Schrader Vineyards; 2- '04 Cabernet Sauvignon, Beckstoffer Vineyards, Napa Valley

WINE SPECTATOR'S HIGHEST RATED CABERNET SAUVIGNON for the 2004 Vintage! 

Rated 97 Pts. Dark, dense and powerful without being heavy or ponderous. Tiers of mocha-laced currant, cassis, blackberry, spice and subtle herb shadings give this tightly focused wine great depth and personality. Drink now through 2015. (James Laube, Wine Spectator) 

Rated 96+ Pts. - The wine has great purity, richness, and wonderful sweet, smoky, coffee bean, and black currant notes intermixed with some spring flowers and cedar. Very rich, full-bodied, and intense, with an almost Graves-like scorched earth/hot stone sort of character, this wine exhibits superb ripeness, purity, texture, and a multi-dimensional personality. (Robert M. Parker, The Wine Advocate)

Friend supporting the Jimmy Mancbach Memorial Scholarship Foundation

In 2007 we lost a great friend of the wine industry, Jimmy Mancbach. His love of wine and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest will truly be missed.

Even in his passing, Jimmy's spirit of generosity lives on in the form of The Jimmy Mancbach Memorial Scholarship Foundation. The foundation realizes his dream of creating a scholarship for up-and-coming fine wine professionals. Jimmy wanted to provide a rare opportunity for those young wine enthusiasts to work with some of America's greatest winemakers with whom he had developed strong relationships throughout the years.

The annual recipients will travel to specially selected wineries during harvest, where they will work with some of the most talented and celebrated winemakers and viticulturists in the wine industry. There they will carry forth Jimmy's passion, integrity and love for great wine and food.