Last year kicked off the first edition of the Wine Trials, about which I wrote in my post here.

This year, the editorial staff revved up an even more qualified group of wine lovers across all relevant walks of life, from sommeliers to restaurant owners, and came up with this year’s The Wine Trials 2010: The World’s Bestselling Guide to Inexpensive Wines, with the 150 Winning Wines Under $15 from the Latest Vintages (Fearless Critic).
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Vinography.com led with an edgy piece, featuring a great photo yesterday pointing out the writing of Jancis Robinson, who speaking recently in Ronda, Spain, proclaimed that wine critics were parasites. In an article appearing on Decanter.com, she is quoted as saying: “We must always remember that we are parasites on the business of winemaking.”
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I spontaneously decided to cook up dinner for about-to-be-wed friends Steve Zeller and Dana Weisberg the other night.
Steve’s request: “Some kind of chop.”
Looking through the best “chop” pairing offerings at Beacon Wines, we came across Joel Gott’s 2006 815 Cabernet Sauvignon. Having previously been a tremendous fan of both his Zinfandels and his previous Cabs, I had been disappointed that production was relatively limited, and Beacon had sold out of both wines within weeks. Would this Cab exceed my great experience with the previous one?

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