On Friday, June 4, 2021, Elton Slone was joined by Special Guest Mike Dunn to taste & discuss discusse why Howell Mountain remains the best place outside of the right bank of the Gironde to grow this noble variety. Our 2013, 2014, and 2015 merlots were on full display after some time in the cellar,

On Friday, April 30, 2021, Elton and special guest Tom Altemus of Redcap wine for a look at the beautiful wines from one of the most underrated vintages to occur in the Napa Valley in recent memory. After a decade in our library, the Howell Mountain, Mount Veeder and Spring Mountain District Cabernets from the

On Friday, March 5 2021, Elton and Special Guest Donald Patz of Donald Patz Winepreviewed three of our 2013 wines not yet featured in a Virtual Tasting. The 2013 vintage was the perfect example of the stark differences between mountain and valley vineyards in Napa. While valley floor yields were up 15-20% overall, Mountain fruit

On Friday, January 29, 2021, Elton and Special Guest Keith Emerson previewed three rare gems from the Robert Craig Winery portfolio. The hype from the press is not just hyperbole on the 2018 vintage in the Napa Valley. After the classic, but reticent, 2017s, the 2018 vintage wines are powerful, dark and bursting out of

On Friday, November 20 2020, Elton and Special Guest Chris Jambois of Black Sears Vineyard previewed featuring three rare Zinfandels from the neighboring Black Sears Vineyard on Howell Mountain. Black Sears produces Zinfandels of remarkable structure, complexity, age-worthiness, and site expression. On this video, they covered the 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions of this superlative

On Friday, October 16, 2020, Elton and Special Guest vineyard owner and vintner Peter Thompson discussed three thrilling Diamond Mountain District Cabernet selections. We tasted three thrilling Diamond Mountain District Cabernet selections. Both the 2013 and the 2015 vintages from our library were featured along with our 2017 released earlier this year. All three vintages

On Friday, September 11, 2020, we were delighted to share a very special hour of library wine tasting and sparkling conversation with former Cabernet Club Director at RCW of many years, Rachel Miller. Rachel and Elton were joined by current Director of Direct to Consumer Sales & Hospitality Jami Castro for a lively discussion of

On Friday, August 14, 2020, Elton was joined by our very own Jason Price for the 6th entry in our Virtual Tasting Series. First up was the 2014 Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon from our Coombsville, La Londe Vineyard, now showing all of its power and beauty that provide the perfect kick off to a discussion of