2006 Ventana Rubystone Blend: 62% Grenache / 38% Syrah Appellation: Arroyo Seco (Monterey), California ALC: 14.9% You can buy this wine: at ventanawines.com Retail price: $18 Haydn gives this wine: 91pts There is something mystious about red blends. There is no way to assume...

When someone asks you what wine you would drink with fish, I'm willing to put down a good sized bet that you'd jump to either a Chardonnay or a Savignon Blanc. Judging by the abundantly larger white wine lists in...

I discovered this budget wine while tasting at Woodlands Market. Sandwiched between a Cakebread Cellars and a few Bordeauxs sat Frontier Red.  It's a powerful wine, at 15.5%, but a wonderful value at $10 or under (Woodlands had it listed...