An Atwater Estate Vineyards , Cabernet-Merlot 2007. blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Merlot. Winemakers notes: This dynamic duo combines the brawn of Cabernet Sauvignon and the suppleness of Merlot. Tags: Cabernet-Merlot New York Seneca Wine Trail red wine Finger Lakes Can't do much better than that. Alcohol: 13.0% MORE >>

Winemakers Notes: Syrah has found an ideal home in the Finger Lakes , where our climate mimics France's Rhone Valley, where the grape produces some of the finest wines in the world. Syrah has always been one to those wines I could take or leave it. Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. From that day on I was a fan. MORE >>

Cabernet franc usually shows well for the uninitiated in warmer vintages and this one convinced most people while others found it to be green. Finally, we concluded with a wine that was unanimously popular in my NYU class this fall, the Lopez de Heredia, Tondonia, Reserva 2001 ($40). “Will you wear a wool hat?,” MORE >>

Cabernet franc grown on limestone from a top grower in Chinon. Napanook 2007 cabernet sauvignon : This wine’s list price is about $50 but I’ve seen it online as low as $35. Even though it is the “second&# wine from the Dominus estate, it has the seductiveness of good cabernet. And around $30 a bottle? MORE >>

The first one I opened was the Martellotto 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. A4C has released three wines from Central Coast California: a Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, and a Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon blend. Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon California red wine Paso Robles Zinfandel Now Cabs I have no problem with. MORE >>