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Copyright © 2008
Forkmedia LLC
by Fred McMillin
for February 2005
New Wines For a New Year
My students are always enthusiatic about trying a wine that is new to them. Here are their recent favorites, all current releases. If any of them are new to you, we hope you have a chance to try them, too. The further you go down the list, the better the bottle.
So here we go!
New Wines
| Rank | The Wine | |
| 17th | Buchli Station—Try the $10 Pinot Noir | |
| 16th | Chumeia (Koo-May-Uh) Pinot Blanc | |
| 15th | Equinox Blanc De Blanc Sparkler | |
| 14th | Oak Knoll Oregon $13 Pinot Noir | |
| 13th | Napa Wine Company Organic Napa Cab | |
| 12th | Eshcol Ranch—Nice $11 Chardonnay | |
| 11th | Anapuma—Another Tasty Chard |
| Highly Recommended |
| 10th | Flying Goat Pinot Noir | |
| 9th | Ballentine "Integrity" Red | |
| 8th | Waterbrook—Washington Sauvignon Blanc | |
| 7th | Buttonwood—Impressive Syrah | |
| 6th | Canoe Ridge Vineyard—Washington Merlot | |
| 5th | Trentadue—"Old Patch Red" | |
| 4th | Sullivan—Coeur De Vigne Red | |
| 3rd | Adelaida Pinot Noir | |
| 2nd | Icaria Creek Alexander Valley Cab | |
| 1st | Byington Alliage $24 Cab |
And A Parting Chuckle
A female opponent of Winston Churchill's: "If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your wine." Winston: "Madam, if I were married to you, I'd drink it!"
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About the Writer
Fred McMillin, a veteran wine writer, has taught wine history for 30 years on three continents. For information about the wine courses he teaches every month at either San Francisco State University or San Francisco City College (Fort Mason Division), please fax him at (415) 567-4468. |
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