon is it. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

With his set jaw, flowing white hair and piercing blue eyes, Bill Harlan looks like he could have walked out of the novel Atlas ShruggedThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Naoko Dalla Valle and her late husband Gustav founded Dalla Valle in 1986. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Groth’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a small rocky section of the Groth estate in the heart of Oakville. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Jeff Gargiulo’s background in growing things (he was CEO of both Sunkist and one of the largest tomato and vegetable companies in the U.S.), The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Superb freshness and delicious fruit-driven flavors reminiscent of pears and peaches. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The spicy/minerally side of Prosecco Superiore, with nice notes of ripe peaches and plums.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Lively peach and plum flavors with wisps of lime zest. Thirst quenching.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The lovely “little sister” of Bisol’s “Crede;” fresh creamy pear flavors. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Crisp and limey with touches of spice. Balanced and long. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Exuberant and joyful with delicious pear notes and lacy bubbles.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Earthy, spicy, and rich. Finely etched and deeply resonant flavors. Lots of gravitas.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Juicy, minerally, and very vivid. If you love super crisp Champagne, this is it.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

If I could only drink one bottle of Champagne this season (not likely), The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Like drinking snowflakes, laced with a touch of vanilla. Lacy, fresh, and crisp.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

As fresh and light as rarefied mountain air. Plus a texture that’s whipped cream. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Chappellet’s PH cabernets always have a dark, sexy personality. They’re majestic wines, tight and even angular when young, but always hugely expressive and delicious. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Groth is like the Margaux of Napa Valley—it can be depended on to be elegant, beautifully modulated, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

When they first came out, the Calera pinots were among the first in California with cult status. This shows why. Complex, with lots of gravitas. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

This pinot has sheer beauty plus a core of dark richness. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Breathtakingly expensive. But SO breathtaking as a wine. It has a lit-from-within ethereal quality that only the greatest cabernets possess. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Beautiful foresty aromas reveal a cabernet that’s both tightly concentrated and wonderfully The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Long, supple, earthy and spicy. The famous Savoy vineyard is known for exquisitely silky pinots.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Crystalline crisp, spicy and vivid. I love Champagnes that dance in your mouth.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A force of Nature. Firm, powerfully structured, built to last. Nice rich core of blackberry fruit in the center.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Understated in the way young Bordeaux can be, but beautifully balanced, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Long swaths of sleek black cabernet fruit. A quiet but formidable beauty. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Complex, rich, vivid. Expensive but oh so good.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Rich, spicy, exquisite. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Limey, mineraly, long, supple.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Minerally, citrusy, bright, lovely.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Our go-to for snappy Sancerre.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The mothership. Bracing and vivid.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Racy, tangy and stony.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Precise, delicious, long, lively.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Massively structured. But with a little air and a big steak—fantastic.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

This is super consultant Michel Rolland’s wine, and it’s gorgeous. But it will be even better in five to ten years so think: delayed gratification.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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