Kenwood Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Sonoma County Cost: $75 M ost people in the wine industry will tell you there is as much art as science that goes into making a great bottle of wine. The folks at Kenwood Vineyards have married the art of winemaking and the visual arts for nearly 40 years in their artist series cabernet sauvignon. The label features a different work of art each year, and in some years the paintings have been created especially for the label. The artist series is meant to showcase the artistry inside the bottle, a blend taken from the best vineyards in Sonoma County. “We work with a lot of different cabernets,” said Kenwood chief winemaker Pat Henderson. “With the artist series we pour our heart and soul into it.” I spoke with Henderson through an Internet hookup last week while we both sipped glasses of the artist…
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