Jeb Dunnuck called out a previous vintage as “More expensive, yet certainly one of the standouts in the lineup…”

More Expensive? NOT TODAY! IT’S 70% OFF!!!

A wine club exclusive red, at a mere $25…

We may have found our new house wine. Period.

Our intrepid Agents took a top-secret mission to Paso just last month. And we’ll say this… CRAZY how these wines from this region can blindly knock Napa and Washington clean off their pedestals. Nobody expects it. Nobody sees it coming.

But one thing we weren’t expecting – the Tooth & Nail Winery, Paso’s beloved ’first castle on the right’, long time venue for local bands, comedians, and Sunday brunch, had changed hands… meaning there might be great wine at an even better price to share!

A little reconnaissance, and soon this label appeared at HQ. Pour it and Paso announces itself – loudly, proudly, and with zero apologies (Napa? What Napa?). Dark plum, blackberry pie, warm baking spice, smoky leather underneath. Its nose does not whisper, it bellows passionately. On the palate: full, grippy, fruit-forward, velvety tannins and a finish that earns its keep.

More than the sum of its parts, the Tempranillo brings soul, the Cab brings muscle, and the Tannat locks the door on the way out and pockets the key. No whining. No half measures. Just pure power. After our tasting panel, we kept going back until we soon polished off the bottle.

And that should come as a surprise. This isn’t just Paso Robles. The Willow Creek District different animal entirely. It’s home to Saxum, L’Aventure, Turley, and Booker. The kind of neighborhood where a Wine Spectator Wine of the Year and a Robert Parker 100-point score are regular occurrences.

Anticipating they would only sell at the winery; they did not submit this wine for scores. But Dunnuck enthusiastically states of their other wines this year, “There’s lots to love in these latest releases from winemaker Jeremy Leffert. They all show the even, balanced style of the 2021 vintage, and the wines are outstanding across the board.”

It shows in this bottle! Leffert’s whole philosophy: keep his hands out of the way and let the vineyard talk. With nearly twenty harvests under his belt in the region, he is a local legend also working with brands like John Anthony, Airoso, El Vinero, and Cromavera, earning 94 Points or more for nearly 50 wines within the last nine years.

If you don’t know Tooth & Nail, or even if you do, it’s important to note that they produce many tiers of bottlings, and the Don Quixote series, named for the famed romantic of literature, is in their upper echelon. One of their top bottlings.

For only $25!

For a little more background, Wine Business explains, “Established in 2010 by farmer and visionary, Rob Murray, Tooth & Nail Wine Co. rose quickly in popularity among a broad spectrum of wine drinkers for their various adventurous wine brands… Murray, known for his rebellious choices and progressive, creative branding, was the first vintner in the nation to employ augmented reality technology in wine labelling,” also incorporating crypto as a payment method, and really pushing the boundaries in the art of label design.

Sadly, even with exceptional winemaking, something obviously went wrong. As of 2025, the winery is no longer making wine. And the building is under new ownership.

Winemaking does indeed feel like tilting at windmills sometimes. While we’re sorry to see this giant fall, we couldn’t be happier to offer you such a great deal!

Serve it to your friends – they’ll think you’re opening something special. And you are.

At this price, grab as much as you can! It won’t last long…