Our take

Menage a Trois Silk Red Blend California Red Wine

GSW Score88/ 100

Shoppers really like it. A mechanical score from 7 shopper ratings on the store listing, checked Aug 12, 2026. It sits in the top 31% of the 514 wines we have scored, measured against the shelf on Sep 16, 2026. How we score

Style
Red wine
Size
750 ml
Region
California
Shelf barcode
0099988071362
Menage a Trois Silk Red Blend California Red Wine bottle
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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.

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The prices we checked

Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.

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.

Region guideCalifornia

A little background helps this bottle make sense.

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.

The place

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.

Weather

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.

Soil

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.

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