Last night we hosted some friends for dinner and we decided to do a blind tasting of three cabs. One of them was the Columbia Crest 2005 Reserve Cab rated #1 wine of the year by Wine Spectator. The others where Northstar Wineries Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Grgich Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The reason for doing this blind was to see if the Columbia Crest really stood out from the others which it Read on...
I've been a fan of the good value found in third label wines of Wild Horse Winery & Vineyards for some time now. Their baseline Wild Horse line of wines are always a good bet for high QPR every vintage, particularly the widely available Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. I had yet to ever try their two high end labels however, so when I was invited to have dinner with their Director of Winemaking and taste through their top wines at the tasty Local Kitchen in San Francisco, I jumped on BART and headed over.
