Old school wineries from CA are:
Beringer
Mondavi
BV
Stags Leap
Pedroncelli
Gundlach-Bundschu
A Cabernet Sauvignon from any of those (esp top 4) would be a great gift and a classic wine. You can spend from $10 to $100+ on wines from these wineries. Beringer Private Reserve, Mondavi Reserve, and BV Georges LaTour are all in the $75 or more range, but the same wineries have less expensive labels that are all very respectable too.
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