WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for June 24, 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 FINDS --
+360248 FRATELLI BRANCA CARPANO ANTICA FORMULA VERMOUTH $16.95 375 mL 16.5%ABV, MVC/QPR: 94
W+302059 CAVE SPRING ESTATE BOTTLED GEWÜRZTRAMINER Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2013 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
20 under $20
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W+99309 LEYDA GARUMA SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC Leyda Valley 2015 $17.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+147975 GÉRARD BERTRAND RÉSERVE SPÉCIALE VIOGNIER IGP Pays d'Oc 2015 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+246579 CAVE SPRING ESTATE BOTTLED CHARDONNAY MUSQUÉ VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+251785 SASSOREGALE SANGIOVESE DOC Maremma Toscana 2014 $16.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+295618 CAVINO GRANDE RESERVE PDO Nemea 2009 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+377481 LÓPEZ DE HARO CRIANZA DOCa Rioja 2010 $14.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+382879 VIGNERONS DE BUXY BUISSONNIER MONTAGNY AC 2014 $19.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+441394 KONO SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2015 $18.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+445122 SÃO MIGUEL ESCOLHA DOS ENOLOGOS Vinho Regional Alentejano Nuno Franco & Alexandre Relvas 2014 $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+487553 CHÂTEAU TERRE BLANQUE AC 2015 $12.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+489963 DOMAINE DE LA RENNE TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC 2015 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+599274 LOOSEN BROS. DR. L RIESLING Qualitätswein 2015 $13.95 8.5% AB,MVC/QPR: 90
R+724674 COPPI PEUCETICO PRIMITIVO IGP Puglia 2012 $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+983395 PIERRE SPARR RÉSERVE PINOT GRIS Alsace 2015 $18.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+984997 TEDESCHI CAPITEL NICALO IGT Rosso delle Venezie 2015 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+195107 SAINT-ROCH VIEILLES VIGNES SYRAH/GRENACHE AP Côtes de Roussillon 2014 $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+396481 ZONTE'S FOOTSTEP CHOCOLATE FACTORY SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2015 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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W+149302 FEATHERSTONE CANADIAN OAK CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 $21.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+58683 LA CREMA MONTEREY CHARDONNAY Monterey 2015 $26.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+232439 CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE CHARDONNAY Columbia Valley 2015 $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+244087 CHÂTEAU TOUR BALADOZ AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2009 $42.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+275958 SOUTHBROOK TRIOMPHE CABERNET FRANC VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 $21.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+316984 VERSADO RESERVA ANCIENT MALBEC Mendoza Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble 2012 $59.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+367896 LA CREMA MONTEREY PINOT NOIR Monterey 2014 $26.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+389254 MORANDÉ GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2013 $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+445536 DOMAINE BESSON CHABLIS AC Adrien Besson 2014 $26.95
12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+493403 DOMAINE COMTE DE LAUZE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2014 $39.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+585760 QUAILS' GATE PINOT NOIR BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2015 $30.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+626325 OSOYOOS LAROSE LE GRAND VIN BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2013 $48.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+655381 STAGS' LEAP WINERY CHARDONNAY Napa 2015 $34.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+661330 BOUCHARD PÈRE & FILS GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN AC 2014 $59.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+63941 MAHI SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2015 $23.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+142778 DOMAINE SERVIN VAILLONS CHABLIS PREMIER CRU AC 2015 $34.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+262956 DONNACHIARA IRPINIA AGLIANICO DOC 2013 $21.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+322628 HENRI BOURGEOIS LA CHAPELLE DES AUGUSTINS SANCERRE 2014 $37.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+434787 RUPERT & ROTHSCHILD CLASSIQUE WO Western Cape 2012 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+486746 CHÂTEAU MAUCAMPS Cru Bourgeois, AC Haut-Médoc 2010 $34.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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