Father's Day - Focus On La Vaquera
Terri Striegel's Mother at Father
In our series to celebrate Father's Day, we turn to our very own Terri Striegel, who will tell us a little about her dad, and how he influenced her life.
"When I was a senior in high school, my dad did research on the best job opportunities for women. Knowing that I enjoyed math, he suggested that I study accounting in college. He knew that I approached situations in a very "black and white, no gray" manner down to the smallest detail. I am proudly the daughter of a Christian, army artilleryman."
-Terri Striegel
Does your dad love big red wines? If so, we encourage you to give him the gift of our La Vaquera.
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2015 • Red Mare Wines • Napa Valley • La Vaquera • Red Wine
Ripe blackberries and currants, fruit compote, pie spices, and caramel jump from the glass of this effusive wine. This cowgirl doesn’t hold anything back. It fills your senses with dark fruits layered with more subtle and complex notes of tobacco and fresh bread. In the mouth, this wine has a powerful entry with firm tannins and ripe fruit balanced by a bright acidity that carries this wine to a long and dense finish.
$48.00/bottle
$43.20/bottle for Triple Crown Club Members
FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING
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Jun 15, 2020 at 6:42 AM
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2016 Sauvignon Blanc Special
What a summer deal we have for you! FREE SHIPPING when you buy a case of our
2016 Sauvignon Blanc...We only have a few bottles left and it is the perfect summer wine!
Price $24.00 • SPECIAL OFFER ONLY $18.00/bottle
May 28, 2020 at 4:19 PM
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The King and Queen
Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay are often referred to as the King and Queen of varietals. We agree, for so many reasons.
With our Memorial Day Pricing Event going on, this is a great time to stock your cellar with some Royalty...
Our Cabernet Sauvignon always has a beautiful wild cherry core. It shows off its lush red fruits as well as layer upon layer of complex characters underneath. You will always find that bright fruit and lovely acidity inter-twined with silky tannins in Red Mare’s Cabernet Sauvignon. James Suckling - 93 points
2015 Red Mare • Napa Valley • Cabernet Sauvignon
Special Memorial Day Pricing $55.00/bottle
Since 2012, our Dutton Ranch Mill’s Station vineyard has produced a beautiful wine for us - bright and refreshing with forward fruit. This wine also expresses the depth and complexity that is derived from mature vines and traditional techniques.
2016 Red Mare • Dutton Ranch • Russian River • Chardonnay
Special Memorial Day Pricing $38.00/bottle
May 15, 2020 at 7:07 AM
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Missing the Kentucky Derby?
It would almost be Kentucky Derby time... This year, for the first time since WWII, the Kentucky Derby, is postponed. But, you don't have to wait to get in the mood! Join us in mixing up a Red Mare Sauvignon Blanc Mint Julep and watching this great YouTube Video of the Derby's Greatest Moments:
(Click image to watch)
And, until Happy Hour comes, you can learn about our Red Mare, the horse that inspired the name of our brand. She was a racehorse. She never made it to the Derby, but she certainly won my heart.
My mission when buying her was to give an ex-racehorse a new life as a show and pleasure horse. I thought I could train her up and then sell her to a good home in a year or two, thereby giving me the funds to purchase another x-racehorse and give that horse a second chance. Well, if you know anything about red mares, you know that this didn't turn out as planned. Paradigm (as is her name) had a few things to teach me, and it has taken her 15 years to do so. She taught me more than I ever dreamed of teaching her, and she is now teaching young students the foundations of riding.
Get into the Derby mood with our twist on the traditional Mint Julep. With fewer calories and lower alcohol, it's a great summer sipper to pair with the Run for the Roses!
Red Mare Wine's Sauvignon Blanc, Mint Julep
1 Part Red Mare Sauvignon Blanc
1 Part Ginger Ale or Ginger Flavoured Sparkling Water
1/8 tsp Maple Extract (Vanilla can work as well)
Muddled Mind and Mint for garnish
Ice
Our Yountville, Gamble Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc grapes are certified CCOF Organic and farmed to exacting standards, this site yields a very low crop level, resulting in intensity and concentration.
2017 • Gamble Vineyard • Yountville • Sauvignon Blanc
$24.00/bottle
$21.60/bottle for Allocation Club Members
2016 • Dutton Ranch • Russian River • Chardonnay
$48.00/bottle
$43.20/bottle for Allocation Club Members
When you order any variety of 12 bottles, use Promo Code DERBY to get $5 case shipping through May 1, 2020.
Apr 28, 2020 at 8:08 AM
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Get to Know the Alpha Mare
We take an exceptional amount of pride in our Alpha Mare wines. That is because we take an extraordinary amount of care while producing them. With super small production levels, we can scrutinize every detail that goes into these wines.
We laboriously barrel-ferment our Alpha Mare Red, a co-fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon with a bit of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Petite Sirah. This intensifies color, improves oak integration and creates complexity. We make our Alpha Mare White to age, modeled after the white wines of Bordeaux, this wine is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc clones and aged an extra year in special light-toast barrels from the Bertrange forest in France. This gives the wine exceptional depth and complexity.
Listen to what Master of Wine and Editor in Chief of The Wine Advocate, Lisa Perotti-Brown has to say about our 2015 Alpha Mare Red:
"...the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Alpha Mare is youthful with black and red currants, underbrush and black pepper notes plus wafts of bay leaves and cedar. Full, muscular, firm and chewy in the mouth, it has appealing freshness and an earthy finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle and drink it over the next 15+" (92+ points)
This wine has now had a few years stored in our optimal temperature-controlled cellar, and now it is ready for you.
2016 Alpha • Mare • Red Wine
$168.00/bottle
$151.20/bottle for Allocation Club Members
2016 • Alpha Mare • White Wine
$38.00/bottle
$34.20/bottle for Allocation Club Members
If you are in the Dallas Fortworth area, please contact us for preferential shipping options at:
Apr 21, 2020 at 8:55 AM
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Quiet time calls for a glass of Chardonnay. Get to know our Dutton Ranch Chardonnay
Quiet time calls for a glass of Chardonnay. Get to know our Dutton Ranch Chardonnay
It pairs great with striped bass, crab, raw oysters, even lobster. The theory here is to match a full-bodied wine with a full-bodied dish. If you have a broth-based soup, Chardonnay works wonderfully.
To learn more & purchase, visit: /Wines/White-Wines/Chardonnay
Apr 20, 2020 at 10:02 AM
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Spring Wine Release
To our Loyal Customer,
We hope and pray that you are all well, safe and out of harms way. The weather here in the Napa Valley is beautiful and we have the promise of an exceptional spring with which to begin the 2020 vintage. We and our friends and family in California are sheltering in place due to the concerns around COVID 19. Luckily, we are quite used to working from home and necessary winery operations continue without issue.
We hope to bring you a little joy during this crazy time! To that end, we are continuing with our Spring Wine Release AND we are offering a little help on the shipping.
Sharing the wines that we lovingly make with our friends and family is the most satisfying thing that we do. If you happen to use your time at home to make a delicious meal to go with a newly released Red Mare wine, please share a photo with us on Facebook or Instagram to receive a special promo code for your next order.
Thank you for your continued support of Red Mare Wines
2015 Red Mare Wines • Napa Valley • Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml
From The Wine Advocate
"…the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple
color and opens with fragrant black berries and black cherries
with hints of chocolate box, lavender and dried herbs.
Full-bodied, soft and with good expression, it has loads of black fruit
with earthy notions, finishing with great length."
$68.00/bottle
$61.20/bottle With Your Allocation Membership
2016 Red Mare Wines • Napa Valley • Chardonnay 750ml
From the Winemaker
"This wine has a lovely juxtaposition of warm, dry earth along
with cold pineapple and fresh pear. As the wine opens,
stewed apples and vanilla cream come through. The wine's
entry is all freshness. It fills the mouth with its generous volume,
after which the aromatics rise up. It finishes cleanly with
lovely acidity and comforting warmth."
$48.00/bottle
$36.00/bottle With Your Allocation Membership
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2017 Red Mare Wines • Napa Valley • Sauvignon Blanc 750ml
From the Winemaker
"Summer in a glass. This wine leads with sweet Meyer lemon and the
aromas you experience in a warm kitchen herb garden. Pink grapefruit,
kiwi, and lychee round out a tropical center complemented by warm tones
of shortbread, bee propolis, and ginger root…"
$24.00/bottle
$21.60/bottle With Your Allocation Membership
$5.00 shipping when you order 12 bottles. Use Promo Code: SPRING when checking out.
Learn More About Our Allocation Club
Mar 23, 2020 at 10:26 AM
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About Red Mare Alpha Mare Wines
We take an exceptional amount of pride in our Alpha Mare wines. That is because we take an extraordinary amount of care while producing them. With super small production levels, we can scrutinize every detail that goes into these wines. We laboriously barrel-ferment our Alpha Mare Red to intensify color, improve oak integration, and create complexity. We make our Alpha Mare White to age, modeled after the white wines of Bordeaux, this wine is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc clones and aged an extra year in light-toast barrels for exceptional depth and complexity.
Listen to what Master of Wine and Editor in Chief of The Wine Advocate, Lisa Perotti-Brown has to say about our 2015 Alpha Mare Red:
“Blended of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Malbec, the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Alpha Mare is youthful with black and red currants, underbrush and black pepper notes plus wafts of bay leaves and cedar. Full, muscular, firm and chewy in the mouth, it has appealing freshness and an earthy finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle and drink it over the next 15+” 92+ points
This wine has now had a few years stored in our optimal temperature cellar, and now it is ready for you.
If you are in the Dallas Fortworth area, please contact us for preferential shipping options at: Info@RedMareWines.com
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Feb 29, 2020 at 2:18 PM
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#PNV20 - Premiere Napa Valley
#PNV20 is almost here! Premiere Napa Valley wines are the most unique wines made in Napa Valley. They are also some of the very best wines produced anywhere. Innovation is key and that is the hallmark of the Napa Valley wine community. But exactly how and why are these wines so different? The Craftsmanship.
This year, Red Mare Wines will be offering Lot No. 109, 5 Cases of our 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Highlights:
- Made from organically farmed grapes grown in two tiny family-owned vineyards
- Fermented in a 225-liter French oak barrel, your wine has intensity and a balanced richness
- This wine is the foundation of our top-tier wine, but has never been sold on its own
- Co-fermented with 8% Petite Sirah, this Cabernet Sauvignon has a hint of the exotic Wine Facts Sustainably produced Organically produced (also commonly called "organically grown"
Wine Facts:
- Sustainably produced
- Organically produced (also commonly called "organically grown"
To see more about our PNV auction, Click Here
Feb 19, 2020 at 12:25 PM
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2019 Vintage In Review
Being allowed to make wine in the Napa Valley is a privilege. It’s a blessing actually, and one that we never forget here in the valley. This year I felt that keenly. Spring rains were consistent but not torrential, providing a fully refreshed soil profile when we started the season, which for a winemaker, typically arrives between the last weeks of March and the beginning of April, punctuated by the annual bud break. The dormant vines that have rested and re-charged during the winter start to feel the warmth of the soil; the sap rises and the buds swell. News of bud break spreads through the valley like a fever and the excitement of a new season begins.
Mother Nature was kind to us during bud break and early shoot growth, with mild temperatures and no significant wind events. It was a mail-order spring. May continued with moderate temperatures and our last dribbles of rain. We had one minor heat spike in June, but July and August were mild, with only one day breaking 100 in the middle of August. This consistent pattern of warm days and cool nights allowed for steady ripening of the grapes through veraison, the process by which the grape clusters change color and build sugar levels. With veraison behind us in early August, we slipped into a very lovey September which only broke 90 on 4 occasions. I picked my first whites on September 3rd. With maturing acid numbers and lovely flavor development, I was able to bring the whites in earlier this year, resulting in lower alcohol and beautiful natural balance. Nighttime temperatures began to dip a little into the 30s in October, with patchy morning frosts heralding the beginning of the end of the season. But temperatures remained kind. Daytime temps were lovely in the mid 80’s most days, even breaking 90 on October 24th, the day I picked my last Red Mare Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard. It couldn’t have been a better season. Making wine and living here truly is a blessing.
With the arrival of November, we saw our daytime temps slip into the 60’s and waited in anticipation of the seasonal rains, which we always pray will arrive before the fire season. That was not to be this year, as the Diablo winds and fires roared to life in the north and marched southward. We were fortunate that when the Kincade fire began, all of our wines were safe in the winery, but were very anxious at home as the wall of fire steadily approached and came within 3 miles of our front door. Finally, we with others on the property decided to evacuate, along with 14 horses, three dogs, several barn cats and anything else we could pack into cars and pick-up trucks. With our extended family of people and animals and a few vital belongings, we hunkered down at a horse barn further south in Napa. Cameron slept at the barn at night to make sure the horses were safe. For the rest of November, we prayed for rain and on December 1st, the fire season officially ended with some lovely downpours which, happily, were not overly destructive.
The details of the season are what makes a wine unique. Vintage does matter, even in Napa where we are fortunate to have relatively consistent seasons. As winemakers, being a weather junky is just part of the game. I believe 2019 is going to yield some outstanding wines. In early January I sat down with associate winemaker Jennifer Rue and we tasted through all of our 2019 wines. While some are still in their awkward phase mid or just post malolactic fermentation, they are all showing beautiful expressive characters that reflect the complexity of all that is bountiful and all that is challenging about the Napa Valley. We can’t wait to share their reflexion of 2019 with all of you!
If you want to be ensured the opportunity to acquire each unique vintage of Red Mare Wines, we encourage you to join our Allocation Club. We offer a spring and a fall shipment of our newly released or soon to be released wines. Some of the benefits of joining our club are:
10% discount on all wines all year
Complimentary shipping on club orders*
Invitations to club events
Annual Harvest Party in Dallas, TX
Concierge services for your Napa vacation
Special pricing on our wines for your private events
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Feb 12, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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