They make a small amount of wine from their estate vineyards, mostly sold on site, at select restaurants, or via the mailing list. With such small production - you rarely see it anywhere - a small B&B up in Calistoga, near Tamber Bey and not far from Chateau Montelena. It’s one of Phinney’s earliest projects, and to this day, one of his best. Not to mention his distillery and an upcoming fried chicken restaurant on Mare Island we’re pretty excited about…īut most people don’t know Chateau de Vie at all.Īlthough some of you old-timers may remember we offered another vintage of this wine years ago. He’s remained the master behind Crane Assembly’s many hugely rated (and accordingly priced) wines, and the superb value-driven Locations series.
In 2010, Phinney sold his “The Prisoner” brand of wines… Huneeus sold it to Constellation Brands, one of the world’s largest drinks companies, for a purported $285 million. Robert Parker proclaimed Dave “has the Midas Touch.” In fact, Wine Advocate recently summed the famous story up well “What started out as dark, symbolic imagery on the label of a pretty decent red wine blend at a pretty decent price snowballed into a full-blown, highly lucrative wine trend. Sure, the normal $68 is quite fair for a wine of this caliber but today, at our discount? Madness! Something you’ll rarely see in the wild.Ī 300-case-production boutique crafted Napa Cab from one of the best vintages in recent Napa history. But this? It’s a throw back - one of his first projects.
#Pineridge 2008 charmstone full
He’s been pumping out full throttle, hedonistic reds with authority and regularity. Then he blew the top off again with Orin Swift. OUT.ĭave Phinney! The man who single handedly reshaped the California wine scene with The Prisoner.
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