Our take
Josh Cellars Legacy Blend California Red Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0031259048024
Our take
What we make of this bottle
In our September 2026 checks this California red ranged from $14.99 to $24.99 across ten stores, its low end sitting in the lower half of the reds we cover. Shoppers have rated it 27 times, and the average, 4.44 out of five, runs a little under the 4.71 median for the wines we cover.
Josh Cellars says Joseph Carr started the label in 2007 and named it for his father, Josh. Where the wine comes from stays broad, California with no smaller region attached, and the grapes in the blend go unnamed.
Our call: this one is for the shopper sold by the founder's story Josh Cellars tells and content with a broad California red that keeps its recipe to itself. Pass if you want the grapes named or the region narrowed before you pay, and note that the raters so far place it below the middle of the rated wines we cover.
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$18.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$16.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$21.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$18.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$14.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$20.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$15.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$24.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$17.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$18.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Brand history
Josh Cellars says Joseph Carr created the brand in 2007 as a tribute to his father, Josh.
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.