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 >>

This week at the Italian Culinary Center in New York City I had the pleasure of meeting Adolfo Folonari, co-CEO of Ruffino, who put together a tasting of his wines, and Cesare Casella, currently of Salumeria Rosi, who created the pairing menu. After the initial tasting, we moved on to the luncheon where there were four more wines to sample. MORE >>

An Atwater Estate Vineyards , Cabernet-Merlot 2007. blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Merlot. In the mouth, the taste was more mature than I thought it should be at it's young age, soft and mellow with a hint of chocolate. Tags: Cabernet-Merlot New York Seneca Wine Trail red wine Finger Lakes Alcohol: 13.0% MORE >>

So, it was a very short tour, but a very enjoyable day and I got to taste some very nice wines from one of the youngest wineries in the Finger Lakes. had already tasted and reviewed their 2007 Cabernet Franc and found that to be one of the best Finger Lakes '07 Cab Francs from what was a very good FLX vintage. Lake Rd. MORE >>

might also be tempted to buy a case of the 2001 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon (about $50; find this wine ), which is one of the few wineries still making wines exactly as they were made in the 1970s. If its not a tasting night with samples, usually red Burgundy. broke it up in to two postings. Onward! And five years? MORE >>