Z. Alexander Brown Red Blend Wine, California

This is a red blend from California, sold in the standard 750 ml bottle, with the grapes in the mix left unlisted. California marks the state it comes from.

28 people have rated it, which places it among the more heavily rated wines we cover, at an average of 4.57 out of five.

On price, the blend sits low for a red. Our cheapest reading, in the September 2026 checks, was $12.49, near the lower end of what reds cost across our catalog.

The upper end of those same September 2026 checks was $19.99. Our most recent look was on August 12, 2026.

The producer's own page for this wine, sold as the Z. Alexander Brown Proprietary Red Blend under the brand's "Uncaged" line, still leaves the exact grape percentages out, but it fills in the winemaking: winemaker John Killebrew describes a "dark garnet" color with aromas of blueberry, caramel and toasted oak, built into a full-bodied wine finished after aging in both American and French oak. The producer credits the final blend to tasting sessions between Killebrew and Zac Brown, the brand's proprietor and its namesake musician; Delicato Family Vineyards, the parent company, launched the Z. Alexander Brown brand in January 2016 with this wine and a Cabernet Sauvignon as its first two releases. As with its stablemates, the producer's technical sheet lists a pH and total acid reading but not an alcohol percentage, so ABV is still an open gap in the record.

Our call: it earns a place for the shopper who wants a California red blend priced among the least expensive reds we track, now backed by a named winemaking team, John Killebrew working with proprietor Zac Brown, even though the exact grape mix stays unlisted. Pass if you need those percentages spelled out, or if you follow the shopper average; the average lands 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.