Wines of California Take The Cake!

California Cab is something to cheer

California continues to have the bragging rights to making some of the finest wines in the world. In fact, most recently, a California’s Cabernet Sauvignon took the No.1 spot on Wine Spectators Top 100 Wines List!

As a woman who proudly travels the coast, it’s true. From Napa and Sonoma through the Central Coast, California’s soil and temperate environment proves over and over that our wines – and our winemakers – are undeniable. With complexity, range, color, brightness, surprise, and the ever intriguing soils, it’s no wonder the Golden State took home the top marks.

The magazines special Top 100 issue, available on newsstands now, unveils the complete list of selections. Each pick is based on quality (score), value (price), availability (cases made or imported) and an X-factor defined as “excitement.”

Eighteen California wines have been named in Wine Spectators Top 100 Wines of 2015, with a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon holding the #1 spot.

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California Wines in Wine Spectators Top 100 Wines of 2015

Rank	Wine	Score	Price

1	Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis	96	$195

5	Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains	95	$60

12	Limerick Lane Zinfandel Russian River Valley	94	$32

17	Turley Petite Syrah Howell Mountain Rattlesnake Ridge	95	$44

19	Dehlinger Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Altamont	95	$60

20	Meiomi Pinot Noir Monterey-Sonoma-Santa Barbara Counties	92	$22

29	Tenshen White Santa Barbara County	92	$20

35	Rombauer Chardonnay Carneros	93	$36

40	Pomelo Sauvignon Blanc California	90	$12

42	Keplinger SUMÔ Amador County	95	$70

48	Calera Chardonnay Central Coast	90	$20

57	Altamura Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley	95	$90

59	Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley Rockaway Single Vineyard	94	$75

60	Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley L’Ermitage	93	$48

65	Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Signature	93	$56

68	Booker Syrah Paso Robles Fracture	94	$85

78	Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley	91	$30

97	Orin Swift Machete California	93	$48

The full list can be read at Wine Spectator.

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And speaking of Cake … here’s a recipe from one of my favorites: Betty Sliu

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Dawn Garcia

Dawn Garcia is an LA born and bred Hispanic Latina. Growing up in a mixed race family that assimilated, and another that didn’t really allow for curiosity, the culmination of both became the driving force for pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, and devoting her life to the fight for equality and social justice. In a quest to go against the grain, she started writing at a very young age to process trauma and better understand her innate desire to live out her free-spirited nature. She is a journalist and screenwriter who has developed original TV series’ and films. Her genres of choice are drama, dark comedy, and comedy. Her strengths lie in empathetic story lines, descriptors and dialogue — both natural and raw — and while diffused with humor, inevitably she hopes to show the thread that connects us all. She is currently developing a comedy TV Series for MGM Studios/Gato Grande Productions. She is a mother, an activist, and lover of life.