WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for May 13, 2017.
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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 FIND --
R+995910 REMO FARINA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2013 $39.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
RESTAURANT $10 MARK-UP OF THE MONTH!! -- +987586 SOLAIA IGT Toscana Marchesi Antinori 2013 $254.95 .. sell for $265.
20 under $20
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R+18721 VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2013 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+230367 CHÂTEAU DE PANIGON Cru Bourgeois, AC Médoc 2013 $18.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+286344 DOMAINE LES GRANDS BOIS CUVÉE PHILIPPINE CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES AP 2015 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+343517 TESSELLAE OLD VINES GRENACHE/SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON Domaine Lafage 2014 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+484139 DOMAINE DU TARIQUET SAUVIGNON BLANC IGP Côtes de Gascogne 2015 $13.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+669606 SALOMON UNDHOF GROOVEY GRÜNER VELTLINER Austria 2016 $14.95 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+683201 WAKEFIELD MERLOT Clare Valley, South Australia 2015 $18.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+947309 CONDE DE VALDEMAR RESERVA DOCa Rioja Bodegas Valdemar 2009 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+234997 CHÂTEAU PEYROS VIEILLES VIGNES MADIRAN AC 2012 $18.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+360339 GRAND VIN DE GLENELLY RED WO Stellenbosch 2010 $19.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+392357 KONZELMANN LATE HARVEST GEWÜRZTRAMINER VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+398925 ALCEÑO 12 MESES MONASTRELL DO Jumilla 2011 $15.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+481317 DOMAINE DU MINISTRE SAINT-CHINIAN AC Domaine François Lurton 2013 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+485516 MONTES SPRING HARVEST SAUVIGNON BLANC Leyda Valley 2016 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+486324 NORTH 43° MERLOT VQA Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara Peninsula 2014 $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+488908 DOMAINE DE POIX TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC AC Anne et Denis Bourdin 2015 $13.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+674564 PALACIOS REMONDO LA VENDIMIA DOCa Rioja 2015 $16.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+487173 GEORGES DUBOEUF BELLES GRIVES MORGON AC 2014 $18.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+492736 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA CABERNET FRANC Mendoza 2014 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+101543 SANTA DUC LES VIEILLES VIGNES CÔTES DU RHÔNE AC 2012 $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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R+216309 CASTELLO DI GABBIANO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2013 $22.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+393355 MICHELE CHIARLO CEREQUIO BAROLO DOCG 2011 $46.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+456723 RODNEY STRONG KNIGHTS VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Knights Valley, Sonoma County 2014 $39.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+566026 CAVE SPRING CSV RIESLING Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $29.95 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+663336 JARDIN BARREL FERMENTED CHARDONNAY WO Stellenbosch Jordan Winery 2015 $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+672931 ALLEGRINI PALAZZO DELLA TORRE IGT Veronese 2013 $24.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+928218 SERGIO ZENATO RISERVA LUGANA DOC 2014 $34.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+331652 NAUTILUS CHARDONNAY Marlborough, South Island 2015 $27.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+481499 STONEHEDGE GRAND RESERVE CHARDONNAY Russian River Valley, Sonoma County 2014 $21.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+483917 NUMERO OTTO CANAIOLO IGT Toscana Castelvecchio 2013 $33.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+494807 ERRAZURIZ PINOT NOIR Aconcagua Costa 2015 $24.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+692301 PENCARROW PINOT NOIR Martinborough, North Island Palliser Estate 2015 $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+976092 MASI BROLO CAMPOFIORIN ORO IGT Rosso Verona 2012 $26.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+489849 ALPHA BOX & DICE KIT & KABOODLE Langhorne Creek/McLaren Vale, South Australia Viottolo 2014 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+497933 RODNEY STRONG MERLOT Sonoma County 2013 $23.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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