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The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines?
Palate Pres Perhaps the best bargain wine of the night was also an Italian wine, Scarlatta's 2005 Montepulciano. Long a favorite by-the-case picnic crowd wine, tasted blind this $7 wine averaged almost four stars. Maryhill Winery had two Sangioveses on the table. |
Month: January 2012
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The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines? – Palate Pres
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The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines? – Palate Pres

Palate PresThe Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines?
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Not knowing this was a “bargain wine” in alternative packaging, the Grand Tasting guests were able to judge it for the wine in the glass. CalNaturale's 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon, treated the same way, also scored a four-point average. -
The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines? – Palate Pres

Palate PresThe Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines?
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The first table many people found, and one of the most popular, held more than a dozen Rieslings, as well as a couple of Moscatos. Five different Rieslings received at least four stars in the tasters' average ratings, including the one of the most … -
The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines? – Palate Pres

Palate PresThe Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines?
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The 2007 Wyndham Estate Founder's Reserve Shiraz and the 2006 Domaine du Vieux Chéne Syrah both earned 3.5 stars from the crowd. One of the best bargains of the night was found among the Grenaches, the 2009 Masia del Bielsa Garnacha Viñas Viejas, … -
The Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines? – Palate Pres

Palate PresThe Third Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: What Were the Best Wines?
Palate Pres
The first table many people found, and one of the most popular, held more than a dozen Rieslings, as well as a couple of Moscatos. Five different Rieslings received at least four stars in the tasters' average ratings, including the one of the most …