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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for April 29, 2017 – The Blue Moon Release!!

 
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for April 29, 2017 – The Blue Moon Release!!
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By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My Internet compendium "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.
 
So many people have asked me for wine recommendations, with numbers only. The readers' most common response is that while they like what I say, they only relate to the score. The score is a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, where e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone and not like a Northern Rhone) and Quality/Price Ratio. Let's take it for granted that, e.g., a Riesling tastes like a Riesling, and the wine has some value in the marketplace either above or below its selling price. This way too I can also cover more wines.
 
This restructured wine newsletter for the Ontario market (with wines available through the LCBO and Vintages on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca/ or at    http://www.deantudor.com
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
 
W+18705 STRANDVELD FIRST SIGHTING SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Cape Agulhas 2015    $12.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+291989 ABAD DOM BUENO MENCÍA DO Bierzo    2008    $15.95 13.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
W+441998    COLUMBIA CREST H3 CHARDONNAY    Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley        2014    $20.95 MVC/QPR: 92
 
20 under $20
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R+86363 WILDASS RED    VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake    Stratus Vineyards    2013    $19.95 13.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+271791    PINYOLET GARNACHA    DO Montsant    CVA    2013    $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+286278    FLAT ROCK CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment   2015    $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+305912    DIOS ARES CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2012    $17.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+336271    EIDOSELA ALBARIÑO    DO Rias Baixas 2015    $15.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+336719    LUIS CAÑAS CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2014    $17.00     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+336966    TOURNON MATHILDA CHAPOUTIER SHIRAZ Victoria M. Chapoutier    2013    $17.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+341586    FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS VQA Niagara Peninsula     2016    $14.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  90
R+342725    DOMAINE DES HOUDIÈRES FLEURIE    AC 2015 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+354134 CHÂTEAU BELLEVUE LA FORÊT AP Fronton 2013 $14.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+455907    ERNIE ELS SAUVIGNON BLANC WO Western Cape 2016 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+477406 LIVIA FETEASCA REGALA CMD Cotesti 2014 $13.95 13.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+477927    LA PETTEGOLA VERMENTINO    IGT Toscana    Banfi    2015    $16.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
W+478024 BIBI GRAETZ CASAMATTA BIANCO IGT Toscana $14.95  12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+478271    SISTER'S RUN OLD TESTAMENT CABERNET SAUVIGNON     Coonawarra, South Australia 2014 $17.00  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+488007    PERIQUITA RESERVA Vinho Regional Península de Setúbal Jose Maria Da Fonseca 2014    $15.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+657411    VIÑA REAL CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2012    $18.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
 
20 over $20
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R+159970    CLOUDLINE PINOT NOIR    Willamette Valley Drouhin 2014 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+181289    DOMAINE LE VERGER CHABLIS Alain Geoffroy 2015     $22.95  12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+210872 TORRES CELESTE CRIANZA Ribera del Duero 2012 $20.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+282475    DOMAINE DE VIAUD Lalande-de-Pomerol    Marius Bielle    2009    $31.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+327379    MOLLYDOOKER BLUE EYED BOY SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    Sarah & Sparky Marquis    2014    $54.95 16.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+412627    FATTORIA DI BASCIANO I PINI    IGT Rosso dei Colli della Toscana Centrale    2013    $33.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+417386    SIMI SONOMA COUNTY MERLOT 2013    $23.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+421081    CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE INDIAN WELLS RED BLEND Columbia Valley 2013    $25.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+421198    UNDERWOOD PINOT NOIR Oregon Union Wine Co. 2015 $22.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+475913    RENATO RATTI OCHETTI LANGHE NEBBIOLO 2015    $23.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+485540    NATIVA COMMUNITY BLEND RED [organic]    Maule Valley    Viña Carmen    2012    $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+491738    DOMAINE DE LA DENANTE LES MAILLETTES SAINT-VÉRAN 2014 $26.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+492785    DOMAINE CRISTIA CUVÉE TRADITION CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2015    $32.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+493866    ROTEM & MOUNIR SAOUMA INOPIA    AC Côtes du Rhône-Villages        2014    $34.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+673129    MITCHELL SEVENHILL VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON Clare Valley, South Australia 2008    $24.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+719211    CLINE ANCIENT VINES ZINFANDEL    Contra Costa County, Central Coast     2015    $23.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+909499    ARGYLE PINOT NOIR Willamette Valley    2014    $33.95     13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+930966    ROCCA DELLE MACÌE RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO Famiglia Zingarelli    2013    $23.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+940809    REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT KASELER NIES'CHEN RIESLING KABINETT    VDP Grosse Lage Mosel 2014 $24.95  8.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+976670    MARQUÉS DE CÁCERES GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2009    $29.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
 

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