Since 1976
Do you have fine wines to sell? Should you have an extensive wine portfolio in a bonded warehouse, or a few high-quality wines properly stored (with excellent provenance) in a domestic cellar, we would like to talk to you. There is a growing demand for wines approaching full maturity. We can quickly advise you if... Continue Reading →
Opus One has always been a wonderful wine, since Baronne Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi created what was the USA’s first premium fine wine back in 1979. Today, Opus One remains one of the Napa Valley’s leading producers, combining traditional techniques in the vineyards with a state-of-the-art winery and cellars. The 2010 vintage is... Continue Reading →
Australia’s leading wine, Penfolds, is to make a Napa Valley wine. According to Decanter magazine (Chris Mercer, July 3rd), Penfolds will be sourcing the ‘best of the best’ Napa Valley grapes from the 2018 vintage to produce wine under the legendary brand name, which is owned by Treasury Wine Estates (TWE). Penfolds’ chief winemaker, Peter... Continue Reading →
From all at Golden West Wines, we would like to wish you a very happy 4th July and do hope that you have some fine wine to enjoy with a good meal with friends and family... Speaking of fine wines, we have some brand new stock of Kapcsandy's rare and highly sought after wines -... Continue Reading →
Next week we are taking stock of two exceptionally rare, 100-point Robert Parker rated, Cult Napa Valley Cabernets - the 2007 and 2013 vintages from the legendary Scarecrow estate. Scarecrow is owned by Bret Lopez (whose childhood vacations were taken at his grandfather's - the great J.J. Cohn's summer home in Rutherford). Cohn, himself, was... Continue Reading →
Arriving soon, we have some extremely rare, very limited availability wines from Penfolds – Australia’s premier wine producer, world renowned for its incredibly sophisticated Shiraz and Bordeaux-inspired blends. Penfolds was founded by an English doctor (Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold), who migrated to South Australia in the mid-19th Century. Penfold had a firm belief in the... Continue Reading →
A recent study by Oxford University has claimed that corks are preferred over screw caps for sealing a bottle of wine (as reported by Decanter Magazine, Sept 2017). Perhaps surprisingly, the Oxford researchers put their findings down to the sound of the cork, rather than the smell or taste of the actual wine that they... Continue Reading →
Golden West Wines was established in 1976 and this year we are celebrating 40 years in wine. Join us every week as we look back on each year of our journey, and at what else was happening in the world at that time… 1985 – Reagan met Gorbachev for the 1st time in early signs... Continue Reading →
Golden West Wines was established in 1976 and this year we are celebrating 40 years in wine. Join us every week as we look back on each year of our journey, and at what else was happening in the world at that time… 1984 - the year Apple put on sale their Macintosh personal computer, Facebook... Continue Reading →
