From Chaos Theory to Betelgeuse to Duppy Conqueror, we seem to have a penchant for giving our wines unusual names. So what's the latest?



Our 2007 Duppy Conqueror cab sauv dessert wine is one of two specialty wines we've bottled in 2010 to commemorate our family's 30th anniversary in the Napa Valley and Brown Estate's 15th crush. This unique cabernet port takes its name from the title of the original artwork that graces the bottle, a line drawing by our father's late brother, Ansel (a.k.a. Uncle Bunton). A time stamp of 10.55 accompanies his signature, denoting not the month and year the work was completed, but the time of day. A clock in the drawing indicates another time, three in the morning, the "witching" hour when the duppies would visit him.

Immortalized in the Bob Marley song of the same name, the Duppy Conqueror is a sort of superhero of Jamaican folklore, capable of vanquishing evil spirits, or duppies - a.k.a. ghosts. Indulge in a little piece of BE history and fortify your own spirits with this heroic commemorative dessert wine!