Our take
Conundrum Blend California Red Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0017224760122
Our take
What we make of this bottle
And the first thing most shoppers want settled is the price. Across the stores we checked in September 2026, this California red blend was priced from $20.99 to $31.99.
The name over it is Caymus Vineyards. Caymus says Chuck Wagner and his parents, Lorna and Charlie Wagner Sr., opened the winery in 1972, and that the Wagner family still owns and runs it. Half a century of one family behind a shelf wine is the sort of continuity worth knowing about.
The crowd that has weighed in is still small, just 3 shoppers, whose ratings work out to 5 out of five. That is not many voices yet.
It is sold as a red blend from California, and the exact grapes in it are not something we have on record.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 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$28.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$21.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$31.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$28.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$23.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$29.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$20.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$23.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$21.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$25.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Family ownership
Caymus Vineyards says Chuck Wagner and his parents, Lorna and Charlie Wagner Sr., opened the winery in 1972. The winery remains owned and run by the Wagner family.
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.
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.