Our take
Post & Beam Pinot Noir California Red Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0850073385067
Our take
What we make of this bottle
Pinot Noir is the grape, and the note the variety guides commonly land on is this: thin skins, and by their account a lighter color and gentler tannin than a Cabernet Sauvignon. The guides pair it with red cherry, berry and plum, then add that ripeness and the growing site can carry it toward darker, fuller wine or keep it light and bright. Post & Beam is a California take on that grape.
We do not have a shopper rating for this bottle, so those guides describe the grape rather than this wine, and the shelf figure is the firmer part: in our September 2026 checks across four stores it sat between $37.99 and $46.49.
The house behind the label, Far Niente, says John Benson founded the winery and Gil Nickel restored it in 1979.
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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Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$46.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$42.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$37.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$42.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Winery history
Far Niente says John Benson founded the winery and Gil Nickel restored it in 1979.
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 Pinot Noir.
Pinot Noir is a red grape with relatively thin skins. It is used for still red wine and as one of the main grapes in many traditional-method sparkling wines.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Regional category guides commonly describe red cherry, berry and plum, with lighter color and less tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon. Site and ripeness can shift it from bright and delicate to darker and fuller.
Sources: New Zealand Winegrowers; Napa Valley Vintners. Checked Aug 10, 2026. See all 105 Pinot Noir wines we cover →
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. 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.