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The wines on this Progressive Wine Menu are grouped in Flavor Categories. Wines with similar flavors are listed progressing to the wines that are drier and stronger in taste.
Sparkling Wines and Champagne
Listed from milder to stronger
Cava, Brut, Codorníu, "Cuvée Raventós", Catalonia, Spain, NV
15.00
15.00Champagne, Brut, Veuve Clicquot, "Yellow Label", France, NV50.00
50.00Medium to Full Intensity White Wines
Listed from milder to stronger
Chardonnay, Rodney Strong, Chalk Hill, Sustainably Grown, California, 200820.00
20.00Chardonnay/Viognier/Marsanne/Rousanne, Niebaum Coppola, "Blancaneaux", Rutherford, California, 200035.00
35.00Chardonnay, Sonoma Cutrer, "Russian River Ranches", Sonoma Coast, California, 200923.00
23.00Chardonnay, Sbragia Family, "Gamble Ranch Vineyard", Napa Valley, California, 200740.00
40.00Chardonnay, Newton, "Unfiltered", Napa Valley, California, 200748.00
48.00Chardonnay, Pahlmeyer, "Jayson", North Coast, California, 200842.00
42.00Light to Medium Intensity Red Wines
Listed from milder to stronger
Cabernet/Merlot, Taltarni, "Three Monks", Victoria, Australia, 200616.00
16.00Discovery Wine: 90 points and Editor's Choice, Wine Entusiast Magazine
Medium to Full Intensity Red Wines
Listed from milder to stronger
Zinfandel/Petite Sirah, Ridge, "Lytton Springs", Dry Creek Valley, California, 200730.00
30.00Cabernet Sauvignon, Casa Lapostolle, "Cuvée Alexandre Apalta Vineyard", Colchagua Valley, Central Valley, Chile, 200819.00
19.00Ribera del Duero, Bodegas Emilio Moro, Castilla Y León, Spain, 200824.00
24.00Cabernet Sauvignon, Provenance Vineyards, Oakville, California, 2003, 375ml17.50
17.50Shiraz, Mollydooker, "The Boxer", South Australia, 200925.00
25.00Petite Sirah, Rosenblum Cellars, "Heritage Clones", San Francisco Bay, California, 200618.00
18.00Discovery Wine: looking fora reasponably priced, intense red wine? Wine Spectator "Top Value" winner
Petite Sirah, Frog's Leap, Napa Valley, California, 200633.00
33.00Zinfandel, Turley, "Duarte Vineyard", Contra Costa County, California, 200832.00
32.00NOTES
Prices may vary! They are noted as national MSRP and you should be able to find them much cheaper in most cases.
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