Ruling class wines at working class prices!

In 1999 husband and wife team Matt Reid and Marcy Webb conceived The People's Wine Revolution as a way to bring great wines to all at reasonable prices. 10 years on the dream has become reality, and PWR Wines is an actual bonded winery. Since turning pro in 2003, Matt has made the wine at Seavey Vineyard, and produced the custom crushed wines at Failla. He is now the winemaker at Quixote Winery in Napa's Stags Leap District. Marcy's experience includes Napa Wine Company, Franciscan, and Chalk Hill.

Making the PWR wines is a labor of love. In 2009 Matt traded his hard work in the vineyard for old vine Zinfandel and Petite Sirah grapes from St. Helena. The struggling vines offered a meager crop, so Marcy scrambled to secure Syrah from the CCOF organic Massa Ranch in Yountville.

PWR's inaugural release consists of two wines:

The 2009 PWR “Bea's Knees” Napa Valley Red Wine is a blend of 40% Massa Ranch Syrah with 40% Zinfandel and 20% Petite Sirah from La Buona Stella Vineyard in St. Helena. 1 barrel (22 cases) was produced.

The 2009 PWR Syrah Massa Ranch Yountville Napa Valley is 100% Syrah (Estrella clone) from the CCOF Organic Massa Ranch. The Syrah was fermented with a good proportion of whole, undestemmed clusters for added spice, texture and complexity. The wine was pressed at dryness and aged in neutral barrels. 2 barrels (46 cases) were produced.

The PWR wines retail for $10. Please see ordering information below.

The wines were bottled in July 2010, and are now ready for your enjoyment. We hope you love drinking them as much as we loved making them. Please let us know what you think! You can reach us at pwr [at] att [dot] net, or visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/PWRWines. You can also follow us on Twitter @pwrwines.

Thank you for taking part in the Revolution!

PWR Wines inaugural release ordering information.

To order wines, please send the following information via email or regular mail:

• Your shipping address* and phone number
• How many bottles of the 2009 PWR Syrah you would like, at $10 each
• How many bottles of the 2009 PWR Bea's Knees blend you would like, at $10 each

We will calculate sales tax (8.75% in Napa) and any shipping charges, and reply with your total, at which point you can send us a check to complete your order.

Our email address is pwr [at] att [dot] net, and our mailing address is

PWR Wines

1311 Pine Street

Calistoga, CA 94515

*Please note that due to outmoded laws and restrictions we can ship only to the following states, and then only if you have visited the winery! If your state is not on this list, please contact us to see if we can find a way to get wine to you.

The "good" states are

Alaska

Arizona

California

Washington, DC

Delaware

Georgia

Kansas

Minnesota

Oklahoma

Rhode Island

South Dakota

There are a number of other states to which we can legally ship after jumping through hoops, filling out massive paperwork, and paying licensing and other fees. So do contact us if your state is not listed above. Perhaps we can work it out.