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
Chimo! www.deantudor.com
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