Napa Cabernet Red Wine Vinegar

Our exceptional red wine vinegar is made from Napa Valley Cabernet wine and aged 5 years in American White Oak barrels. It has a clean, bright, fruit-forward flavor and a zippy acidity! We did not water it down, as many vinegars are, to reduce acidity, so it may need to be tempered in some recipe/vinairgrettes with a dash of sugar or honey, or just use a bit less than you normally would. 

The Process: We began with an very good Napa Cabernet wine (a friend is a winemaker in Napa) converted it to vinegar, slowly, using the French Orleans method, then aged it oak barrels for 5 long years. Many producers will say they've aged vinegar for this long, but most vinegars are never aged at all.

What sets this vinegar apart, in addition to the aging process, is beginning with a good wine. Most vinegars are produced from lesser, mostly undrinkable, wines, which produces run-of-the-mill vinegar.  But we love a good vinegar, so we start with a very good wine. For those of you who remember our Napa Rose Wine Vinegar, it is the same high quality, so try it, then stock up, as it is very limited, and we probably won't make it again for another 5 years, if ever. There is also no way we could charge what this vinegar is actually worth, so it is a true labor of love, and we hope you love and appreciate it as much as we do.

Use it for salad dressings, marinades, braises and quick pickles! Make our Classic Red Wine Vinaigrette, which is not only excellent on green salads, but also over potato salad (or grain salads), on roasted veggies, and as a flavorful pop on almost anything.

Pairs well with: All of our olive oils - especially our classic EVOOs, especially Picual and Organic Arbequina, as the strong acidity is matched well to the kicky Arbequina, Basil, Rosemary and any of the Citrus Oils.