Our take
Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon California Red Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0657891715591
Our take
What we make of this bottle
127 shoppers had rated this Cabernet by our last check on August 12, 2026, a turnout that puts it among the most rated wines in our catalog. Right now that crowd is the best documented thing about the bottle. Our research has not yet verified anything from the winery itself, so there is no vineyard, no barrel program and no family story here that we could hand over with a source attached.
What is verified sits at the level of a grape and a state: Cabernet Sauvignon from California, both of which we confirmed. Regional authorities say noticeable tannin is common in this grape, along with fruit such as black currant, cherry and plum and possible spice from oak. They also note that ripeness, climate and winemaking can move the wine, leaving it lean and herbal in style or broad and fruit-led. Which version this bottle is would be exactly the thing a producer source could tell us, and ours is still pending.
The prices are as concrete as the story is thin. Our checks turned up the same 750 ml bottle at $63.99 in one store and $91.99 in another, with eight stores checked in all. Each observation carries the date we saw it, and in our judgment the gap between the lowest and highest shelf is wide enough to matter on a single bottle, which is why we log every store rather than an average.
So this wine's record is lopsided: shoppers have weighed in at unusual volume, while our research so far holds no verified producer account. The average those 127 shoppers arrived at is 4.92 out of five.
Our call: this Cabernet suits the shopper who wants the crowd's confirmation before spending at this level, and the crowd has shown up, one of the larger rating pools we track, holding an average above the middle of the rated wines we cover. Pass if a maker's account matters as much as the score at this price; no producer story has reached our record, so the shopper consensus carries the cost alone.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 14, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Read our take →The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$82.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$74.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$83.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$65.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$74.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$75.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$63.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$91.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know California.
California on the label is useful provenance but weak detail about place. For these wines, sourcing disclosure, blend construction and house-style consistency carry more decision value than a generic climate paragraph.
What the name means
A state-level appellation, broader than an individual American Viticultural Area. It permits a multi-region blend and does not by itself identify one climate or soil.
How grapes grow here
The state spans cool maritime zones and hot inland valleys. A California designation alone does not reveal which conditions shaped the fruit.
What lies under the vines
At state scale, sourcing and house-style construction matter more than any single soil story.
How large the region is
- Reusable question
- Which counties or AVAs supplied the blend, and did that mix change by release?
Places within the region
- Resolution limit
- County, AVA and vineyard claims begin only when the release names them.
Getting to know Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cabernet Sauvignon is a red grape grown in many wine regions. It often makes firmly built wines and is also a common part of red blends.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Regional authorities describe black currant, cherry and plum as common fruit references, with noticeable tannin and possible spice from oak. Ripeness, climate and winemaking can move the wine from lean and herbal to broad and fruit-led.
Sources: Napa Valley Vintners. Checked Aug 10, 2026. See all 163 Cabernet Sauvignon wines we cover →
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.