We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon received a Gold Medal & 92 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon received a Double Gold Medal & 92 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Old Vine Zinfandel received a Gold Medal & 93 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2018 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded Cellar Selection & 94 Points from Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Fall is here and winemakers everywhere are in the midst of a busy harvest season. Here on our beloved Howell Mountain, we took a quick break from picking grapes to announce our highly anticipated Fall Release!
This release includes our 2018 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel rated 90pts by Wine & Spirits Magazine and our 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon rated 94 points by Wine Spectator Magazine.
Our special Top Zinfandels of the Year 3 Pack is also still available to order on our online store. Our 2018 Old Vine Zinfandel was rated 95 points and was the “2nd Highest Rated Zinfandel of the Year” by Wine & Spirits Magazine. Our 2015 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel was rated 95 points and named"#40 Wine of the Year" on the "Top 100 Wines of the Year" list by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. This wine is very limited and only available to our wine club members and through this special "Top Zinfandel of the Year" package. Supplies are limited, so purchase before we are sold out!
Thank you, as always, for your interest in Howell Mountain Vineyards wines. We look forward to sharing our wines with you, your friends and your family!
Mike Beatty & the Howell Mountain Vineyards Team
2022 Fall Release Wines
2018 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel
90 points - Wine & Spirits
"The wines in 2018 from Howell Mountain Vineyards show finesse up front and lead to a good balance of fruit and tannins across the wines. Our 2018 Beatty Ranch reserve zinfandel embraces the spicy characteristics from these old vines - the oldest in the entire appellation. In the glass, the nose bursts with black pepper and Asian spices with deep underlying black cherry cola fruit notes. At first sip, the spice and tannins dominate the palate. Black cherry fruit begins to break-through under a chorus of spices which focuses the fruit. This wine dives deep into the palate supported by bright acid and firm tannins giving this wine ageability for several years."
"In the glass, rich, medium-dark color is exposed with a slight purple hue. On the nose, the wine exhibits a bouquet of red currant and blackberries up front followed by a hint of crème de cassis, dusty undertone reminiscent of the rich, red volcanic soil. On the palate, the wine exhibits well integrated tannins with underlying notes of dark blackberry and black currant fruit. The wine finishes with hints of tobacco and leather along deep, dark layers of fruit and firm tannins which provide structure into the finish, which will allow this wine to age well."
This is a unique chance to purchase what Wine Enthusiast Magazine rated as the "Top Zinfandel of the Year" and what Wine & Spirits Magazine rated the "#2 Zinfandel of the Year" from our 100+ year old wines from our estate vineyard. Our 2018 Old Vine Zinfandel was rated 95 points and was the 2nd Highest Rated Zinfandel of the Year by Wine & Spirits Magazine and you get 2 bottles in the pack. Our 2015 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel was rated 95 points and named"#40 Wine of the Year" on the "Top 100 Wines of the Year" list by Wine Enthusiast Magazine is the 3rd bottle. Was $188,Now $175 & 15% Discount applies for Wine Club Members!
Join Howell Mountain Vineyards at the Howell Mountain Harvest Celebration on Saturday, November 12. Taste our latest releases as well as wines from 30+ other Howell Mountain Wineries. Like most of the Howell Mountain Winery events, this event sells out, so purchase tickets soon. To purchase tickets, go to: https://www.howellmountain.org/events/howell-mountain-harvest-celebration/
Have you visited our Howell Mountain Vineyards Wine Tasting Room in Napa Valley? You can now experience Howell Mountain Vineyards through a guided tour of our wines atThe Saint Wine Lounge in historic downtown Saint Helena. There are three different tasting options available:
Additional glasses of wine are available after tasting
Bottles of wine are available for purchase or for shipping home to most states
By appointment only
$75 per person (plus tax & gratuity)
The Saint Wine Lounge is located at 1351 Main Street, St. Helena, CA 94574 and is open: Tue - Thu | 3pm - 7pm Fri | 12pm - 10pm Sat | 12pm - 9pm Sun | 12pm - 7pm Mon | Closed For more information or to make a reservation, click on the button below. We look forward to seeing you at our new tasting room soon!
Did you know you can customize your Howell Mountain Vineyards Wine Club shipment?
Our on-line wine club system will now allow you to choose and add additional bottles to each of your wine club shipments. Here's how it works:
An email is sent to you within a week of the release showing you the new release wines and the suggested shipment.
You will be able to add, delete and customize the wine in your shipment as long as you order at least 4 bottles, the minimum for each shipment.
Your customized wine shipment will be sent to you on the release date!
The Howell Mountain Vineyards Wine Club provides its members with access to all wines released — even our highly rated and limited release wines! Receive 3 shipments yearly (spring, fall and mid-winter) of 4 bottles each shipment containing our newest releases. Benefits of our Wine Club include:
Save 15% off all wine purchases & 25% off all case purchases (12 bottles or more) of Howell Mountain Vineyards wines.
Access to purchase additional quantities of special limited release wines
Discount to Howell Mountain Vintner’s Events
Now - The ability to customize each wine club shipment.
You may cancel at any time prior to your shipment. To sign up for our wine club, click on the button below.
We are excited to now be able ship wine to Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Using a new third-party shipper, we can now offer Howell Mountain Vineyards wines to customers in these states. To order wine to be shipped to these states, click on the button below and fill out the on-line form or click on the link at the top of the page on our Wine Shop on our website. If you have any problems, feel free to email us at orders@howellmountainvineyards.com and we will take your order over the phone.
In addition to these 7 new states, we are still registered to ship wine to 39 or our 50 states and you can order on-line through VinoShipper with low shipping charges including: AK, AZ. CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.
Howell Mountain Vineyards Angwin, CA 94508 707-637-9400 info@howellmountainvineyards.com
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Petit Verdot is an important and late-ripening variety in both Bordeaux and the Napa Valley, mostly used as a blending grape in Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wines. Known for its dark color, thick skin, high tannin content and spicy intensity, it is one of the most expensive grapes per ton, which is a direct correlation to its scarcity.
Over the past few years, winemakers have come to rely heavily on this grape because of its intensity and dark color. But that doesn’t mean Petit Verdot is without its challenges like, yes, the intensity, deep hue, and worst of all, propensity to soak in smoke.
Petit Verdot is extremely prone to smoke taint, which has been a growing problem of late, most notably in 2020.
“In 2020, the [Glass] fire did not get to our property, and thanks to the wind direction we didn’t have a lot of smoke, says Bryan Kane, who makes a 100% Petit Verdot for Howell Mountain Vineyards. “We did not get much smoke influence on the grapes, except for Petit Verdot — it’s a smoke soaker — so we don’t have any 2020 [vintage], but the rest of the vintage was one of our best ever overall.”
THERE’S NOTHING PETITE ABOUT PETIT VERDOT
The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) has published studies in relationship to baseline levels of the phenolic compounds (health-benefitting phytochemicals) associated with smoke taint, and varieties like Petit Verdot and Syrah already produce high concentrations of these compounds, which means you’re most likely to taste the smoke in these grapes than others.
“Our Petit Verdot is approachable and very complex and aromatic, with a more floral profile,” says Laura Diaz Munoz, winemaker and general manager of Ehlers Estate in St. Helena, California. “It is true that Petit Verdot, like Syrah, has a propensity to express smoke taint even at lower levels of exposure, as they produce and accumulate the same compounds even when not exposed to smoke.”
Because of this, winemakers like Diaz Munoz say they will analyze for smoke taint markers even during years when fires aren’t a threat, hoping to create a database of base levels for her varieties in her specific site, so she’s able to make more informed decisions when grapes are exposed to smoke.
Still, its charms tend to outweigh its challenges.
“It’s a nice somm wine,” notes Bryan Kane. “We tend to get even berry size at elevation, the color is fantastic, it’s purple in tank right from the beginning and the tannins are why people use it in blends. You don’t need a lot of it to get the structure.”
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Karen Williams, owner of Acme Fine Wines in St. Helena, explains further.
“The namesake ‘petit’ is associated with the small berries which have higher skin-to-juice ratio, which results in more tannins and deeper hues.”
At her wine shop, she doesn’t often have requests for varietal Petit Verdot, though she has carried some in the past, including Cerro, made by Derek Beitler and sourced from the Cerrito Vineyard in Rutherford, which Williams describes as “not for the faint of heart,” and another from Gibbs sourced in Yountville.
“When we sit down to taste with winemakers here in Napa,” she continues, “we commonly hear that within their spice rack of blending varieties, Petit Verdot carries a similar gustatory job as black pepper. Too much is overbearing and can mask the delicate nuances.”
There are roughly 700 acres of Petit Verdot in the Napa Valley, according to the 2020 California Grape Report published by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Compare that to the approximately 21,000 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, the region’s dominant grape.
“Petit Verdot is a late-ripening variety,” confirms Diaz Munoz. “Farming-wise, that is the more challenging aspect, on top of the yield variability due to its being overly sensitive during flowering, to humidity or winds. Flowers can fail to develop, and yields drop substantially some years.”
But, if conditions are good during flowering, Diaz Munoz says they can get the opposite — high yields and less concentration if they don’t drop fruit. Since Petit Verdot produces three clusters per shoot, it’s even more important that yields are adjusted.
All the coddling required of this variety — on top of climate change and fires — means Petit Verdot needs to be grown in the right place and given the right attention to be worthwhile, which is why there is so little of it in a place like the Napa Valley and why it costs so much per ton.
Still, some will find it worth the hassle and persist. Diaz Munoz, for one, feels good about the winery’s estate site and plans to continue growing it and showcasing it in a varietal bottling, even if that means contending with smoke taint.
“Our soils have between 35 to 65% gravel, which allows good drainage,” she explains. “We are in the narrowest point in the valley, with soils that are not as deep. Mixing this up with warm temperatures and good drainage, we get a little bit of stress in the vines that is beneficial to achieve full ripeness.”
The Ehlers Estate Petit Verdot ripens properly in these conditions and achieves good color, softer tannins and more floral, fruity aromatics. The two blocks on site are the last ones picked, usually in late October, tacking on additional risk.
But if you want to try something different, something intensely colored and robust, try a Petit Verdot on its own. There may be fewer chances to do so down the road.
Howell Mountain Vineyards Spring Release with 95pt Zin plus new tasting room, upcoming events & more!
2022 Spring Release
Dear Friends of Howell Mountain,
We are pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2022 Wines including our 2017 Petite Verdot, our 2018 Primitivo Clone Zinfandel and our 2018 Old Vine Zinfandel - rated 95 points and ranked #2 Zinfandel of the Year by Wine & Spirits Magazine.
Also included in our newsletter are the following:
New "Top Zinfandel of the Year 3-Pack" including #40 Wine of the Year
New "Top Cabernets of the Year 3-Pack" with the #2 US Cabernet of the Year
New Wine Tasting Room in Napa Valley
Last Call on #2 US Cabernet of the Year (3 bottles max)
Last Call on Top Cabernet Franc in America (3 bottles max)
New Wine Club features including the ability to customize your shipment
New States which we can ship wine to
Upcoming Events
Thank you, as always, for your interest in Howell Mountain Vineyards wines, and we look forward to sharing our wines with you, your friends and your family over the summer!
Mike Beatty
2022 Spring Release Wines
We are excited to share our new 2022 Spring Release wines with you including our 2017 Petite Verdot, our 2018 Primitivo Clone Zinfandel and our 2018 Old Vine Zinfandel - rated 95 points and ranked #2 Zinfandel of the Year by Wine & Spirits Magazine.
2018 Old Vine Zinfandel
#2 Zinfandel of the Year
95 points - Wine & Spirits 94 points & Double Gold Medal - American Fine Wine Competition
"On the nose, this wine produces a melody of fruit starting with red cherry notes leading to darker black cherry notes upon further examination. On the palate, layers black pepper spice dominate the entry supported by a rich, fuller than normal, body of black raspberry and dark cherry fruit with hints of cloves and dark plum fruit in the finish supported by well integrated tannins which expose lingering notes of anise and creme de cassis."
"In 2018, we again produced our Primitivo Clone wine. This newer planting of the Primitivo Clone of zinfandel produces a more fruit forward, full-bodied wine that differs greatly from our wines produced from the vineyard’s old vines. A popular wine right out of the bottle, this wine has notes of red cherry fruit with some black pepper spice. This wine is filled with bright red fruit on the palate with a core of crushed pepper spice on a medium bodied palate. This wine drinks well now and should be enjoyed over the next 5 years."
93 points & Double Gold Medal - American Fine Wine Competition 91 points - Wine Enthusiast
Hauntingly dark in the glass at first sight, our 2017 Howell Mountain Petit Verdot exhibits the classic characteristics of this highly tannic, black fruit grape. The light crop and smaller than normal berries produced a dense, chewy, full structured wine with firm tannins. On the palate, the hints of blackberry, blueberry and earthy, cigar box and leather notes fought its way through the tannins. This wine continues its dark fruit decent into the palate and finishes with a long mouth-drying finish with firm tannins and gripping acid, begging for this wine to be cellared up to 10-12 years.
Over the last couple of years, Howell Mountain Vineyards Cabernets (both our Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc) have been awarded the #1 or #2 Wine of the Year. We've put together this collector's package of the three Howell Mountain Vineyards Cabernets voted "Top Cabernets of the Year" which includes the following:
2017 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 2nd Highest Rated Cabernet Sauvignon of the Year, Wine & Spirits Magazine
2017 Cabernet Franc Top Cabernet Franc in America - Best in Class, Houston Rodeo Wine Competition
2016 Cabernet Franc Top Cabernet Franc in the World - Judge's Selection, TEXSOM International Wine Competition
Was $415,Now $495 & 15% Discount applies for Wine Club Members!
This is a unique chance to purchase the what Wine Enthusiast Magazine rated as the "Top Zinfandel of the Year" and what Wine & Spirits Magazine rated the "#2 Zinfandel of the Year" from our 100+ year old wines from our estate vineyard. Our 2018 Old Vine Zinfandel was rated 95 points and was the 2nd Highest Rated Zinfandel of the Year by Wine & Spirits Magazine and you get 2 bottles in the pack. Our 2015 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel was rated 95 points and named"#40 Wine of the Year" on the "Top 100 Wines of the Year" list by Wine Enthusiast Magazine is the 3rd bottle.
Was $188,Now $175 & 15% Discount applies for Wine Club Members!
We are excited to announce that we have a new Howell Mountain Vineyards Wine Tasting Room open in Napa Valley at The Saint Wine Lounge. Experience Howell Mountain Vineyards through a guided tour of our wines at The Saint Wine Lounge in historic downtown Saint Helena.
There are three different options for the tasting:
Wine Tasting
Up to 6 guests per table
Enjoy three large sampling of our wines
Additional glasses of wine are available after tasting
Bottles of wine are available for purchase or for shipping home to most states
Reservation are recommended, but not required
$40 per person (plus tax & gratuity)
Three Course Lunch & Wine Tasting
Same Wine Tasting above paired with a 3 Course Lunch
Available from 12pm to 4pm
$95 per person (plus tax & gratuity)
Private Wine & Food Pairing
Up to 12 guests
Private room
Three large sampling of our wines
Small food pairings for each wine
Additional glasses of wine are available after tasting
Bottles of wine are available for purchase or for shipping home to most states
As you know, our 2017 Howell Mountain Vineyards Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon has received a 95 point rating and was ranked #2 for the Year's Best US Cabernets from Wine & Spirits Magazine! But, we are down to less than a handful of cases, so we have placed a 3 Bottle Limit on this wine. Order today!
I had no idea how big the Houston Rodeo Wine Competition was until we won the Top Cabernet Franc in America for our2017 Howell Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Franc. Within a month, we had sold nearly 100 cases, so we had to place a 3 Bottle Limit on this wine. It's a must have for Cabernet Franc lovers. Order today!
Now you can customize your
Howell Mountain Vineyards wine club shipment
You can now customize your Wine Club Shipment! Our on-line wine club system will now allow you to choose and add additional bottles to each of your wine club shipments. Here's how it works:
An email is sent to you within a week of the release showing you the new release wines and the suggested shipment.
You will be able to add, delete and customize the wine in your shipment as long as you order at least 4 bottles, the minimum for each shipment.
Your customized wine shipment will be sent to you on the release date!
The Howell Mountain Vineyards wine club provides its members with access to all wines released — even our highly rated and limited release wines! Receive 3 shipments yearly (spring, fall and mid-winter) of 4 bottles each shipment containing our newest releases. Benefits of our Wine Club include:
Save 15% off all wine purchases & 25% off all case purchases (12 bottles or more) of Howell Mountain Vineyards wines.
Access to purchase additional quantities of special limited release wines
Discount to Howell Mountain Vintner’s Events
Now - The ability to customize each wine club shipment.
You may cancel at any time prior to your shipment. To sign up for our wine club, click on the button below.
We are excited to now be able ship wine to Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Using a new third-party shipper, we can now offer Howell Mountain Vineyards wines to customers in these states. To order wine to be shipped to these states, click on the button below and fill out the on-line form or click on the link at the top of the page on our Wine Shop on our website. If you have any problems, feel free to email us at orders@howellmountainvineyards.com and we will take your order over the phone.
In addition to these 7 new states, we are still registered to ship wine to 39 or our 50 states and you can order on-line through VinoShipper with low shipping charges including: AK, AZ. CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.
Taste of Howell Mountain Saturday, June 18th - 12:00pm to 5:00pm @ Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena, Napa Valley
WINE TASTINGS, FOOD PAIRINGS, LIVE MUSIC & AUCTIONS
Register to join us for the Annual Taste of Howell Mountain wine tasting on Saturday, June 18th at Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena. Our owner and winegrower, Mike Beatty, will be at the event with his son Patrick pouring our latest releases along-side 40+ other Howell Mountain Wineries. It's a unique opportunity to taste many Howell Mountain appellation wines side by side in one tasting. In addition, you will be able to purchase our wine at the show, so it will be a great opportunity to taste and purchase your favorite Howell Mountain Vineyards wines. Purchase tickets for $175 per person on the Howell Mountain Vintner's Association website at https://www.howellmountain.org and use Promo Code: HMV for your Howell Mountain Vineyards discount.
Howell Mountain Vineyards
Angwin, CA 94508
707-637-9400 info@howellmountainvineyards.com
Spring in here and Howell Mountain Vineyards are in full bloom. Although, we had a few more nights of frost this year, the vines look good and we expect a consistent fruit set this year. The 2021 Vintage is off to a excellent start.
We thank you all for your thoughts and prayers last year during the Glass Fire on Howell Mountain. Fortunately, Howell Mountain Vineyards and the Beatty Ranch were spared from the fire. Due to the wind direction, we had no detectable smoke taint in our fruit which is very fortunate since the 2020 Vintage may be the best vintage of the century. The fruit was balanced with small berries which produced intense wines from the vineyard. We are excited about how the 2020 Vintage wines are developing.
Lastly, we have our new 2021 Spring Release wines which include two Zinfandels, Reserve Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, and our Cabernet Franc which was named "Top Cabernet Franc in the World" at the prestigious TEXSOM International Wine Competition. Some of these wines have a very limited production, so get your order in soon.
Thank you again for your interest in Howell Mountain Vineyards wines and we look forward to sharing our new release wines with you,
Mike Beatty
Named "Top Cabernet Franc in the World"
The 2016 Howell Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Franc was named "Top Cabernet Franc in the World" at the prestigious TEXSOM International Wine Competition. Every year, over 100 of the world's top sommeliers from around the globe come together to judge wine from across the world's finest wine growing regions. Wines are categorized by varietal and/or blend, and, for each category, one wine is chosen as the best wine in its class and awarded the Judge's Selection.
This last year, our 2016 Howell Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Franc was tasted blind, alongside dozens for the world's top Cabernet Franc wines. After the judging was completed, our wine was chosen as the Judge's Selection and named the Top Cabernet Franc in the World!
Our Cabernet Franc is one of our limited production wines, so, although we are just releasing this wine, supply may be limited. So get your order in soon!
We are excited to share our new 2021Spring Release wines with you including limited production Bordeaux varietal wines including our Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and our Reserve Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. In addition, we are releasing the popular Old Vine Zinfandel as well as the Primitivo Clone Zinfandel.
2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, Beatty Ranch
92 points, American Fine Wine Comp
"At first sight, this wine looks massive with its dark black color. In the nose, the wine exhibits dark, dusty blackberry fruit with a undertone of licorice reminiscent of “sen sen” breath mints. On the palate, the wine uncovers layer upon layer of dark fruit and earthy tannins with a long finish."
"Soft, supple and richly etched in red fruit, this wine is also earthy in cedar, tobacco and dusty rock. Tight, firm tannins give it pronounced structure and elegance around peppery spice and lasting oak, the wine aromatic in mountain violet and sage."
"This is a thick, brooding red wine from the producer's own estate vineyard—a study in dusty rock, graphite and dark cherry. Tobacco, leather and caramel chime in midway through on the palate, surrounded by structured tannin and well-integrated oak that complement the wine's broad shoulders and rich ripeness."
"From vines planted before Prohibition, this balanced, burly red is sinewy, with components of black pepper, gravel, stone and iron. Red- and black-cherry fruit is rich and layered, with lovely contrasts of leather, tannin and spicy oak."
"Effusively and powerfully built around blackberry and graham cracker flavors, this bold, structured mountain wine is soft and unctuous on the palate. Firm, integrated tannin and oak don't hinder but rather add to the intrigue and appeal, leading to a finish of cinnamon and black pepper."
The Howell Mountain Vineyards wine club provides its members with access to all wines released — even our highly rated and limited release wines! Receive 3 shipments yearly (spring, fall and mid-winter) of 4 bottles each shipment containing our newest releases. Benefits of our Wine Club include:
Save 15% off all wine purchases & 25% off all case purchases (12 bottles or more) of Howell Mountain Vineyards wines.
Access to purchase additional quantities of special limited release wines
Discount to Howell Mountain Vintner’s Events
Each shipment will be sent to you automatically, and you may cancel at any time prior to your shipment. To sign up for our wine club, click on the button below.
26th Annual Taste of Howell Mountain Event Saturday, October 16 - 11:30am to 4:30pm @ Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena
WINE TASTINGS, FOOD PAIRINGS, LIVE MUSIC & AUCTIONS
Register to join us on line for the 25th Annual "Taste of Howell Mountain" event. Our owner and winegrower, Mike Beatty, will be at the event with his son Patrick pouring our latest releases. This event sells out every year, so, to reserve your ticket for this event, click on the button below!
If you live out of the state of California and would like to make sure that your wine arrives safely during the summer, we have the solution! Our shipping partner, VinoShipper offers reduced prices on Next Day Air UPS Shipping that is lower than 2-Day Air and sometimes 3-Day Air. Remember, VinoShipper (and hence Howell Mountain Vineyards) cannot be responsible for wine shipped with Ground or other Air shipping if your shipping location is above 80 degrees, so we recommend that you utilize this discounted Next Day Air option if you think your wine may be exposed to prolonged heat when shipping to your location out of the State of California. Discounted Next Day Air will be offered through the end of October. Order today and save on Next Day Air UPS Shipping!
We are currently registered to ship wine to 40 or our 50 states -- and with low shipping charges! We are current shipping wine to the following states:
AK, AZ. CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. Watch for more states coming on-line in the future!
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Primitivo Clone Zinfandel received a 93 point from Wine Enthusiast;
“Effusively and powerfully built around blackberry and graham cracker flavors, this bold, structured mountain wine is soft and unctuous on the palate. Firm, integrated tannin and oak don't hinder but rather add to the intrigue and appeal, leading to a finish of cinnamon and black pepper.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Old Vine Zinfandel received a coveted 1-Puff rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“A little withdrawn yet fairly concentrated all the same on the nose with suggestions of dark berries and plums slowly coming into play and built along fairly firm lines with flavors that are more implicit than outgoing in fruit, this bottling reprises the somewhat tighter, age worthy structure of its slightly richer Beatty Ranch sibling, and similarly calls for at least a couple of years of age. “
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Old Vine Zinfandel received a 92 point from Wine Enthusiast:
“From vines planted before Prohibition, this balanced, burly red is sinewy, with components of black pepper, gravel, stone and iron. Red- and black-cherry fruit is rich and layered, with lovely contrasts of leather, tannin and spicy oak.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Petit Verdot received a coveted 1-Puff rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“It is no secret that Petit Verdot can be fairly tough, and this one serves as a ready reminder of that fact, but, in this case, the wine counts enough well-ripened fruity stuffing on the positive side of its ledger sheet to raise optimism that, with time, it will grow out of its present tannic rusticity. Hurried drinking is ill-advised here, and, even if gentility is unlikely to ever be one of its virtues, it will be an interesting and far friendlier wine if left undisturbed in the cellar for another five or six years.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Petit Verdot received a Gold Medal & 96 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition;
“In 2016, Howell Mountain experienced an even and balanced growing season. The near perfect growing conditions created some of the best fruit we have ever seen in this region. Full clusters with medium sized berries produced grapes with focused fruit and integrated tannins commonly present in Howell Mountain fruit. With the steady heat in the late summer, the fruit was able to easily reach maturity and was harvested in late-October.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Franc received a coveted 1-Puff rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“Wines sourced from Howell Mountain are more often than not of a sturdier sort, and, when they are made from what is inherently a fairly tannic variety such as Cabernet Franc, they can be a bit sturdier yet, and, while this moderately deep, well-ripened effort is definitely so inclined, it has plenty of fruity flesh on its ample bones. It is undeniably a little gruff now, but it does not tip to irremediable toughness, and the dividends to be paid by four to six years of patience are worth the wait.”
