Our take
Menage a Trois Silk Red Blend California Red Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0099988071362

Our take
What we make of this bottle
The name gives two words, Silk and red blend, and our evidence can pin down only the second. Red blend names the category, though our evidence does not identify which grapes are inside.
Ratings come first here. 7 shoppers have rated it, averaging 5 out of five, a mark that sits above the 4.71 median of the rated reds we track.
It is reasonable to ask what is on the record behind the brand, and here the record has since filled in.
Price is the last number to settle: across ten stores as of August 12, 2026, it ranged from $10.99 to $15.99. The one name on the record is Trinchero Family Wine and Spirits, which Menage a Trois says owns and operates its website.
Ménage à Trois' own product page, under the name Silk Soft Red Blend, gives the blend and the tasting profile: the winemakers combined Pinot Noir, Malbec and Petite Sirah, aiming, in the producer's words, for a velvety, ultra-smooth wine with supple tannins and a hint of sweet, spicy French and American oak. The producer's tasting notes describe an opening fragrance of dried violets and berries, with cherry and raspberry flavors and touches of rose petal and toasty spice; a retailer selling the same wine adds a bright red ruby color in the glass. The producer's own page also cites a 90-point score, though it does not name the reviewer behind it, and it does not publish an alcohol percentage for this bottling.
Our call: reach for it if a soft, fruit-forward red is what you want; the producer's own notes name Pinot Noir, Malbec and Petite Sirah in the blend and describe cherry, raspberry and rose petal flavors, and the shopper average sits above the middle of the rated reds we cover. Pass if you want the alcohol percentage or a named critic's score before you buy; the producer publishes neither for this bottling, citing only an unattributed 90-point mention.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 17, 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$11.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$14.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$11.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$15.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$10.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$15.49
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$11.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$11.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$11.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$12.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Brand ownership
Ménage à Trois says its website is owned and operated by Trinchero Family Wine and Spirits.
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.