Evening Land Vineyards The Table Napa Cabernet Sauv 07
ONCE Sommelier Series The Table Cabernet Sauvignon - price reduction from $30.
From a series of wines blended by famous chefs for their restaurants, this wine was blended by Tom Colicchio, known for his group of "Craft" restaurants and for his performance as a judge on Bravo's Top Chef show.
So why a California wine on our northwest website? Are you nuts? No, we found a hybrid Oregon/California winery, operating as Evening Lands Vineyards and as ONCE, a winery whose wines are made in conjunction with famous Sommeliers.
We would be crazy to pass on these wines. ONCE, wanting to over deliver their first wines bought some incredible juice. And made what is almost an oxymoron today, a good value Napa Cab.
Why is The Table Cab so well priced? I mean, Napa Cab - what is wrong about this picture?
Turns out, if you get in at just the right time, and know where to look, there's some amazingly good juice for sale in Napa. Pete, the vineyard manager at ONCE, also manages vineyards who sell grapes to Harlan, Araujo, etc. Maybe not the best known vineyards, but dang good ones. So ONCE bought some incredible juice. And made a Cab that compares well to wines at twice the price.
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The ONCE label is reserved for wines made in conjunction with some of the world's most respected Sommeliers. Eric Lilavois, COO of the Thomas Keller empire (French Laundry, Per Se, etc), is involved, as is Danny Meyer, known for Union Square Cafe. Mark Williamson of Willi’s Wine Bar and Maceo in Paris is an investor and Willi's was the first location to offer ONCE wines.
Larry Stone of Rubicon and Daniel Johnnes of restaurant Daniel in New York (and premiere Burgundy event in the US, Le Paulee) are involved in ONCE. Current ONCE wine selections include Pinot noirs made by Raj Parr of Michael Mina and Daniel Johnnes, and a Cabernet Franc made by Bernie Sun of Jean-Georges (Vongerichten) of New York. Paul Roberts, formerly of The French Laundry, was also involved.
From the winery: "ONCE a year we sit down with the nation’s best sommeliers to discuss and blend their version of a perfect wine for their restaurant’s specific cuisine".
