PRECISION, XANTHOS RESERVE ZINFANDEL 2018

As the name suggests, Precision Wine Company offers a superior collection of wines that live up to the Napa Valley’s reputation. Meticulous attention to detail goes into each product, from the planting of the grapes to the creation of the original packaging design. Their standout labels include Xanthos Zinfandel and Precision Cabernet Sauvignon.

The company's owner, Trevor Sheehan, grew up on the Paramount Pictures lot in the heart of the Los Angeles entertainment industry, where his father was a television executive and his mother created commercials for movies. Although he didn't follow in his family's footsteps, it was in the arts that he felt a calling.

One day, in Dallas, where he was studying for a master's degree in business administration, he went to see a taping of Jay Leno's The Tonight Show and told him that he planned to work in accounting. "Ah, accounting! The fast cars, the thrills, the trips to exotic places," the comedian joked. The answer made him wonder if he should pursue a more exciting career.

Change of scenery After obtaining his master's degree, Trevor even worked at Grant Thornton, one of the largest accounting networks in the world. However, along the way, at a wine shop he frequented in Texas, his winemaking side had already emerged and led him to discover Burgundy and other wine regions in France, where he began to study winemaking techniques.

But it was in the United States, while tasting a Sonoma County Chardonnay, that he called the number on the bottle’s cork, which led to a friendship with the winemaker who encouraged him to visit Northern California. The visit inspired a move to Napa, where he soon began producing Carneros Chardonnay and selling it to local retailers and restaurants. Today, Precision’s best-selling brands can be found throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in 15 other countries around the world.