WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for August 19, 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
20 under $20
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W+147512 13TH STREET JUNE'S VINEYARD RIESLING VQA Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula 2015 $19.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+247825 REIF ESTATE SAUVIGNON BLANC VQA Niagara River, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2016 $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+370262 GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR LA CLAPE SYRAH/ CARIGNAN/ MOURVÈDRE Coteaux de Languedoc La Clape 2014 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+375212 SAN PEDRO 1865 SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC Leyda Valley 2015 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+419010 CONO SUR VIENTO MAR BLOCK 21 SINGLE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR San Antonio Valley 2015 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+434456 POWERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Columbia Valley 2014 $16.95
15.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+438309 DOMAINE SALMON GRANDE RÉSERVE MUSCADET SÈVRE & MAINE SUR LIE AP 2015 $16.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+480889 CHÂTEAU DE SÉRAME MINERVOIS 2010 $16.95 4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+489930 FRANKLIN TATE CABERNET/MERLOT Margaret River, Western Australia 2015 $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+519025 FEATHERSTONE PHOENIX [gewurztraminer] VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+970707 CASTELLANI RISERVA CHIANTI DOCG 2014 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+486076 TERRE STREGATE SVELATO FALANGHINA DEL SANNIO DOP 2015 $16.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+80234 FEATHERSTONE BLACK SHEEP RIESLING VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $16.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+908079 BENI DI BATASIOLO NEBBIOLO DOC Langhe 2015 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+718999 FAMILIA CASTAÑO HÉCULA MONASTRELL DO Yecla 2013 $13.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+112151 ROSEWOOD UNOAKED CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 $17.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+143099 MAS DES BRESSADES CUVÉE TRADITION AP Costières de Nîmes 2015 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+156299 LE SECRET DES CAPITELLES SAINT-CHINIAN AP 2014 $15.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+222323 BEST'S BIN NO. 1 SHIRAZ Great Western,Victoria 2014 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+511519 CAMPO ARRIBA DO Yecla 2014 $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+494609 PASCUAL TOSO BARRANCAS TOSO Mendoza 2014 $13.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+512442 ELGIN VINTNERS PINOT NOIR WO Elgin 2013 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
R+192476 ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ DEHESA LA GRANJA Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León 2008 $20.95 14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+314401 CA' DEL MONTE AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOC 2009 $49.95 15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+397174 LECCO CRIANZA DO Ribera del Duero 2012 $22.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+452102 MIGUEL TORRES PURGATORI DO Costers del Segre 2013 $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+488866 DOMAINE BERTHENET TÊTE DE CUVÉE MONTAGNY AC 2015 $22.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+677450 DOG POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2016 $26.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+962886 LA CREMA SONOMA COAST CHARDONNAY Sonoma Coast 2015 $29.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+734681 SPY VALLEY PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2013 $24.95 13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+935957 CHÂTEAU DES CHARMES ST. DAVIDS BENCH VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+225490 2027 CELLARS WISMER VINEYARD FOX CROFT BLOCK RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $22.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+175570 LUCA G LOT PINOT NOIR Gualtallary, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2014 $32.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+437004 TENUTA ROVEGLIA VIGNE DI CATULLO LUGANA RISERVA DOC 2013 $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+440198 CHÂTEAU DE LAMARQUE Haut-Médoc 2010 $39.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+494914 MAS OLIVIER EXPRESSION Faugères 2014 $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+496489 SIEGBERT BIMMERLE RIESLING KABINETT TROCKEN Prädikatswein 2015 $24.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+499624 CHÂTEAU DE CHAMIREY MERCUREY 2014 $39.95 13.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+512277 SOUTHERN RIGHT SAUVIGNON BLANC Walker Bay, WO Western Cape 2016 $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+514810 THE ORIGINALS CHARDONNAY Columbia Valley 2015 $21.95
13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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