Wine Spectator, Parallel named to “20 to WATCH”
QRW “Best of Best” competition awards FIVE STARS to Parallel Napa Valley
MILLION AIR, “the brands latest winner is the 2004 Parallel Cabernet Sauvignon”
Wine Spectator, 2004 Parallel Napa Valley “90 points”
Wine Review on Line, 2004 Parallel ‘stunning,...perhaps, the steal of the decade ... 95 points”
Restaurant Wine, “supple, complex, well-balanced, long finish” FOUR STARS
SOMM Selections, 2005 Parallel ‘Another fabulous project from winemaker, Philippe Melka ... 93 points”
DC Examiner, Scott Greenberg “well-balanced over the whole palate”
Food and Wine Magazine, named Philippe Melka as 2005 Winemaker of the Year
San Diego Union, Robert Whitley ‘difficult to imagine a more attractive, young Cabernet. 95 points”
2006 PARALLEL Napa Valley Cabernet
2006 PARALLEL ESTATE Cabernet
AUCTION Napa Valley - Parallel 2007 ESTATE Cabernet raised $33,400 for 10 cases the Third Highest amount among 120 barrel auction wines presented, Jim Laube, in his blog, referred to the barrel sample as “exceptional”.
Bounty Hunter, “This is a stunningly potent Cabemet with Philippe's fingerprints all over it.”