Pouring a great California Cabernet Sauvignon for a big, juicy porterhouse seems almost axiomatic. Here’s an equation: Spend $40 on prime beef, then spend roughly the same amount on the wine. Look for the focused, cassis-rich Cliff Lede Stags Leap District or the concentrated Von Strasser Diamond Mountain District.
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