The Top 8 Places to Taste Wine in California Right Now

By Elin McCoy
For collectors: Immortal Estate 100-Point Experience
($500, minimum 4 people)
A spectacular hidden vineyard and a vertical tasting of a stellar, little known $300-a-bottle plush, rich cabernet are the draws. The remote property is in a rugged valley in the Mayacamas Range between Sonoma and Napa, and much of the vineyard lies on a steep 55-degree slope. In June, the winery launched this four-vintage (2013 to 2016) sampling of the winery’s flagship Impassable Mountain Sonoma cabernet, served with cheese and charcuterie. The drawing on the label is a jellyfish, the only creature on Earth that’s said to be able to live forever.