Recommendations for Buying California Wines at Home When You Can’t Visit Wine Country
We all love our wine country vino, whether it’s Napa, Monterey, Gold Country, Lodi, Sonoma, Foxen Canyon, Temecula, Edna Valley or Paso Robles. But, what to do when you need to pop into a store and need store accessible wines? Here are our store bought recommendations. Because that estate winery you love produces only 4,000 cases yearly and you won’t find their wine in a store . These recommendations are culled from residents of California Wine areas. They offer up these readily available retail wines. You’ll find these wines ranging from $5-$20 in grocery stores.
Chardonnay
Kendall Jackson – Sonoma (otherwise known as KJ)
Butter – Sonoma (as the name suggests-very buttery)
Crane Lake – Northern California
Grand Cru – California
Cloud Break – California
Bota Box – Ceres
Pinot Noir
Meiomi – California
Hahn – Monterey
Mark West – California
La Crema – California
Cloud Break – California
Zinfandel
Brazin – Lodi
Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin – Lodi
Oak Ridge Old Vine Zin – Lodi
OZV Zinfandel – Lodi
Cline Ancient Vine Zin – Lodi
Blended Wines
Hahn GSM – Monterey
Menage a Trois Silk – Alexander Valley
Grand Cru – California
Big Six Bourbon Barrel – California
Menage a Trois – St Helena
Bota Box Redvolution – Ceres
Merlot
Grand Cru – California
Kendall Jackson – California
Cabernet Sauvignon
J. Lohr 7 Oaks – Paso Robles
Rodney Strong – Sonoma
Grand Cru – California
Justin – Paso Robles