Get into a winning holiday spirit with the Winn-Dixie wine advent calendar.

Start the holidays with a Winn! These wine advent calendars make great presents for friends, family, even yourself!
Each day is a new surprise when you reveal a bottle of red, white or even rosé. Use this page to learn more about your wine of the day as you countdown to Christmas!
*While supplies last.

Winn-Dixie wine advent calendar

  • Worldly Wanderlust

    Worldly Wanderlust
    Cabernet Sauvignon – Lodi, California

    Worldly Wanderlust celebrates the spirit of adventure that leads one on the path to discovery. And after having traversed the roads leading to all four corners of the Cabernet Sauvignon making world, we have achieved vinous enlightenment – perhaps the single most underrated terroir for this noble red grape is Lodi, California. This warm region of Northern California produces big, rich, bold and spicy Cabs that are unbelievably consistent across vintages, and always intense and concentrated. No matter where you are on your personal wine quest, a stop in Lodi is immensely gratifying and utterly illuminating.

    Wine Profile

    Worldly Wanderlust’s aromas and flavors of this wine span the sensorial globe, from dark fruits to kitchen spices, along with earth tones and a smoky, meaty undercurrent. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is ripe with flavors that meander across the palate like a well-worn path, visiting red cherries, blackberries, clove and bacon fat notes along the way. A stunning, lingering, chocolatey finish with crunchy minerality and lively rockiness ends with a crunchy tannic edge and a horizon that stretches wide and far across the palate.

    Food Combinations:

    • Steak (of course!)
    • Braised short ribs
    • Roast lamb
    • Aged cheeses
    • Pasta with spicy sausage

    A Little Cab’ll Do Ya

    Since the introduction of classic wine grape varieties to California by the Spanish in the 18th century, wine has played a substantial role in not just the state’s economy, but as a metaphor for the state’s ability to produce the very best in agricultural products, enjoyed by millions of people in every corner of the United States. The terroir is as varied as the geography, with hundreds of grape varieties being grown, and wine produced in 48 counties.

    Lodi is a warm-climate region in the interior of the state, where vineyards are planted alongside the state’s famous citrus and nut crops. One of the first places where winemaking was realized, Lodi contributes something different and special to the patchwork of California wine, and Cabernet is no stranger to these rolling, dusty hills. In Lodi, there is plenty of sunshine to ensure a wine like Worldly Wanderlust’s powerful, opulent personality, but the cool air brought in from the Sacramento River Delta helps to preserve structure and a savory, old world appeal. This convergence of old and new is reflected in the character of Lodi wine, and Worldly Wanderlust is uniquely qualified to recalibrate your perception of what defines a great California Cabernet.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Lodi
    • VINTAGE: 2019
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: The tiny berries produced by these hard-working Cabernet vines contain an extremely high ratio of skin to juice, making a skilled winemaking hand critical in order to manage successful extraction. The Worldly Wanderlust team has worked with Lodi fruit for decades, and the result is a wine of true breed and distinction.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.24%
    • pH: 3.83
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2.79 g/L

  • La Bella Roseraie

    La Bella Roseraie
    Chardonnay – Lodi, California

    Chardonnay is a wine that simply evokes beauty. As implied in the name of this lovely Cali white, the type of diversity that one finds in a beautiful rose garden is reflected in the myriads of styles and growing locations of Chardonnay, perhaps the world’s most noble white wine variety. La Bella Roseraie takes its inspiration from this panoply of styles, expressed in a wine that speaks to all the different sides of Chardonnay. Equal parts creamy and bright, round and focused, fruity and mineral, La Bella Roseraie is a site to behold, and pure joy to drink.

    Wine Profile

    La Bella Roseraie is beautifully aromatic, with scents of tropical and orchard fruit to greet the nose as it meanders, sniffing around the rim of the glass. Our California Chardonnay is ripe and forward, featuring notes of pears, yellow apples and subtle pineapple notes on the finish. A kiss of vanilla oak and buttercream on the finish helps balance the wine’s natural, vibrant acidity.

    Food Combinations:

    • Halibut
    • Roast chicken in cream sauce
    • Clam chowder
    • Smoky cheeses such as Gouda
    • Potato gratin
    • Pasta salad

    Chardonnay Plus

    Chardonnay is perhaps the most versatile and adaptable white wine grape in the world, not to mention the most popular. In California, Chardonnay has found immediate and lasting success, well respected as the queen of white wine varieties, planted in every corner of the state, each producing a unique and delicious wine style. This regional diversification is the key to Chardonnay’s popularity among both winemakers and consumers - California chardonnay adapts incredibly well to the specific growing circumstances in which it’s planted.

    La Bella Roseraie hails from Lodi, an inland region in the northern part of the state, where grape growing has thrived since the dawn of the state’s winegrowing industry. Lodi’s unique terroir provides Chardonnay the ability to consistently develop rich, round flavors that provide immense up-front pleasure, unabashedly fruity and never shy.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Lodi
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Chardonnay
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: After being harvested, La Bella Roseraie grapes are pressed and fermented at cool temperatures, giving our winemaker the ability to regulate fermentation speeds and permitting the wine to retain the orchard fruit characteristics that we love in Lodi Chardonnay. Aging on fine lees and a light filtration is performed before La Bella Roseraie is bottled in strictly anaerobic conditions.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 4.03

  • Shadow

    Shadow
    Zinfandel – Sonoma, California

    Zinfandel indeed casts a long shadow over California wine history in general, and the northern part of the state in particular. This quintessentially American grape variety, Northern California is home to a majority of the state’s Zinfandel plantings, with a history of being vinified for fine wine since the mid-1800’s. Shadow represents the history and historic potential of Northern California and it’s winemaking tradition in an easy-drinking, jammy red wine from a viticultural region synonymous with great Zinfandel.

    Wine Profile

    Wild and untamed, our California Zin offers aromas of ripe berry fruit, white pepper and cigar box. Juicy on the palate, Shadow is dark and fans out nicely on the palate, where a blackberry / raspberry flavor mélange is echoed by hints of spice and forest floor. A mouth-coating finish leaves an impression of cracked pepper and coffee.

    Food Combinations:

    • Spaghetti and meatballs
    • Charcoal-grilled burgers
    • Bacon-wrapped dates
    • Roasted vegetables
    • Pizza
    • Tacos

    Going All Zin

    Northern California is a beautiful region, where the coastal ridges that extend north of San Francisco Bay are home to some of the state’s most well-known vineyards. Studded with coastal pines, craggy ridges and fresh, crisp ocean air, the region has always attracted adventurous souls, independent and self-sufficient.

    Unsurprising, then, that it is here that some of the first vineyard plantings took place, with many of the original plantings dedicated to the state's heritage grape variety, Zinfandel. Here, winemakers live life to the fullest and, in turn, produce Zinfandel wines expressing a bold vitality and brash personality.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Sonoma, California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Zinfandel
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Shadow Zinfandel is inexorably linked to the place of its origin, where it is fermented and aged in a combination of oak and stainless steel, adding to the complexity found in the finished wine. Shadow is allowed to expand and grow in the cellar until our Cali Zin is judged sufficiently evolved for bottling.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.65
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 7.0 g/L

  • Open Sea

    Open Sea
    White Blend – Columbia Valley, Washington

    The world of wine is a vast, wide-open one, and as far as the eye can see, there extend virtually unlimited possibilities, and no matter what direction you follow or journey you decide to take, in front of you lies a boundless horizon as your set your sights. Open Sea was set adrift in the rocky canyons of the Columbia Valley wine region in Washington State, where the vineyards are awash with Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grapes that yield expansive, thrilling wines. Open Sea reflects both the region’s natural beauty, but also the warm, sunny climate that produced this ripe, broad, fleshy wine that is perfect no matter where your breezes might be blowing you.

    Wine Profile

    The vineyards that produce this unique white are grown in one of Washington State’s best terroirs – where cool river breezes meet the warm, dry inland interior. This attention-grabbing, captivating white blend is fresh and bright, with crisp citrus and apple fruit on the palate and a zippy acidity that lends a mouthwatering character to the finish.

    Food Combinations:

    • Tangy goat cheeses
    • Italian style antipasti
    • Smoked salmon
    • Sushi
    • Bruschetta
    • Shrimp in a mild garlic sauce

    Blend The Rules

    While by no means a traditional blend, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc share a long history. These are iconic varieties, responsible for a huge amount of the world’s greatest white wines, from Bordeaux to Burgundy and from Canberra to California. Each of course brings a unique character to this iconoclastic white blend, which pairs Chardonnay’s celebrated richness and creamy texture with Sauvignon Blanc’s sunny personality and bright acidity.

    Despite the lack of proximity, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc wines can share a certain similarity – a blend of fruity and savory elements, racy mouthfeel, and vibrant acidity. Open Sea blends Old World classic grape varieties, whose classic expressions are reinterpreted in one of the New World’s up and coming viticultural hotspots.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: The goal of Open Sea is to sail across your palate, carried along by its purity of fruit and terroir expression, refusing to be blown astray by neglect in the cellar. To this end, our Columbia Valley white blend is fermented and aged exclusively in temperature-controlled stainless steel in a facility where technology and tradition combine to produce wines of great regional character.
    • ALCOHOL: 13%
    • pH: 3.60
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.04 g/L

  • Cubist

    Cubist
    Red Blend – Columbia Valley, Washington

    While last year’s Cubist portrait painted a picture of California’s agricultural splendor, for this year’s calendar we’ve decided to portray the great undulating, wind-swept hills of the Columbia River Valley in Washington state. When discussing the possibility of this latest Cubist iteration with our winemaker, he leapt at the chance to work with Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, the state’s best-known red grapes, as well as Cabernet Franc and Merlot to give Cubist a Bordeaux-like texture and structure. The best works of art are always those that blend old traditions with new ideas, the concept guiding the hand that makes Cubist.

    Wine Profile

    Red flower and kirsch on the nose, this polished Washington red opens with a smorgasbord of juicy red fruit notes on the nose. On the palate, this harmonious red blend features ripe fruit with a jammy richness. Full bodied, ripe and juicy, this wine evolves with layers of complexity and finishes long, soft and expressive.

    Food Combinations:

    • Gyros
    • Chili
    • Meatball parmesan subs
    • Mushroom risotto
    • Roasted veal
    • Rotisserie chicken

    Gleaming The Cubist

    Not your average domestic wine, Cubist was created with the idea to take inspiration from Bordeaux, where blending grapes to produce a wine of balance and complexity is commonplace. We applied the same philosophy to fruit from some of the best vineyards in the New World, first in California and now in Washington State, to produce a new, unique expression – a burst of color on the vinous canvas.

    Just as lithe, elegant and refined as the California Cubist, Washington’s picture is painted in a bold, plump wine that is both fruit-driven and well framed by polished, grippy tannins – a wine that truly displays the character of the Columbia Valley region; a story told by some of it’s most famous grapes. Far from your average domestic wine, Cubist Red Blend is a novel idea brought to life by adventurous, intrepid winemakers with an iconoclastic, independent streak.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley
    • VINTAGE: NV
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Syrah, 9% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: A unique, innovative blend requires a correspondingly ingenious approach in the cellar. The various components of Cubist are aged in a mix of stainless-steel tanks and oak. Each component is aged separately until deemed sufficiently mature for blending, which is performed just before bottling.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.82
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.15 g/L

  • Lunar Fairy

    Lunar Fairy
    Petite Sirah – Lodi, California

    Petite Sirah is, like a Lunar Fairy, a whimsical idea, a story of two notions that don’t seem to correspond but combine to make something magical. Why is it that, with a name like “petite” and a vine that produces such small berries, Petite Sirah produces massive, intensely extracted wines? The key, as with all wines, is location, and Lunar Fairy is grown in the Lodi region of California. Here, the warm, dry climate necessitates a grape variety well accustomed to these viticultural extremes and Petite Sirah, with origins in Southern France is well up to the task. Lunar Fairy celebrates Petite Sirah, one of California’s true heritage wines.

    Wine Profile

    Lunar Fairy has a nose that must be witnessed to be believed, with aromas of spice and floral notes - an beguiling mix of violets, lavender and mint. Lunar Fairy pours dark and deep, where a core of wild berry and plum fruit is accented with black licorice and a distinct minerality on the finish, where the plush, velvety tannins kick in and add traction.

    Food Combinations:

    • Buffalo wings
    • Rich, creamy cheeses such as Camembert
    • Burgers
    • Duck in a lavender sauce
    • Black bean burritos
    • Christmas goose

    Extra Large Petite

    The size and scope of Petite Sirah’s popularity unfortunately outweighs by far its availability. Virtually unheard of outside of California, this celebrated variety is prized by winemakers everywhere for it’s viticultural resiliency and the robust, darkly colored and floral scented wines it produces. It is a true California viticultural success story, one of the few wine styles that can truly be said to have originated in the Golden State.

    Lodi versions are well known by lovers of the classic Petite Sirah style, rustic, dense and bold. The best versions of Lodi Petite Sirah are known to age decades, and even in the Cabernet country of Napa this ironically named variety is inspiring interest and beginning to turn heads. No matter where in the state its’ grown, however, Petite Sirah has an unmistakably warm, generous California character that we are proud to share with you by dispatching our Lunar Fairy.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Lodi
    • VINTAGE: 2018
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Petite Sirah
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Petite Sirah needs time to develop, and we are glad to oblige. Every vintage is aged for a minimum of one year after the harvest, until our winemaking team deems the wine sufficiently developed for bottling. After holding back the wine until optimum maturity, we bottled Lunar Fairy just in time to enliven your holiday table.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.58
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.01 g/L

  • Tiki Tok

    Tiki Tok
    Sauvignon Blanc – California

    California Sauvignon Blancs have earned their reputation as among the world’s benchmarks, and it is the Golden State’s coastal vineyards that are the reference point for American Sauvignon Blanc. Here on the flanks of these gently cascading ridges it achieves levels of fruit intensity and aromatic freshness like nowhere else in the world, due to California’s perfect grape growing climate, sandy soils and the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean. Between our winemaker’s forward-thinking nature and access to world-class Sauvignon Blanc fruit, Tiki Tok is proud to offer you this fresh, fruity white well worthy of the accolades that California has received for its Sauvignon Blanc wines.

    Wine Profile

    Classic aromas of grapefruit, kiwi and freshly cut grass leap from the glass, and the chiseled, intensely focused palate features notes of gooseberry, lime and granny smith apple. It is a particular pride that we hold for the place we call home and the honor of farming these spectacular vineyards that drives Tiki Tok to strive for the pinnacle of quality with our California Sauvignon Blanc.

    Food Combinations:

    • Chicken Caesar Salad
    • Pizza with a crème fraiche base
    • Roasted asparagus with Pecorino
    • Aged goat cheese such as Crottin
    • Citrus and herb marinated trout
    • Smoked salmon crackers with dill

    Sauvignon The Way

    Despite making wine for hundreds of years, California has only relatively recently seen a renaissance of wine quality, and the realization of its potential as a world-class wine powerhouse. Sauvignon Blanc is one of California’s premier white wines, with an immediately identifiable character of freshness, brightness and imminent drinkability. California Sauvignon Blancs are well known for a fruit-forward flavor profile and a tendency to refresh the palate rather than dull it.

    Visitors are always welcome in California, and the wine regions are particularly spectacular. There, winemakers foster a love of cooking, enjoying the fruits of their labor, and time spent outside in unblemished nature. California winemakers are truly linked to their land – the rivers course through their veins, their hands are coarse and rocky like their soil, and their faces weathered from the ever-present sun. When you Tiki Tok, you taste California tradition, dedication, and pride.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: NV
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Tiki Tok has one particular goal in the finished wine – ease of drinkability. The fruit is the focus, and to this end, the grapes are carefully harvested, gently pressed and fermented at cold temperatures in stainless steel. Stainless steel is employed for aging Tiki Tok, a material that provides for ultimate retention of freshness and varietal character.
    • ALCOHOL: 12.5%
    • pH: 3.50
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 6.5 g/L

  • Just Riffin

    Just Riffin
    Red Blend Blend – Columbia Valley, Washington

    Winemakers and musicians have much in common. Both jobs require long hours and constant practice in an effort to fine tune their output and make sure that their art is delivered to their fans in the most perfect fidelity possible. And while any oenology grad or session musician can read a wine recipe or sheet music to reproduce the same expression in each performance, the truly gifted like to go off script, to produce something that has never been experienced before and impossible to duplicate. Just Riffin red blend is the perfect expression of a place and time, bottled at the crescendo of its’ performance.

    Wine Profile

    Just Riffin red blend utilizes grapes grown in some of the Columbia River Valley’s best vineyards, a place well regarded for the quality and unique expressions of the red blends produced there. Just Riffin is layered and complex, juicy on the midpalate and supple tannins on the finish. Sumptuous red fruit is backed by hints of vanilla and cardamom, and Just Riffin features enough natural acidity to make a natural pairing with a wide variety of cuisine.

    Food Combinations:

    • Tacos al pastor
    • Deep-dish pizza
    • Cassoulet or similar hearty stews
    • Pasta with spicy red sauce
    • Steak Chimichurri
    • Grilled octopus

    Riffin' Refinement

    When most people think of Washington State, they think of rain, chilly temperatures and gloomy weather. The reality of the Columbia River wine appellation couldn’t be any further from this stereotype, as this sunny, warm region receives abundant sunshine and features a long, gentle growing season that assures consistent ripening from year to year.

    No surprise, then, that red varieties make up a majority of the vineyard plantings, as these warm, dry, breezy viticultural conditions are perfect for grapes that would otherwise struggle with both reaching maturity and succumbing to disease pressure from year to year. This positive influence that the Columbia Valley lends to Just Riffin grapes helps to produce a wine that is plushly textured and fruity, with good acidity and balanced tannins.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley, Washington
    • VINTAGE: NV
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: After harvest, the grapes for Just Riffin are destemmed and gently transferred to temperature controlled, stainless steel fermenters. Fermentation length and temperatures are carefully controlled to ensure gentle, even extraction of color and flavor. Oak is utilized during the aging process to integrate the flavors and enrich the mouthfeel.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.7%
    • pH: 3.75
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2.5 g/L

  • Flocking Fabulous

    Flocking Fabulous
    Rosé – California

    Last year’s vintage of Flocking Fabulous introduced the potential of Rosé wines grown under sunny California skies. Every grape variety thrives in the Golden State’s warm climate, ripening slowly and evenly, all while being refreshed by the mists of the Pacific Ocean. Flocking Fabulous Rosé is a fresh, lively expression of this viticultural bounty, with a taste of California sunshine offered in every sip.

    Wine Profile

    Flocking Fabulous’ personality is that of a zesty, dynamic, snappy and fresh wine. Strawberry, raspberry, watermelon and peony on the nose leads to a fruit cocktail in the glass, with a frank, fruity nature, a well-defined, juicy palate and brisk, mineral finish.

    Food Combinations:

    • Turkey with cranberry sauce
    • Butternut squash soup
    • Pad Thai
    • Shrimp cocktail
    • Ratatouille
    • Buckwheat crepes

    What Can You Rosé

    California Rosé used to have a bad rap. In the beginning, wines were made in a heavy-handed style, producing wines that were closer to light-bodied reds than the fresh, elegant style they are known for today. Ask any wine drinker today, however, and they’ll tell you that, thankfully, this outdated stereotype no longer applies to a wine region that is on the forefront of producing lively, refreshing wines that tickle the taste buds and dance across the palate.

    There is an incredible amount of diversity being produced among California Rosé wines and Flocking Fabulous takes inspiration from the new generation of California winemakers working to raise the profile of the state’s pink wines. Today’s California Rosés are unique to their place of origin, tend towards a dryer style, and make a fabulous match for almost any type of cuisine. Inside each bottle of Flocking Fabulous is a taste of what makes California Rosé so great – a lively, energetic elixir with a focus on fresh fruit flavors and lively acidity.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Immediately after Flocking Fabulous grapes are harvested, they are gently loaded into a state of the art wine press. This technological marvel is pre-programmed to only extract the perfect amount of juice from the grapes to create a wine that is extremely aromatic, perfectly fresh and fruity and most importantly, clean and pure on the finish. Flocking Fabulous Rosé is fermented and aged in stainless steel.
    • ALCOHOL: 10.7%
    • pH: 3.52
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 28 g/L

  • Gran Noche

    Gran Noche
    Tempranillo – California

    It is indeed a great night anytime Tempranillo is involved. The next big thing in red wine, ready to take the baton from Cabernet and Pinot Noir? Look no further than Tempranillo, a grape whose plantings are on the rise world-wide. Tempranillo’s ability to maintain freshness and vibrancy even as vintages trend in a hotter direction every year are a critical reason why this may be the grape of the future, but there’s also its’ fruity/savory/spicy flavor profile - well-adapted to please a wide cross section of palates. Gran Noche cheers to the sun setting on a day of boring wines, where this California Tempranillo will carry us into an evening that promises to be just as joyful as the Spanish temperament in its native country.

    Wine Profile

    Wild, exotic aromas of sweet leather, cola and macerated cherry greet the Winn Dixie holiday shopper as Gran Noche hits the glass. Full bodied on the palate, yet brisk thanks to a vibrant, mineral spine, Gran Noche features plum and baking spice flavors on the palate, as well as the high-toned cherry hinted at in the bouquet. Our California Tempranillo finishes warm and long.

    Food Combinations:

    • Grilled meats
    • Many Tapas
    • Spaghetti all'Arrabbiata
    • Manchego cheese
    • Beef Kafta
    • Smoked sausages.

    Gran Noche, Buen Provecho

    Tempranillo is an ancient grape, with records of its cultivation on the Iberian Peninsula dating back to at least the 9th century. Despite being a recent transplant to California, Tempranillo is starting to make its presence felt in the crowded wine marketplace due to its ability to produce wines with moderate alcohol even in warm climates, while still retaining natural acidity – a trait crucial in the pursuit of freshness in red wine.

    It’s really hard to go wrong when considering Tempranillo as the wine selection for virtually any soirée. Casual wine fans will appreciate it’s fruitiness and plush texture, while wine geeks love its savory side and the complexity of its aromatic profile. Most importantly, however, Tempranillo wines pair well with many party foods, from small plates to barbecue. Our California Tempranillo, as its name implies, turns any ordinary get-together into a Gran Noche!

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2019
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Tempranillo
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: When making Tempranillo wines, it is critical to carefully manage the extraction of the grape’s tannins, which can be drying and coarse if too much is introduced into the finished wine. After with a gentle, delicate fermentation is carried out, Gran Noche is aged in oak to further smooth and refine it’s texture and mouthfeel.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.58
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.6 g/L

  • Live For Adventure

    Live For Adventure
    Pinot Gris – Columbia Valley, Washington

    The passage from grape to wine is not a boring one, an adventure that is particularly exhilarating in the case of Pinot Gris. From vine to bottle, so much care and attention to detail is necessary along the way so as to produce the fruity, light-bodied, elegant Pinot Gris styles that we love. Indeed, the grapes naturally possess a grayish-purple skin that can easily leach color and tannin into a wine that quickly becomes no longer white! Live For Adventure Pinot Gris puts the pedal to the gas in making a wine that is racy, wild and direct, a perfect reflection of the thrill ride in the cellar that every vintage represents.

    Wine Profile

    Live For Adventure excites the palate with a rush of pear, white peach, jasmine and honey notes. This full-throttled Pinot Gris is fruit forward and complex, with notes of jasmine and orange blossom echoed on the finish along with a jolt of stony minerality.

    Food Combinations:

    • Mediterranean chicken salad
    • Fried calamari
    • Root vegetable purée
    • Aged Gouda cheese
    • Veal Piccata
    • Paella

    Pinot Gris Does It

    Balance and structure. Two words that perfectly describe the landscape of the Columbia River Valley, where massive, rocky cliffs are perched precariously over its mighty namesake river, plowing its way through this warm region on an unstoppable course to the Pacific Ocean. And while constantly shifting, rounding and evolving, the landscape manages to hold on, a perfect metaphor for the wines produced there.

    This balance and structure are key components of what makes a Columbia River Pinot Gris so special. While the warm climate and seemingly endless sunshine of the region gives the wines more than enough fruity charm, there is a focus, a linearity to the wines that recall the Old World styles. This equilibration between fruitiness and intensity plays out in a wine of balance and structure, where Live For Adventure Pinot Gris will have you holding on to your vinous hat from sip to exhilarating sip.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley, Washington
    • VINTAGE: 2018
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Pinot Gris
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Experience and care are the keys to making great Pinot Gris, both of which the Live For Adventure team are well steeped in and able to provide. A gentle press cycle quickly and cleanly separates juice from the grape skins, and then Live For Adventure Pinot Gris ferments to dryness in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.3%
    • pH: 3.12
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.57 g/L

  • Regina Dei Vini

    Regina Dei Vini
    Cabernet Sauvignon – Columbia Valley, Washington

    Regina Dei Vini is Washington Cabernet, sourced from the state’s most celebrated winegrowing region. The soils of the Columbia River Valley are sparse and sandy, forcing the Cabernet Sauvignon roots to plunge deep into the earth to search for water, a struggle which is reflected in the finished wine's bracing, vivid fruit character and firm spine. The Columbia River Valley is an extreme terroir, and Regina Dei Vini is correspondingly bold, wild, with a flavor profile and a textural finesse that is pure Washington Cabernet on the edge.

    Wine Profile

    Our Washington Cabernet is marked by a sweet, red fruit character that is a perfect reflection of the orchards found where Regina Dei Vini is grown – plums, cherries and raspberries. Muscular and concentrated, this singular expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the frontier of winegrowing is full bodied and intense, yet also polished and elegant.

    Food Combinations:

    • Prime rib
    • Pepper crusted lamb steaks
    • Dark chocolate cake
    • Hearty pesto pasta with sausage
    • Aged cow’s cheeses
    • Carne Asada

    Cab Sauvignon Profit

    Don’t look now, but Washington State wines are on the rise. Today the second-largest wine producing state in the U.S., Washington’s conversion from wine backwater to center of innovation has been meteoric, and Cabernet Sauvignon in particular has elicited significant critical praise and consumer attention. Yet somehow Washington wines still continue to fly under the radar – a great thing for the value-minded consumer, as the quality to price ratio continues to be among the best in the New World.

    Local Winemakers will tell you that the diversity in local geology makes growing almost anything possible, and the warm climate ensures the even ripening of virtually every grape variety. Yet again, Washington’s ability to consistently produce world-class wine is like a closely guarded secret – with abundant sunshine, long and dry growing season and cool nighttime temperatures that regulate sugar accumulation, it’s almost as if the wines make themselves. Regina Dei Vini is more than just a Washington Cabernet, it’s a glass-by-glass effort to raise the profile of the state’s wine reputation.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley
    • VINTAGE: 2017
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: The goal was for Regina Dei Vini to express the typicity of the Columbia Valley region. We performed an extended maceration on this full-bodied Washington red, aiming to extract as much of its sweet, dusty Terroir signature as possible.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.8%
    • pH: 3.88
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 1.2 g/L

  • Lapin Chanceux

    Lapin Chanceux
    French Colombard – California

    Colombard was first brought to California in the mid-19th century and has been a fixture of the state’s wine industry ever since. Peaking in popularity in the 1970’s as the state’s most planted grape variety, Colombard was a victim of its own success as it became synonymous with good, but cheap, box wine. This led to a decrease in acreage, which in turn has fostered a quality spike in Colombard, as today many vineyards are found in ideal locations for this historic grape variety. Lapin Chanceux is a fruity, crisp, fresh wine representing Colombard as the state’s wine growing pioneers intended.

    Wine Profile

    Lapin Chanceux is a light bodied and crisp, tart white wine sourced from one of California’s oldest growing regions. Our classically styled California Colombard features green apple, honeydew melon and green almond flavors, chased by an electric, mineral finish riding on a wave of fresh acidity.

    Lapin Discovered

    Whoever the lucky rabbit is drinking this crisp, bright, refreshing, they’ve now been clued in to one of the most exciting trends in California white wine, one that every fine wine sommelier from San Diego to San Francisco has been aware of for some time – the state’s heritage varieties are in high demand.

    The wines synonymous with the Golden Age of California wine – Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Chenin Blanc and in our case, Colombard – are being re-evaluated, and, after a period of decline, well on their way to proving the potential that the great-grandparents of the current winemaking generation had identified when they first planted the state’s fine wine vineyards.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Clean, fresh wines require clean cellars and close attention, something that the Lapin Chanceux team believes in strongly and puts into practice every day. Our California Colombard is cold-settled, stainless steel fermented and then racked off its lees before élevage in stainless steel.
    • ALCOHOL: 11.5%
    • pH: 3.4
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 3.6 g/L

  • One Fine Day

    One Fine Day
    Shiraz – California

    Shiraz, or Syrah depending on either who you talk to or winemaker style, has been present in California wine country since the 19th century. Despite this long history, it wasn’t until the Australia’s Shiraz boom in the last few decades that the needle started to move for Shiraz in the New World, but a new day has come for this prolific variety. Plantings have increased by more than 500% in the last 25 or so years, and quality has never been higher. One Fine Day celebrates the new dawn of recognition for California Shiraz, a uniquely fortuitous combination of grape and place just recently getting its due.

    Wine Profile

    California Shiraz generally produces a fresher, more structured, spicier wine than their Australian cousins. One Fine Day has a focus on blackberry, black cherry and black pepper notes on the palate. On the finish, One Find Day fans out on the palate and finishes on a smoky, meaty note and a lingering spicy aftertaste.

    Food Combinations:

    • Philly Cheese Steak
    • Roast turkey
    • Braised short ribs
    • Charcoal grilled vegetables
    • Roquefort or other blue cheeses
    • German chocolate cake

    Shiraz The World Turns

    The rise in success of California Shiraz has a lot to do with just a few adventurous winemakers. A cadre of visionaries became convinced of the grape’s potential to produce wines that equaled the quality of those made in France (and later, Australia) and dedicated much of their careers to showing these vinous treasures to the rest of the wine world. Their efforts have paid off, and today the best U.S. Shiraz are just as coveted by collectors as premier examples of the grape as those found anywhere else in the world.

    One Fine Day tips its cap to the originators of the Shiraz style, the great winemakers down under in Australia. Our wine aims to deliver the opulent fruit character and generosity of flavor that one expects from Aussie Shiraz, while tempering the exuberance with a dose of California structure and savory elegance. The dawn of One Find Day signals a new vinous order, a revitalization of California Shiraz.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2019
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Shiraz
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: One Fine Day is a Shiraz that is truly made in the vineyard, where our winemaking team waits until the grapes give us the perfect combination of ripeness and freshness. The entire production team is ready to mobilize at the ideal moment, quickly harvesting the grapes and bringing them to the winery, where they are destemmed and fermented at cool temperatures before aging and bottling.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.6
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.01 g/L

  • Bohemian

    Bohemian
    Riesling – Columbia Valley, Washington

    he Riesling grape is one of the true heritage grapes of Washington State. Present since the dawn of the state’s grape growing industry, Washington Riesling has exploded in popularity, echoing Washington’s spectacular ascension in the reputation and availability of its fine wines. Today Washington has more Riesling grapevines than any other U.S. state – a fact that is the source of great pride among Columbia Valley winegrowers. Washington winemakers have learned a thing or two about what it takes to make great Riesling, a savoir faire we are thrilled to share with you in every glass of Bohemian Columbia Valley Riesling.

    Wine Profile

    ff dry and easy drinking, Bohemian Riesling works just as well as an aperitif as the perfect close to a great meal. Intensely floral, Bohemian’s allure and charm begins with its bouquet. On the palate, however, there is a surprising amount of mouth-presence, with a cornucopia of tropical fruit flavors and an exhilarating, tense, zippy finish.

    Food Combinations:

    • Dim Sum
    • Charcuterie
    • Lime-marinated roasted shrimp
    • Charcoal grilled German sausages
    • Red curry chicken kabobs
    • Indian spiced cauliflower

    Riesling As A Breeze

    Riesling is a finicky grape variety that favors a long, dry growing season to ripen slowly and develop the aromatic pre-cursors that make a glass of great Riesling smell like no other wine. Washington’s optimal climate for Riesling also contributes to the coaxing of an unbelievably complex flavor profile in the wines. And the best part? Vintners are afforded the luxury of harvesting when they choose as it corresponds to the style of wines they are making, leading to a mind-blowing variety of world-class Rieslings being grown in Washington.

    Bohemian Riesling is made in the classic, German style with a kiss of residual sugar allowed to remain in the finished wine to balance out the brisk, tart acidity. This balance of sugar and acid is what defines great, classic style Riesling – the interplay between succulent and rich, racy, and electric. Washington State Riesling is ascending, and Bohemian makes it easy for the Winn Dixie holiday shopper to come along for the rise.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley
    • VINTAGE: 2018
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Bohemian Riesling is bright, clean, effusively aromatic, and resplendent with fresh fruit character. All of this is a result of careful attention on the part of an experienced winemaking team, and a state-of-the-art facility. This allows us to both protect our wines from oxygen and stop fermentation immediately when the perfect sugar/acid balance has been reached.
    • ALCOHOL: 11.7%
    • pH: 3.08
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 22.42 g/L

  • Spazzato Dal Vento

    Spazzato Dal Vento
    California

    Spazzato Dal Vento, Italian for “windswept”, perfectly describes the coastal California vineyards that were the source for this lighter-style Sauvignon Blanc. Foggy by day, blustery by night, the vines are planted at the edge of where viticulture is possible. In our Sauvignon Blanc vineyards, the growing period is a constant battle for sun exposure, and an unrelenting pursuit of nutrients within the sparse soils into which the roots plunge. This struggle is reflected in every bottle of Spazzato Dal Vento, a breezy, minerally Sauvignon Blanc brought to you from the edge of the country, bringing you to the edge of your seat.

    Wine Profile

    Spazzato Dal Vento is extremely aromatic, with a strong emphasis on fruit purity. The flavor profile focuses on a combination of citrus fruit and fresh herbs, with a stony, racy finish that both quenches the thirst of a hot summer’s day and provides a beautiful pairing to almost any meal.

    Food Combinations:

    • Goat cheese
    • Oysters
    • Herb roasted chicken
    • Light fish dishes
    • Roasted asparagus with shaved parmesan
    • Thanksgiving ham
    • Mild vinaigrettes

    Sauvignon Starter

    The affable, easy-going character of Spazzato Del Vento reflects perfectly its origins in the Golden State. Here, life moves at a slower pace, people smile and say “hi” on the street and time is always set aside to enjoy the consistently beautiful, warm weather that the state is blessed with.

    All of the cultural elements that make our slice of coastal California unique are present in every bottle of Spazzato Del Vento. You taste the lemon-squeeze salinity of riding the nearby waves and the breezy sunshine in every brisk, vibrant sip. What’s more, each taste of precisely focused Spazzato Del Vento reflects the dedication of our winemaking team, and every sip channels the same wild, untamed feeling we get when harvesting these Sauvignon Blanc grapes, surrounded by unspoiled nature.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: A fresh, crisp and pure Sauvignon Blanc was made following the strictest and most modern winemaking protocols – careful selection in the vineyards, temperature-controlled fermentation and careful non-oxidative aging all combine to ensure Spazzato Del Vento tastes the same in your glass as in our cellar.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.49%
    • pH: 3.4
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 0.01 g/L

  • From Dusk Til Dawn

    From Dusk Til Dawn
    Red Blend – California

    A winemaker’s job is seemingly never done, and pulling all-nighters is a reality of life on the vineyard. Whether treating the vineyards, midnight punch-downs, or early morning bottling runs, the winemaker is constantly in motion, tirelessly juggling many tasks as well as, in the case of From Dusk Til Dawn, many grape varieties. Our California Red Blend celebrates daily life on the wine farm, with all its complexity, diversity and dedication reflected in every glass.

    Wine Profile

    Big, bold, and warm-hearted, From Dusk Til Dawn is an all-nighter of a wine, perfect for night-owls, restless dreamers and dance ‘til you droppers. Bold and ripe, with a firm, dense core, From Dusk Til Dawn is packed with generous dark fruit flavors and concentrated tannins, From Dusk Til Dawn provides plenty of power and muscle while still retaining elegance and style.

    Food Combinations:

    • Spicy Mexican cuisine
    • Charcuterie
    • Appetizers such as roasted nuts and briny olives
    • Pasta puttanesca
    • Tri-tip
    • Moussaka

    From Cali Dust To Red Dawn

    There is a reason that wines from the inland valleys of California are experiencing a renaissance – the secret is out about the amalgamation of factors that make it such a special place for grape growing. Central California’s history, its viticultural know-how passed from generation to generation, as well as a climate perfectly suited for red grapes making rich, full-bodied wines make it perfectly poised to appease U.S. wine drinkers’ craving for bold, spicy red wines.

    These are not wimpy, spineless red wines, and From Dusk Til Dawn is a prefect representation of what the region does best - opulent, fruit-forward wines with breadth and depth. Quality is rising every year as the region shakes off its reputation as a viticultural backwater and welcomes young winemakers searching for vineyards that are acclimated to the ever-warming vintages that seem assured to continue. We are thrilled with the region’s potential, as is our (often nocturnal) winemaking team to share this bottle with you.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: As harvest approaches, each parcel of each vineyard growing each variety are samples daily, until they are all harvested separately, at their optimal maturity. Fermentation and aging occur separately for each variety, so that careful attention is given to each wine’s particular needs. Blending is performed by our talented, experienced winemaking team to ensure that each vintage expresses a unique personality and utmost quality.
    • ALCOHOL: 12.5%
    • pH: 3.6
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 12 g/L

  • Midnight Tango

    Midnight Tango
    Malbec – California

    The tango is all about passion, attitude and excitement, traits that are perhaps not surprising as they apply as well to Americans, who helped popularize this sensual dance. The tango, however, originated in Argentina, and is not the only link between this beautiful country and its larger, brasher neighbor to the North. Just as the tango made the transition nicely, so has the Malbec grape found massive popularity, first in Argentina, and now in the U.S. Malbec has certainly seduced the Midnight Tango winemaking team, and this spicy, exotic California red is ready to hit the dance floor with you.

    Wine Profile

    Our California Malbec explodes out of the glass with an aroma that is distinct and simply riveting – crushed violets, blackberry, and graphite. Vibrant and focused, these flavors are echoed on the palate, where Midnight Tango is creamy-textured and supple.

    Food Combinations:

    • Grilled cheese with Provolone or Swiss Cheese
    • Beef empanadas
    • Jerk chicken
    • Paté with country bread
    • Mushroom tart
    • Salami

    Malbec-oning

    What a whirlwind adventure Malbec has experienced in its voyage to worldwide recognition – from Bordeaux to Argentina, and now to sunny California. Stamped on Midnight Tango‘s vinous passport are influences from all Malbec’s previous stops: the mineral, pencil lead character and firm tannins recalling French versions, and the plump fruit and spice so appreciated in Argentina.

    Just like the Tango brings its own flavor and spirit to the ballroom dance, so does California impart a certain warmth and friendliness to the finished wine. Ironically, it only took a few decades for both the Tango and Malbec wine to rise to international prominence. Tasting the balance and elegance in every glass of Midnight Tango Malbec convinces us that whether in a pair of dancing shoes or a glass, the same vibrant spirit is found both in dance and wine.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Malbec
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Malbec, like any great wine, is a true reflection not only of the place that it’s grown, but also to the choices made in the cellar that necessarily effect its evolution. While careful attention and diligence are key, experience working with the grape is vital to produce a balanced expression, and our winemaking team has decades of experience working with California Malbec. Midnight Tango is fermented and aged in stainless steel, with a subtle kiss of vanilla derived from the use of toasted French oak.
    • ALCOHOL: 12.5%
    • pH: 3.7
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 5 g/L

  • Spring Blossoms

    Spring Blossoms
    Pinot Grigio – California

    There is a saying in Northern Italy, the native home of Pinot Grigio – no meal without wine, no wine without character. Taking not just their cue but also working with their favorite white wine variety, Spring Blossoms winemakers have tapped into the California wine country’s native Italian roots and made a wine that would make Nonna proud. Spring Blossoms is ebullient, joyful, and energetic – full of both local California character and the Italian tradition of pairing wonderfully with almost any meal.

    Wine Profile

    Spring Blossoms is effusively aromatic, with a bouquet that hints of citrus fruit and fresh cut flowers. A lively mouthfeel, clean and fruit-driven palate and a refreshing finish speak to Spring Blossoms’ commitment to uphold the lofty quality standards of today’s great California white wines, and also pay respect to our Italian ancestors and their longtime love affair with Pinot Grigio.

    Food Combinations:

    • Simple, grilled light white fish such as sole
    • Fish tacos
    • Calamari
    • Veal piccata
    • Hawaiian pizza
    • Roasted chestnuts

    Spring Blossoms Of Its Parts

    All perennial crop-bearing plants, like grapevines, re-express themselves through an annual cycle of rebirth, growth and flowering. For wine, at harvest time, each vintage is marked by not only the weather during that growing season, but also the climate, culture and experience of the land and people that grew it. Our California Pinot Grigio speaks to the tradition of the Italian immigrants who came to California in the 19th century, with little more than the change in their pockets and the viticultural know-how passed on to them from generations of accumulated experience.

    Spring Blossoms pays homage to the Italian style, with its light, crisp mouthfeel, citrusy flavor profile and racy acidity. But wine is ultimately made from the fruit of its location, and it’s the California richness of texture and generosity of flavor that make Spring Blossoms such a unique rendition of this traditional Italian grape variety.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Pinot Grigio
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: After careful harvesting, Spring Blossoms grapes are gently pressed, cold-settled and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks – all in an effort to preserve freshness and vitality of fruit. All of this makes Spring Blossoms the perfect wine to drink with those you know, those you want to know, and those you love.
    • ALCOHOL: 11%
    • pH: 3.4
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 7 g/L

  • Moda Illustrata

    Moda Illustrata
    Merlot – California

    Wine, like all artforms, shapes it’s medium to reflect the vision of the artist. But, with wine, not all palates are the same, and the shapes rendered by each grape variety on the canvas differ by its type – be it full or narrow, ample, or lean. Merlot is certainly drawn in large brushstrokes, round and thick, appreciated by even the most demanding of critics in the four corners of the wine world. Moda Illustrata is a classic California Merlot, whose velvety tannins and plump, fruity mouthfeel paint a picture of a wine that is as easy on the palate as it is the eyes.

    Wine Profile

    Moda Illustrata combines classic and contemporary in a wine that is both rich and textured yet bright and lively, Full-bodied yet supple, dark-fruited yet elegant and savory, Moda Illustrata is a study in contrasts, and its layered mouthfeel and soft, rounded edges are a fine testament to the heights that California can reach with Merlot.

    Food Combinations:

    • Roast beef
    • Duck in a cherry sauce
    • Lamb chops
    • Dishes featuring shitake mushrooms
    • Spicy veggie kabobs
    • Grilled swordfish

    Merlot Goodness

    Where the combination of environmental factors is right – warm climate, well-draining soils, abundant sunshine – Merlot makes a distinctive wine, dark fruited with soft tannins and a touch of spice. With its luscious, accessible taste profile, Moda Illustrata Merlot draws a fine picture of one of the world’s great red wine varieties.

    Merlot vines are perfectly suited to the sandy, sunny vineyards of California. Responsible for some of the Golden State’s most revered red wines, this legendary variety achieves levels of voluptuousness and opulence rarely found anywhere else, something unique to California versions of Merlot. Merlot is a wonderful insight into the marriage of grape and terroir, and to the place that Merlot wines holds in local traditions and customs – and when the California hand holds the brush, the strokes are broad and wide.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Thankfully Moda Illustrata’s brush lies close to its canvas, as this state-of-the-art facility is located adjacent to the vineyards from where this luscious Merlot is sourced. This ensures that grapes are processed immediately after harvest, preserving freshness and vitality. Moda Illustrata Merlot is aged in a combination of stainless-steel tanks and oak prior to bottling.
    • ALCOHOL: 13%
    • pH: 3.75
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 8 g/L

  • Pink Tutu

    Pink Tutu
    Rose – California

    We introduced Pink Tutu to Winn Dixie holiday shoppers last year, having chosen it for its ability to bridge the gap between the qualities we cherish in both red and white wines. After all, Rosé wines taste good in any weather, pair well with virtually any food, and are universally loved for their ability to appeal to both red and white wine drinkers alike. Put on the Pink Tutu and let the show go on, a nimble, impeccably balanced California Rosé that is a perfect fit for any wine drinking occasion.

    Wine Profile

    Pink Tutu is a graceful, elegant rosé, bursting with cherry, strawberry and watermelon flavors and a lovely, persistent aroma. Our California Rosé finishes long and clean, with a touch of minerality shining the spotlight on the coastal vineyards where the Pink Tutu grapes were harvested.

    Food Combinations:

    • Shellfish
    • Simple grilled fish
    • Tangy goat cheese
    • Strawberries
    • Sweet potato purée
    • Avocado toast

    A Rosé By Another Name

    California wine country straddles the line between history and tradition, and technology and innovation. Here in these sunny vineyards timeless mixes with modern, and old traditions are constantly elaborated with new ideas. Such is the case with Pink Tutu, a unique rosé blend made from mostly California Cabernet grapes.

    The result of this bold experiment is a wine that is both unique and familiar, extraordinary yet comforting. We relied on some of the very best vineyards in Northern Italy to produce this fresh, crisp fruity pink that defies definition and challenges preconceptions. Pink Tutu is a wine made with serious intention and utmost care, so that you can relax and enjoy a wine resplendent with red fruit flavors, savory herbs, and inimitable California flair.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9.5% French Colombard, 3.5% Other
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Pink Tutu grapes are harvested early, to preserve acidity and freshness. Macerations are strictly limited to ensure proper extraction of flavor and color, without adding bitter tannins to the juice. Stainless steel aging and a state-of-the-art bottling line help ensure that every bottle of Pink Tutu is agile and balanced, vibrant and complex.
    • ALCOHOL: 12.96%
    • pH: 3.3
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 5.72 g/L

  • California Reflections

    California Reflections
    Pinot Noir – California

    California Pinot Noir country is internationally renowned for the elegant, vibrant, food friendly that these coastal vineyards produce. Pinot Noir has truly found a foothold in these rolling hills, where the vineyards are planted along the ridge tops that eventually cascade down to the Pacific Ocean below. Pinot Noir thrives in California’s well-aerated, sandy soils; producing medium-bodied, feminine-styled versions that achieve flavor ripeness while still retaining freshness and plenty of varietal character. A combination of two heavy hitters in the world of wine – Pinot Noir and California – is real cause for a pensive moment with each glass of California Reflections.

    Wine Profile

    California Reflections features classic Pinot notes of red cherry and strawberry along with a peppery, meaty savoriness. This contrast of sweet and savory works to balance Pinot's straightforward fruit with the spicy structure that California’s prime vineyard location expresses in its wine. California Reflections’ fruity, earthy core on the midpalate is followed by soft tannins and fresh acidity on the finish.

    Food Combinations:

    • Salmon
    • Roast chicken
    • Mushroom ravioli
    • Peking duck
    • Chocolate covered cherries
    • Beef bourguignon

    Pinot Yeah

    California Pinot Noir is like the little vinous engine that could – for decades it has been chugging along producing wines that are completely different, but just as compelling, as the best examples of Pinot found anywhere else in the world, to little fanfare or acclaim. But the secret is getting out, and increasingly the wine cognoscenti are turning their collective heads towards the West Coast of the U.S. to scratch their itch for elegant, lithe, super expressive, uniquely American Pinot Noirs at a fraction of the Burgundian price tag.

    California Reflections embodies Pinot Noir’s ability to create a finished product that is more than the sum of its parts – fresh, bright, and energetic, you would never tell that each vintage involves a nail-biting tightrope act on the part of our vintners as they pray for enough meteorological clemency to finish the harvest. Brisk, tangy and fruit-forward, California Reflections Pinot Noir focuses on a balance of red fruit flavors, an earthy mid-palate, and a long, mineral-laden finish that evokes the wind-swept ridges where California Reflections was grown.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2018
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Pinot Noir
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: The California Reflections winemaking team is forward thinking and value conscious, utilizing a majority of stainless steel in the winemaking process in order to retain freshness and purity. A small percentage of lightly toasted French oak is employed to add a kiss of vanilla-tinged complexity to the wine profile.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.26%
    • pH: 3.55
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 1.1 g/L

  • Concrete Jungle

    Concrete Jungle
    Chardonnay – California

    “Where is the love to be found?” asks Bob Marley in his classic song Concrete Jungle. Many of you tasting this diving California Chardonnay are on the same quest as the Reggae legend in the namesake of this wine – to find a place to escape – a comforting, warm, inviting alternative to the difficult realities of the drudgery of daily life. As you taste Concrete Jungle, it’s California vibe helps to transport you to this legendary source of world-class wines, no matter where in the world the party is held.

    Wine Profile

    We here at Concrete Jungle like to do as grape farmers do. We stop for lunch, open a bottle of delicious Chardonnay, grab some crusty bread, salami, and cheese, and get to work! This delightful California Chardonnay has bright fruity aromas and flavors of apple, melon, and peach. The palate is creamy fresh, round, and textured, and Concrete Jungle finishes nice and easy.

    Food Combinations:

    • Fettuccini Alfredo
    • Halibut in cream sauce
    • Chicken with butter and herbs
    • Spaghetti Carbonara
    • Smoked salmon crostini
    • Zucchini and goat cheese tarts

    Chardonnay Plus

    California Chardonnay is at a crossroads. After a recent explosion in popularity and meteoric growth, it developed a reputation for producing overtly oaky, buttery versions at the expense of varietal purity and balance. Thankfully, the pendulum is swinging back, and the style is reverting to terroir-driven, pure, and true examples of what the state can do best.

    Concrete Jungle aims to celebrate the strength and perseverance of the Golden State winemaker’s ability to adapt their stylistic dispositions and produce some of the very best examples of Chardonnay grown anywhere in the world, tailored to the particular taste of its fans. Concrete Jungle is a wine that takes influences from all of the classic styles that California can produce, as a result of the Concrete Jungle team’s careful selection of some of the best Chardonnay vineyards in the state.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: California
    • VINTAGE: 2020
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 100% Chardonnay
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: Concrete Jungle is night-harvested and whole-cluster pressed in an effort to preserve its unique varietal signature. Our California Chardonnay is fermented in stainless steel, presenting nuances that are inspired by its vineyard source without being obfuscated by cellar production techniques.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.5
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 7 g/L

  • Mount Valor

    Mount Valor
    Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot - Columbia Valley

    Last year, we introduced the Winn Dixie holiday shopper to Mount Valor, a Washington red blend that was the first taste for many of perhaps the most underrated fine wine region in the world – Columbia Valley. Blessed with an optimal climate for grape growing, those in the know have been enjoying these full bodied, robust red wines for decades, and with Mount Valor we hope to add you to the list. Mt. Valor embodies the Washington’s ability to consistently produce show-stopping, full-bodied red wines. The summit has been reached!

    Wine Profile

    With plum, kirsch and sage on the nose, this polished Washington red pours a deep ruby/purple color, followed by a smorgasbord of cassis, crushed violet and dark chocolate flavors. Mt Valor finishes with a long, expressive, vivid finish. The overall impression of a wine that is intensely independent yet faithful to its terroir – a true Washington original.

    Food Combinations:

    • Roast beef
    • High-cacao dark chocolate
    • Gorgonzola walnut ravioli
    • Pasta puttanesca
    • Butternut squash with dried cranberries

    Red Blending In

    With a winegrowing tradition recently picking up steam after having been identified as having the potential to produce world-class robust red wine, the winegrowers of Washington state have been working hard to achieve their viticultural potential. Fast forward to today, all this work has been rewarded with an incredible diversity of fine wine producing vineyards.

    Adventurous growers have planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot vines in some of the best locations in the entire Columbia Valley appellations, where the grapes profit have enough exposure for to sunshine and cooling river breezes to both ripen the grapes and retain varietal freshness. What makes a Washington Cab / Merlot special is its balance of sweet fruit and savory elements, along with mineral notes - all found in this special bottle of Mt Valor, the latest vintage of which we are proud to share with you.

    Wine Specs

    • APPELLATION: Columbia Valley, Washington
    • VINTAGE: 2016
    • VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot
    • WINEMAKING PROCESS: No expense was spared in the cellar to produce this classically styled Washington Red Blend. Just like last year, the grapes comprising Mt Valor were harvested separately and the wines are made focusing on their individual needs. A combination of stainless-steel tanks and oak were used during the élevage process of this full-bodied Washington red blend.
    • ALCOHOL: 13.9%
    • pH: 3.8
    • RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2 g/L

 

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