FUSE Press

Cabernets compete to be King
DRINKnectar.com, July 28, 2010
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Light Up Valentine's Day with FUSE Wine... Modern Napa Valley Cabernet is the perfect gift to spark romance

"At a recent Ladies "card party" (yea...like we EVER play cards), a group of women over 45 had the opportunity to sample FUSE wine. While not sommeliers (a wine expert), we certainly have drank a few bottles of wine in our day. Our favorite is always red wine, FUSE being a red wine, we were all game to try it! In between our make-up application lessons, great food, and massages (by an over 45 year old woman), we sipped on FUSE wine. We all agreed it was perfect for the occasion - light, not lingering, and didn't interfere with the varied foods that we were eating. $20.00 Retail for a lovely spring like bottle of red, really great for Valentines! - Shelley Zurek, Still Blonde after all these Years! blog, February 9, 2010
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Thanksgiving Wines: Simple, On Budget, and American
the kitchn Blog, Mary Gorman-McAdams, November 19, 2009
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WineAccess.ca
A tasting With Ray Signorello Jr., Napa Valley
Posted May 16th, 2009 by johnszabo

Ray Signorello is a wine guy who gets it. He’s been in the business for over 20 years now, growing grapes and making wine in the Napa Valley, taking the reigns fully after his father’s untimely passing in 1997. But he’s not your average NV vintner. His paradigms skew heavily to the old world. But not just any old traditional juice from the old world. I’m talking the serious kit. A quick peruse through his personal cellar uncovers the sorts of wines that make most serious sommeliers gush with enthusiasm: top class red Burgundy from Dugat Py, Jayer-Gilles, Roumier and Rousseau, Chablis from Dauvissat and Raveneau; Barolo Monfortino from Giacosa , Cannubi from Chiara Boschis and Luciano Sandrone, Rayas Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Chave Hermitage and top class German Rieslings, among hundreds of other rare insider’s bottlings. Few are the overpriced cult wines that shake and rattle the auction markets around the world. Here, it’s all about the wine, and the dedicated growers who make it, not the labels or the commercial hype. That this is Ray’s point of departure for the wines he produces in the Napa Valley is a refreshing change from the usual commercially-driven philosophy of many. And Ray’s personal preferences shine through clearly in his wines.

Tasted in Toronto on May 14th 2009, at Vertical restaurant in Toronto:

• 2006 Fuse Cabernet Sauvignon, Valley, California, USA
  This Cabernet Sauvignon-Based Blend was inspired by Guado al Tasso from Tuscany, this is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, sourced from 4 different vineyards throughout the Valley. The nose is full of deep, dark fruit, abundant dark baking spice, black licorice, and sweet but not exaggerated wood spice. Dry, full, soft, plush tannins, moderate acidity and quite interesting earthy-mineral and floral-violet character on the palate. This is highly pleasant and ready-to-drink Napa wine at a very attractive price. 90 points.