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WineSmith
WineSmith Reserve
CheapSkate
PennyFarthing
Wine Flights of Discovery
Music Chardonnay 3-pack
2005 WineSmith Albarino
2005 WineSmith Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 WineSmith Cabernet Franc
2002 WineSmith Faux Chablis
2004 WineSmith Crucible 750ml BOTTLE
2003 Cheapskate Cabernet Franc
2005 CheapSkate Miser Meritage
2005 CheapSkate SkinFlint
2005 CheapSkate "Surly" Chenin Blanc
CheapSkate Sampler
2004 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Franc
2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Pennyfarthing Chardonnay
Alcohol Adjustment Four-Pack
Micro-Oxygenation Three-pack
Minerality Three-Pack
Sulfites / No Sulfites Duo
GrapeCraft poster
2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Franc
2005 CheapSkate Miser Meritage
 
GrapeCraft is the practical art of touching the human soul with the soul of a place by rendering its grapes into liquid music. Winemaking is just a specialized branch of cooking. Our family operates the largest winemaking consulting firm in the world: a kind of Culinary Institute for winemakers. Our clients are enologists who usually have great scientific backgrounds, but often no formal training in technique. We train them to work with wines as would a great chef, to present distinctive terroir expression with a skilled hand. We make GrapeCraft wines to showcase these techniques. They are tremendous bargains, even at the higher price levels.

To defray cost of shipping, we offer 25% discounts on all orders of 12 bottles or more.
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WineSmith
 
WineSmith offers serious wines for special occasions which explore traditions beyond the mainstream. Yes, we have no Merlot!
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WineSmith Reserve
 
The WineSmith Reserve wines offer proof that California can excel over European wines within their own classic styles. Intended for very special occasions, so very limited quantites are produced.
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CheapSkate
 
Today is your lucky day! We use the same French techniques and styles, working with good growers from the hype-free regions to produce some of the world’s best wine values.
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PennyFarthing
 
Like an oldtime bicycle, PennyFarthing wines recall bygone days when living was easy, stylish and delightful. Rich, satisfying honest values which are hand crafted and simply delicious.
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Wine Flights of Discovery
 
These teachings are collectively known as GrapeCraft, a postmodern philosophy which envisions a future in which we can recapture what wine is purported to have delivered before the 20th Century changed literally everything about how wine is made and how winemakers think about it.
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Music Chardonnay 3-pack
 
Music can change our preference for different styles of Chardonnay. Recreate Clark Smith’s famous experiment for your friends.Read more about the experiment click here.
1 bottle of 2006 Rombauer Chardonnay
1 bottle of 2006 Glenn Ellen Chardonnay
1 bottle of 2002 WineSmith Faux Chablis
Price: $65.00
 
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2005 WineSmith Albarino
 
Vintage Selections Wine of the Week: “A dramatic white wine that delivers classic spiced lemongrass and minerally aroma. Basically dry, but has a suculence that works with Japanese food as well as a wide variety of lighter foods.” more…
Price: $17.00
 
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2005 WineSmith Cabernet Sauvignon
 
This is “real wine” with wonderfully dense, melted tannins. Its main component is a product of the celebrated Peterson vineyard, picked at the peak of phenolic ripeness, resulting in a rich, generous base wine of soft round tannins and a sweet core of cassis.more…
Price: $18.00
 
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2005 WineSmith Cabernet Franc
 
Joe Ramazotti’s living soil on the Alexander Valley floor produces unusually lush plum aromas and fine tannins, resulting in a generous sweet core of fruit and very little vegetal character. Our Franc offers a mouthful of spicey flavor depth which loves firelight, wild mushrooms and roasted fowl.
Price: $18.00
 
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2002 WineSmith Faux Chablis
 
100% Napa Chardonnay.

"One California winery is even trying to out-Chablis the Chablisoisie: WineSmith makes an incredibly steely Chardonnay under the name Faux Chablis. I don't know whether Ernst & Young would approve of that name, but the wine is extraordinary"

--James Rodewald, Gourmet Magazine, April 2005 more…
Price: $30.00
 
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2004 WineSmith Crucible 750ml BOTTLE
 
“This is “real wine” with incredibly rich color, generous aromas of blueberries, vanilla and hints of olive, with mouth-filling fine plush tannins and satisfying length.”more…
Price: $100.00
 
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2003 Cheapskate Cabernet Franc
 
Cabernet Franc done right is perhaps the most elegant and profound of reds. Here is proof that California can offer rich fruit and ample structure as well. more...
Price: $8.00
 
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2005 CheapSkate Miser Meritage
 
“Miser” was conceived as a traditional Bordeaux blend, a more serious and thoughtful cousin to our popular and muscular California Cabernet Sauvignon. Here we sought a satisfying depth of flavor by marrying the firm tannins and forward fruit of Gary Mangels’ superb Suisun Valley Cab Sauv with the chocolate undertones of Lange Vineyard and the spicy, minerally Haynes Valley component, then framing the lush richness of the resulting Cabernet Sauvignon blend with the energetic drive and refinement of Cabernet Franc from the Lodi appellation. This Cabernet Franc also imparts intriguing notes of tobacco and tarragon to the nose and a lingering finish reminiscent of fine Grapes, so we elected to utilize a substantial portion. It’s also cheaper! more . . .
Price: $9.00
 
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2005 CheapSkate SkinFlint
 
Ah, dry rosé. This old world classic is making a comeback after "White Zinfandel" nearly sank it. Here is your perfect opportunity to find out why. more . . .
Price: $8.00
 
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2005 CheapSkate "Surly" Chenin Blanc
 
“Pear and jasmine aromas with champagne-like “sur lies” nuances. Full bodied but fresh on the palate, with a lively mineral finish.” more...
Price: $8.00
 
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CheapSkate Sampler
 
A collection of some of our favorite CheapSkate Wines. This sampler contains 3 bottles of Chenin Blanc, 3 Bottles of SkinFlint Dry Rose, 3 Bottles of Cabernet Franc, and 3 Bottles of Miser, our Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
Price: $72.00
 
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2004 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Sauvignon
 
“Resembling the sinewy, deeply energetic Bordeaux style, with a nose reminiscent of elderberry preserves accented by fresh herbs. Fine, firm tannins frame a well-rounded core, finishing with elegant length.” more...
Price: $10.00
 
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2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Franc
 
“Cabernet Franc done right is perhaps the most elegant and profound of reds. As befits an elder noble variety, it is more refined and graceful than its brawny offspring, Cabernet Sauvignon. But here is proof that California can offer rich fruit and ample structure as well. ” more...
Price: $10.00
 
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2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Sauvignon
 
“Before it was taken from its cradle in France and raised in the New World as a muscular brute, Cabernet Sauvignon had aristocratic roots which obliged it to greatness by striving to inspire rather than to assault. Our winery’s notion of Cabernet Sauvignon aligns not with the fruit-forward, fleshy style of Australia, but with the sinewy, deeply energetic offerings of Bordeaux.” more...
Price: $10.00
 
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2005 Pennyfarthing Chardonnay
 
“At last, Chardonnay permitted to express its true nature, resembling more a lush golden delicious apple than the oppressive toast and butter we see nowadays. A gentle kiss of French oak toast. Delicious!” more...
Price: $10.00
 
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Alcohol Adjustment Four-Pack
 
Part of the Winemakers 'Wine Experiments ' this package includes:
1 Bottle 2002 WineSmith Faux Chablis
1 Bottle 2004 CheapSkate Skinflint Rosé
1 Bottle 2004 CheapSkate Miser Meritage
1 Bottle 2005 WineSmith Albariño
Price: $59.00
 
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Micro-Oxygenation Three-pack
 
Part of the Winemakers 'Wine Experiments ' this package includes:
1 Bottle 1999 WineSmith Crucible
1 Bottle 2003 WineSmith Roman Syrah
1 Bottle 2004 WineSmith Cabernet Sauvignon
Price: $149.00
 
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Minerality Three-Pack
 
1 Bottle 2002 WineSmith Syrah
1 Bottle 2004 WineSmith Faux Chablis
1 Bottle 2004 WineSmith Cabernet Franc
Price: $69.00
 
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Sulfites / No Sulfites Duo
 
1 Bottle 2002 WineSmith Syrah
1 Bottle 2003 WineSmith Roman Syrah
Price: $69.00
 
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GrapeCraft poster
 
A year round depiction of the practice of GrapeCraft.
Price: $25.00
 
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2005 Pennyfarthing Cabernet Franc
 
“Cabernet Franc done right is perhaps the most elegant and profound of reds. As befits an elder noble variety, it is more refined and graceful than its brawny offspring, Cabernet Sauvignon. But here is proof that California can offer rich fruit and ample structure as well. ” more...
Price: $10.00
 
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2005 CheapSkate Miser Meritage
 
“Miser” was conceived as a traditional Bordeaux blend, a more serious and thoughtful cousin to our popular and muscular California Cabernet Sauvignon. Here we sought a satisfying depth of flavor by marrying the firm tannins and forward fruit of Gary Mangels’ superb Suisun Valley Cab Sauv with the chocolate undertones of Lange Vineyard and the spicy, minerally Haynes Valley component, then framing the lush richness of the resulting Cabernet Sauvignon blend with the energetic drive and refinement of Cabernet Franc from the Lodi appellation. This Cabernet Franc also imparts intriguing notes of tobacco and tarragon to the nose and a lingering finish reminiscent of fine Grapes, so we elected to utilize a substantial portion. It’s also cheaper! more . . .
Price: $9.00
 
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