Rudd

(707) 944-8577 500 Oakville Xrd
Oakville, CA 94562
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In 1996, food and wine entrepreneur Leslie Rudd realized his 30-year dream of owning a winery in Napa Valley when he purchased a 55-acre estate in Oakville, an appellation recognized for outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux blends. Today the red, rocky soils have been replanted and a stone winery with 22,000 square feet of subterranean caves has been built. This picturesque site is flanked by the renowned vineyards of Dalla Valle, Plumpjack, Harlan Estate's Bond, St. Eden Vineyard, Screaming Eagle, and Phelps Backus. Leslie Rudd hails from Wichita, Kansas. In addition to managing Standard Beverage Corporation, his home state's largest wine and spirits wholesaler, Leslie has forged a career in handcrafted luxury items and fine food, most notably as Chairman of Dean & DeLuca, the upscale nationwide purveyor of specialty foods, housewares and California wines. At Rudd Vineyards & Winery, the vintner has focused his love of fine-tuned artisanal tradition to create the first and only venture bearing Read more »

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  • Sauvignon Blanc

    Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety -- and...

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

    “King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...

  • Chardonnay

    British wine writer and critic, Jancis Robinson, once noted that throughout the 80’s and 90’s in the United States, C...

  • Sauvignon

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  • Snooth's digital edition! Yup, that's right. One of the reasons I'm never around anymore, besides the regular writing, travel, and occassional nap, is this digitla edition I've been working on, well that and the soon to be announced PVA program we're going to be rolling out next month.Here's a link to the online version of our first digital edit... Read More

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  • Another reason not to join..........................http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/05/are-wine-clubs-worth-joining?CMP=twt_gu Read More

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  • Just a quick posting on a tasting we did last week.  We've been celebrating our tenth anniversary, and I stockpiled 2001s.  Good thing it was a strong vintage in so many places.  Of course, the 2001 Gran Reservas from Rioja are, in some cases, just hitting the market and are terrific values. We celebrated with a bottle we bought in the first cou... Read More

    Forum post in the topic 2001 Cal. Cab v. Bordeaux


  •      (Inspired by a recent Snooth Facebook post)  It is commonly believed that wines grown on a hillside is superior to wines grown on the valley floor because of the limiting soil conditions on the hillside & the deep soil on the valley floor.   One BIG BIG BIG problem is that for the most part folks believe it is that simple & the marketi... Read More

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  • Sometimes we forget that many wine professionals are not just out to sell us ... to get rich!Berry Bros. & Rudd is an esteemed British wine merchant, and its blog, aptly named Berrys' Wine Blog, is rich with valuable information: information coming from the wine industry’s front-line soldiers. The company has people on the ground visiting the ... Read More

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  • Rudd Oakville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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  • Rudd Oakville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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  • I did enjoy Gregory Del Piaz's article on this subject.I am a Brit who visits France about once a year and usually hits a supermarket in or near Calais on the way home.l frequently buy Cahors.which I like and not only because it is cheap and I have never found it too tannic.I also often buy Corbierres,an appellation not mentioned in the article,... Read More

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  • Rudd Oakville Estate Proprietary Red 2005

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    I don't know who is rating this wine, but they have no taste. Rudd is adjacent to Screaming Eagle and directly across the street (Silverado Trail) from Dalle Valle. It is on the corner of Oakville Crossing and Silverado trail. The soil is RED from all the iron. The vinyards are some of the best I have ever seen, including France and Italy; ... Read More

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  • Hello!  I am new to Snooth and am really hoping someone can help me out.  I live in North Carolina, USA and just finished a fantastic holiday with my English boyfriend and his parents in Washington State.  We had the best time and I would really love to send them some wine from that area to thank them for the great time we had together.  I have ... Read More

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