PlumpJack Puts New Twist on Napa Valley Cabernet

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Issue: July 31, 2000

July 31st, 2000 PlumpJack Puts New Twist on Napa Valley Cabernet Napa Valley Cabernets that sell for more than $100 a bottle aren't all that rare anymore, but how about one with a screw-cap closure? This September, Oakville's PlumpJack will release its Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1997--a rich, seductive wine, with flavors of berries and chocolate--with half of the 300-case production fitted with twist-off screw-caps.

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