90% of the Quality at 50% of the Price

Second Label Tasting!
Saturday September 17th, 2011
11am - 8pm

We did a "sibling" wine tasting back in February and you, our customers, asked if we could do it again with some different wines. Well, ask and you shall receive. Other than Pahlmeyer (which is really a perfect example of this type of tasting) all the wines are "sibling" wines and brand new to the tasting!

Sometimes the greatest of the great wines are just simply out of our reach. That being said, you may not know that most of the world's most expensive wines produce second label "sibling" wines, often times with the excess juice that went into the $100 cuvees. It is a rare opportunity to be able to taste the flagship wine right next to its second label offering, but that is exactly what we are doing for you this weekend. Find out if the $100 Napa Cab is better than the $35 second offering - perhaps the $75 estate wine really isn't worth it for you compared right next to the $25 second label Cabernet from the same producer. One of the estates we will be featuring this weekend is Napa Valley legend Pahlmeyer. Jayson Pahlmeyer summed up his second label "Jayson", by saying “The Jayson goes into the same brand new French oak barrels [as the main label, Pahlmeyer], has the same barrel-aging regimen, same blending, same care and dedication from my winemaker,” Pahlmeyer explains. “It’s 90 percent of the quality at 50 percent of the price.”

"90% of the quality at 50% of the price" - now that is an equation we are ready to get on board with! We think you'll be astounded how close these second labels taste to the real thing! Come in this Saturday and see for yourself! We have something for everyone, Cabernet from California, Barolo from Italy, Chateauneuf from France, and more!

Wineries featured include:

Pahlmeyer Winery

2006 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red
2008 Pahlmeyer "Jayson" Red


Ladera Winery



2005 Ladera "Lone Canyon" Cabernet
2007 Ladera Napa Valley Cabernet


Belle Glos

2009 Belle Glos "Clark & Telephone" Pinot Noir
2009 Belle Glos "Meiomi" Pinot Noir


Bodegas Atteca



2007 Atteca "Armas" Garnacha
2008 Atteca "Atteca" Garnacha
2010 Atteca "Honoro Vera" Garnacha

Domaine Marcoux


2009 Marcoux Chateauneuf du Pape
2010 Marcoux Cotes du Rhone