Napa Cabernet Cross-Section: Hillside, Bench, and Valley Floor

Every month or so for the remainder of 2012, we intend to bring up a new, free video lesson illustrating why weather and soil and vineyard practices make two wines from the same grape variety taste differently, and how to describe those different tastes. These are major distinguishing factors in wines, which will be true across many examples from lots of regions around the world.

Eventually there will be seven video lessons in total ~

Napa Cab Cross-section: hillside, bench, valley floor
Chardonnay Regionality: Central Coast vs. Sonoma
Pinot Noir & Duck: Carneros vs. Sonoma Coast vs. Mendocino
Napa Cab: trellising and vine spacing for smells and flavor
Sauvignon Blanc & Oysters: coastal vs. inland vs. iron-rich soil
Zinfandel & BBQ: vine age & elevation in the Sierras
Napa Merlot: temperature change from north to south

If you want, you can taste along. Give us your email address, and we’ll send you the names of wines which demonstrate the characteristics in each lesson as each of those lessons gets posted to our website. Invite your friends over for a little party. Taste along with the video, and take a look at the extended cut, where we taste aged examples of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon!

The centerpiece of this Vinobo website here is our Members’ App, which will eventually be linked to our smart-phone app. Together the two apps will function as self-guided tours of six CA wine regions. They will feature a large variety of useful functions in addition to practical information and fascinating vignettes. The smart-phone app will be a free download. The Web App will operate on several levels:

(1) a free entertainment level available with registration, which includes extra Membership Privileges on the smart-phone app;

(2) a rich education level accessible with a one-time $14.95 subscription;

(3) a level with unique winery visitation tools (itinerary service, credential, trip archives, etc) available for a one-time subscription fee of $34.90 (or a $19.95 add-on to an existing education level subscription).

Sample our Members’ App with the APP DEMO button from the Navigation Bar above.

Napa Cabernet Cross-Section: Hillside, Bench, and Valley Floor

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