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Celebrating the wines of the pacific Northwest

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Glass Pours and Wine Flights

Champagnes & Sparkling Wines

The Pacific Northwest & New World

Chardonnay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauvignon Blanc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pinot Gris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pinot Blanc & Mlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riesling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other White Varietals and Fascinating Finds Pinot Noir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cabernet Sauvignon and Meritage Blends Merlot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Red Varietals (the fun stuff) . . . . Zinfandel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Old World Classics

White Burgundy & Chablis (France) . . . . . . . . . 91 Riesling from Germany, Alsace, and Austria . 94, 96, 97 Grner Veltliner (Austria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Loire Valley Whites: Muscadet to Sancerre (France) 99 White Rhne (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Red Burgundy (France). Bordeaux (France) . . . Rhne (France) . . . . . Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . Spain & Portugal . . . . South Africa . . . . . . .

Old World White: 91-102

Old World Red: 106-136

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Washington Oregon
Puget Soundmaritime. Mostly French hybrids. Est. 1985 Columbia Valleylargest appellation. Est. 1984 Wahluke Slopepending appellation, 2005 Rattlesnake Hillspending appellation, 2005 Yakima Valleywarm climate grape varietals. Est. 1983 Red Mountainwarmest Yakima region. Est. 2001 Horse Heaven Hillsest. August 2005 Walla Walla ValleySyrah, Cabernet, Viognier. Est. 1984 Columbia River Gorgeest. 2004

Willamette Valleyest. 1984 Chehalem Mountains AVApending Yamhill-Carltonest. 2004 Ribbon Ridgeest. July 2005 Dundee Hillsest. 2005 McMinnvilleest. 2004 Eola Hillspending Southern Oregonest. 2004 Umpqua Valleyest. 1984 Rogue Valleyest. 1991 Applegate Valleyest. 2001

Idaho

Snake Riverunofficial Similkameen Valley1984 Lower Fraser River Valley Vancouver Island

British Columbia

Okanagan Valley

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Our Food & Wine Philosophy:

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Experience the flavors of the Pacific Northwest

We believe that no dish can be better than its ingredients, and that the best ingredients are usually local. Freshness is ephemeral and geography expresses itself in the taste of the food sometimes subtly and sometimes profoundly. The foods and wines of our region share a similar motherhood of soil and weather, making for happier culinary marriages than those from dissimilar climates. The Herbfarm believes that chefs who cook with local ingredientsseason by season, year after yeardevelop a more complete understanding of their foods than chefs who do not. This understanding can give rise to greater expressions of the food, its preparation, and enjoyment. The Herbfarm believes that supporting local farmers, foragers, cheesemakers, wineries, and fishermen helps preserve and promote the foundation of regional cuisines.

Our cellar of more than 23,000 bottles encompasses what is most likely Americas largest selection of Northwest wines, as well as many rare and hard-tofind bottles from throughout the world. Explore the best the world has to offer. Our sommeliers are pleased to offer advice as well as to fulfill your requests. To the best of our knowledge, the wines in our collection have been kept under controlled temperatures and humidity since their release. Though we believe our older bottles to be sound, each wine has its own history. For some wines of this age, there are often no good wines or vintages per se, just good bottles.
Type of Wine

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Most American

Mature

Our cellar American wine lists offer not only offers Wines current vintages current vintages

Old World wine lists offer Wines recent releases

Most American

Drink the Best Wines of this Exciting Region!

Because The Herbfarm showcases the foods of the Northwest, we believe that the wines of this region are typically the best Take some wine home, too accompaniments The Herbfarm is rare among Washington State resto the flavors of taurants in that our liquor license also allows us to the foods on our sell bottles for you to take home. If you see somemenus. Therefore, thing youre interested in for your home cellar (or we do our best to secure as a great gift), let us know. Many of the bottles on the finest and most interesting wines this list are, to the best of our knowledge, available from the 900 wineries within a days drive. nowhere else. We define our region as from the Russian River in California to British Columbia to the Major Divisions of this List north, and from Puget Bubbles start on page viii Sound and the WillaNorthwest & New World Wines begin on page 15 mette Valley in the west Old World Wine Classics start on page 89 to the high vineyards of Dessert Wines begin on page 139 Idaho to the east.

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but also mature wine, both American and Old World

Enjoy cellar-aged wine

Sadly, most wine in America is consumed within a few hours of its purchase. Similarly, most restaurants deal with current vintages and releases to optimize inventory turns. The result is that many people have not experienced the pleasure of well-aged wine with complex organic and earthy aromas and flavors. The Herbfarm offers not only current releases, but great depth of mature wine for you to explore.

Corkage for your bottle

We will gladly open any standard-size bottle not on our list for $20 per bottle. We ask that you make advance arrangements for bringing your special bottle. One bottle per couple; two bottle per party maximum.

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Argyle
1989 1989 1989 1991 1994 1995 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2005 2007 2007
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Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle

Argyle Winerys Roland Soles has a masters degree in enology from UC Davis. He crafts some of the finest sparkling wines in America. Theyve been served on a number of occasions at the White House.

Brut Brut (3-liter, Jeroboam) Millennium, Extended Tirage Brut, Cuve Limited Brut, Extended Tirage Blanc de Blanc, Knudsen Brut Brut, (Magnum) Millennium Blanc de Blanc Brut (Magnum) Brut Brut Ros Brut Brut (Magnum) Brut Brut (Magnum) Brut Brut, Extended Tirage Brut Brut Black Brut, 100% Pinot Noir Brut Brut Ros Brut

Sparkling

$195 $350 $155 $145 $120 $120 $105 $160 $99 $140 $99 $126 $98 $134 $66 $135 $90 $100 $80 $75 $75 $59 $89 $54

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Domaine Meriwethers
winemaker is JeanLouis Denois, a fifthgeneration winemaker from Champagne who is now working in Oregon. The Captain William Clark Cuve took gold at the 2003 NW Wine Summit Competition.

Capitello
NV

Capitello Brut, Oregon. 72% Pinot, 28% Chardonnay Brut, Cuve Discovery Brut, Blanc de Blanc Brut, Captain Wm Clark Cuve Brut, Thomas Jefferson Premier Brut, Captain Wm Clark Cuve Brut, Thomas Jefferson Premier

$45 $40 $40 $45 $49 $45 $49 $45

Domaine Meriwether
1998 1998 1998 1999 1999
2002

Domaine Meriwether Domaine Meriwether Domaine Meriwether Domaine Meriwether Domaine Meriwether Domaine Meriwether

Indigo

Indigo, Sparkling Oregon Pinot Noir (Red Sparkling)

Much like an Italian Brachetto from the Piedmontraspberries & rose petal. Created expressly for The Herbfarm by the Argyle Winery, Dundee, Oregon.

2004 Silvan Ridge

Silvan Ridge Soter

Sparkling Early Muscat

$30

St. Innocents Mark Vlossak was reading an article in Esquire magazine years ago. Andr Tchelistcheff said that Oregon might one day produce Americas best sparkling wines. Inspired, Mark came to Oregon. Unfortunately, the time and economics of sparkling wines mean that these are the last St. Innocent sparklers. Enjoy them while they last!
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St. Innocent

Treveri

St. Innocent St. Innocent St. Innocent St. Innocent St. Innocent St. Innocent

Sparkling Brut Brut Brut Brut Blanc des Noirs Blanc des Noirs

$60 $50 $50 $40 $40 $40 $35 $32

Treveri Cellars, Demi-Sec, Sparkling Gewrztraminer Treveri Cellars Extra Sec, Sparkling Pinot Gris
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North American Sparkling Wine & Australian Sparkling Reds

British Columbia

2001 2000 2006 2003 1999 1997 1998 2000

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Blue Mountain Brut BC Blue Mountain Brut Ros BC Sumac Ridge Stellars Jay Brut, Okanagan BC Venturi-Schulze Brut Naturel BC Venturi-Schulze Brut Naturel BC Venturi-Schulze Brut Naturel BC Zenatta, Brut, Allegria, Pinot Nero, BC Iron Horse Mumms Cuve Napa Roederer Estate Schramsberg Tedeschi Vineyards Gruet Gruet Chateau Biltmore Brut, Etoile Wedding Cuve Brut, LErmitage Crmant Demi-Sec Ros Ranch Cuve Blanc de Noirs Brut Estate Blanc de Blancs
DVX

$40 $70 $35 $50 $60 $65 $90 $57 $55 $65 $80 $65

California 1998 Domaine Chandon

CA CA CA CA CA

Hawaii New Mexico North Carolina

Hawaii $65 NM NM NC $35 $35 $60 $40 $49 $38 $30 $35 $40 $45 $60 $40 $40 $390 $65 $65

Washington 1997 Chatter Creek

NV NV

Mountain Dome Pacific Rim 1998 SilverLake 1987 Ste. Chapelle 1987 Whittlesey-Mark

Blanc de Noirs WA Cuve Fort WA White Flowers Brut, Riesling Brut WA Brut WA Oregon Brut WA

Australian NV Fox Creek Sparkling Reds 1996 Barossa Valley Estate

2001 2002 1996 1998
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Vixen, Sparkling Shiraz E&E Black Pepper Shiraz McGuigan Brothers Pokolbin, Sparkling Shiraz McGuigan Brothers Pokolbin, Sparkling Shiraz McLaren Vale, Millenium (a 23 winery cuve) (magnum) Yalumba D Sparkling Brut Shiraz Yalumba D Sparkling Brut Shiraz

Italian Sparkling Red

2004 2004

Torti Teniment Castelrotto, Hello Kitty sparkling Pinot Noir, Brut $66 Banfi-Vigne, Brachetto, Rosa Regale (sparkling red) (375 ml) $32

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French Champagne

Champagne

The Grower-Producers
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Though the best-known names in Champagne are still the venerable Houses, theres a growing trend for the grape growers themselves to make Champagne. What is the difference? The big houses tell us that the greatness of Champagne comes from the ability to blend, to create a distinctive house style that can be experienced bottle after bottle, year after year. The growers counter that they are expressing terrior, a sense of place, in their bottles. Is one right and the other wrong? Not at all. While blending may be the most traditional, theres ample room to find pleasures in both camps. Discover these grower producers: Paul Bara
NV

Paul Bara 1991 Paul Bara NV Paul Bara

NV NV NV

Reserv, Brut, Bouzy (375 ml) $60 Brut, Marie de France, Grand Cru $120 Brut Ros $115 Grande Rserve Brut, Grand Cru $70 Brut Tradition, Dizy Brut Ros Brut, Cuve des Caudalies $65 $109 $225 $100 $155

E. Barnaut

E. Barnaut Gaston Chiquet Gaston Chiquet

Gaston Chiquet De Sousa

2000 De Sousa

Jos Dhondt Egly-Ouriet

NV MV

2002 Dhondt, Blanc de Blancs Brut, Mes Vieilles Vignes Egly-Ouriet Jacques Selosse Jacques Selosse Brut, Vignes de Vrigny

Jacques Selosse

Blanc des Blancs, Cuve Initiale $225 Exquise, Demi Sec $550 Special Club Brut, Epernay $78

Jos Michel & Fils

1998 Jos Michel 2000 Jos Michel NV Jos Michel NV Jos Michel

Special Club is made from grapes planted in 1929! 50% pinot meunier.

Blanc de Blanc Brut Brut, Moussy (half bottle: 375 ml) Brut, Cuvee Pinot Meunier

$80 $42 $69

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only drink Champagne when Im happyand when Im sad. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch itunless Im thirsty. Madame Lily Bollinger (1899-1977)

The Champagne Houses

The house of Bollinger makes full-bodied Champagnes. Bollinger Champagnes show a smoky, hazelnutty complexity that is hard to beat
Lily Bollinger

Bollinger
NV NV

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Special Cuve Brut (375 ml) $65 Special Cuve Brut (magnum) $250 R.D. (disgorged September 1989) $570 R.D. (magnum) (disgorged April 1998) $1200 R.D. (September 2003) $289 Grand Anne (magnum) $425 Grand Anne $225 Grand Anne (magnum) $500 Vieilles Vignes Franaises, BdN $1300 Vieilles Vignes Franaises, BdN $1400

Bollinger, founded in 1829,

is one of Champagnes few remaining family-owned Grande Marque houses. It is renowned for the high percentage of Pinot Noir and for the extra aging on the lees (spent yeast) that its Champagnes receive.

1979 1985 1988 1995 1996 1996 1992 1997

Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger Bollinger

Billecart-Salmon
Billecart-Salmon NV Billecart-Salmon NV Billecart-Salmon 1997 Billecart-Salmon
NV

Mareuil-Sur-A
Brut Reserve (magnum) Brut Ros Brut Ros (magnum) Cuve Nicolas-Franois (375 ml) $175 $145 $325 $155

Bruno Paillard
1969 Bruno Pailliard Brut, Artist Label

Reims
$350

Champagne Deutz
1996 Deutz 1997 Deutz
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Blanc de Blancs Brut Ros $150 $120

Dom Prignon (1639-1715),

was the first Champagne master blender and the first to use corks as stoppers for Champagne.

1964 1966 1976 1980 1985 1990 1993 1995

Dom Prignon

Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon Dom Prignon

Recently Disgorged Recently Disgorged

pernay

$1,100 $1,300 $650 $575 $375 $550 $390 $310

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Ros

$600 $350 $320 $275 $250 $175

Duval-Leroy
Gosset NV Gosset 1995 Gosset
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Gosset

Ros de Saigne Grand Ros Brut (375 ml) Grand Ros Brut Clebris Perfection Brut (375 ml) Perfection Ros Brut Signature Brut Avize Grand Cru Avize Grand Cru (magnum) Brut

Vertus
$80 $62 $129 $225

Jacquesson
1975 1988 1995 1995
NV

Laurent-Perrier

Jacquesson Jacquesson Jacquesson Jacquesson Jacquesson Jacquesson

Nicolas Feuillatte

Laurent-Perrier

Tours-sur-Marnne Chouilly pernay pernay

$45 $135 $125

$42 $80 $175 $190 $240 $500

Dizy

1996 Nicolas Feuillatte Cuve Palmes dOr, Brut, Epernay $265 1997 Nicolas Feuillatte, Cuve Palmes dOr, Presentation Package $225 Heidsieck Monopole 1988 Heidsieck Monopole
NV

Heidsieck Monopole

Mot-Chandon

Blue Top (375 ml) Diamant Ros

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My tastes are simple. I am easily satisfied with the best.Churchill

The house of Krug stands nearly alone for the complexity of its wines and the meticulousness with which they are made. Krug
1979 1985 1995 1996
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The Krugs are unwavering

keepers of tradition in prestige Champagne. Krug still ferments its wines in small oak casks and cellars them for at least six to eight years before release. Krugs Champagnes can age for decades anddue to their richness, depth, and complexityare best enjoyed with food rather than as an apritif.

Krug Krug Krug Krug Krug Krug Krug Krug

Reims
Clos de Mesnil

Grand Cuve (375 ml) Grand Cuve (Multi-Vintage) Grand Cuve (magnum) Ros

$1,700 $2,400 $450 $550 $155 $260 $590 $700 $22 $42 $69 $165 $325 $115 $275 $215

Perrier Jout Grand Brut (187 ml) NV Perrier Jout Grand Brut (375 ml) NV Perrier Jout Grand Brut, English Cuve NV Perrier Jout Grand Brut (1500 ml) NV Perrier Jout Grand Brut (3000 ml) NV Perrier Jout Blason de France Ros 1990 Perrier Jout, Fleur de Champagne (Belle Epoque) 1996 Perrier Jout, Fleur de Champagne (Belle Epoque)

Perrier Jout

pernay

Sir Winston Churchill was a

Philipponnat
NV NV

friend of the Pol Roger clan, even naming a racehorse after the Champagne house. After Churchills death, Pol Rogers finest Champagne was named for the great leader. It is rich, with power and finesse, much like the great man himself.

Philipponnat Philipponnat

Royale Rserve Brut Brut Ros

Mareuil-sur-A
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1995 Pol Roger Cuve Sir Winston Churchill 1998 Pol Roger, Extra Cuve de Rserve, Chardonnay Brut

Pol Roger

pernay
$299 $155

Roederer
NV

Roederer 1988 Roederer

Brut Premier (375 ml) Cristal Ros (magnum) Le Mesnil Le Mesnil

Reims

$42 $2400 $900 $500 $77

1983 Salon 1988 Salon

Salon

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Bethon Reims

$48 $240

Thierry Triolet
Salon is one of the worlds greatest blanc de blancs Champagnes (all Chardonnay-based). It may also be the longestlived, and should be at least 5 to 20 years old for maximum enjoyment.

NV NV

Thierry Triolet

Grande Rserve Brut, Bthon La Franaise (375 ml) Comtes de Champagne, BdB

Taittinger

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Veuve Clicquot
NV NV NV NV NV

Veuve Clicquot (17781866), Nicole-Barbe Clicquot Ponsardin, La Grande Dame, developed the method by which the cloudy lees (spent yeast) is still removed from bottles of Champagne.

1975 1988 2000 1990 1990 1995 1998

Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot

Yellow Label Brut Yellow Label Brut (375 ml) Yellow Label Brut (magnum) Demi-Sec Demi-Sec (375 ml) Brut, Carte dOr Vintage Brut Reserve Ros Vintage Brut Reserve Ros La Grande Dame La Grande Dame (magnum) La Grande Dame La Grande Dame

Reims
$73 $46 $175 $68 $45 $425 $190 $150 $385 $700 $295 $275

Other European Sparkling Wines Other French Sparkling NV Monmousseau Brut toile, Sparkling Vouvray NV Eric Bordelet Cider, Poire Authentique Sparkling Italian
2004 NV Banfi-Vigne, Brachetto, Rosa Regale (sparkling red) (375 ml) Try Brachetto with chocolate!

$29 $35
$22

Bartenura 2006 Elio Perrone 1996 Franciacorta Bellavista 1998 Franciacorta Bellavista NV Zardetto

Moscato dAsti, Blue Bottle Moscato dAsti, Clart, Italy Gran Cuve Brut Gran Cuve Brut Ros Brut Prosecco, VSAQ

$38 $36 $88 $93 $24 $75

Sparkling German, Sekt 1991 Georg Breuer Sekt, Brut

35% Pinot Noir, 35% Pinot Blanc, 25% Pinot Gris, and 5% Riesling

Sparkling Austrian NV Szigeti, Sparkling Gruner Veltliner Brut, Grand Cru English Sparkling 1994 Nyetimber Vineyard

$42

Classic Cuve, West Sussex, England $90

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The Fruit-Forward Wines of the New World: Oregon Washington Idaho British Columbia California Other American States South America Australia New Zealand

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Northwest Chardonnays run a range of styles. Washington State Chardonnay tends to be a fuller style than those from Oregon, but the best Oregons can be very sophisticated indeed.
We especially like Washington Chardonnay whose fruit has come from the Celilo Vineyard and Cold Creek Vineyards, though there are some other great sites, too. In Oregon, the new Dijon Chardonnay clones are now expressing themselves. These clones make a huge difference, allowing good producers to make Chardonnays very reminiscent of white Burgundy.

Chardonnay: Adelsheim to Woodward Canyon 1991 Adelsheim Oregon 1992 Adelsheim Oregon 1993 Adelsheim Yamhill County Reserve 1993 Adelsheim Reserve 1994 Adelsheim Oregon 1994 Adelsheim Yamhill County Reserve 1999 Adelsheim Clone 76, Stoller Vineyard 2003 Andrew Will Celilo Vineyard 1988 Argyle 1991 Argyle Nuthouse 1992 Argyle Nuthouse 1997 Argyle Reserve 1998 Argyle Reserve 2001 Argyel Nuthouse 1991 Arterberry 2005 Maurice Columbia Valley 2006 Maurice Columbia Valley 2007 Maurice Columbia Valley 2004 Baer Shard 1988 Barnard Griffin 1989 Barnard Griffin 2004 Bergstrm Willamette Valley 1986 Bonair Reserve 1990 Bonair Reserve 1992 Bonair Reserve 1994 Bonair Reserve 2002 Boudreaux Cellars Bishops & Homestead 2001 Buty Winery Roze Berg 2002 Buty Winery (Beauty) Conner Lee 2003 Buty Winery Conner Lee 2004 Buty Winery Conner Lee 2005 Buty Winery Conner Lee 2006 Buty Winery Conner Lee 1993 Cameron Vintage Reserve 1994 Cameron Reserve 1994 Cameron Clos lectrique 1999 Cameron Clos lectrique 1999 Cameron Abbey Ridge 1994 Canoe Ridge Columbia Valley 2000 Canoe Ridge 2000 Chteau Ste. Michelle Canoe Ridge Vineyard 1999 Chehalem Ians Reserve 1999 Chehalem Willamette Valley 2002 Chehalem Inox 2007 Chehalem Inox 2008 Chehalem Inox 1988 Chinook Columbia Valley 2000 Chinook Columbia Valley 1986 Columbia Winery Wyckoff Vineyard 1994 Columbia Winery Wyckoff Vineyard 2002 Columbia Winery Wyckoff Vineyard 1992 Covey Run Celilo Vineyard 1993 Covey Run Reserve 1994 Covey Run Celilo Vineyard 1992 Cristom Unfiltered 1993 Cristom Willamette Valley 1994 Cristom Willamette Valley
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2008 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2005 2007 2005 2000 2004 1976 1992 1992 1987 1999 2001 2003 1995 2003 2004 2005 2006 1991 1994 2001 2000 2007 1997 2001 1994 1999 2003 2004 2003 1995 2001 2006 2007 2008 1999 1993 1996 1985 1987 1990 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 2000 2002 2006 Crowley Maresh Vineyard, Dundee Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Red Hills Estate Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate, Arthur Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate, Arthur Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate, Arthur Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate, Arthur Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Estate, Arthur Domaine Serene Cte Sud Domaine Serene Cte Sud Domaine Serene Cte Sud Domaine Serene Clos du Soleil Dunham Shirley Mays, Lewis Vin. Dunham Shirley Mays, Lewis Vin. Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Reserve French Creek Reserve Januik Winery Cold Creek Vineyard Januik Winery Elerding Vineyard Jardin Pleasant Vineyard, Yak. Ken Wright Cellars Celilo Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Celilo Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Celilo Vineyards Ken Wright Cellars Celilo Vineyards Ken Wright Cellars Celilo Vineyards Kramer Reserve Latah Creek Lemelson Vineyards Wascher Vineyard Matthews Cellars Elerding Vineyard Mark Ryan Columbia Valley McCrea Cellars Reserve Owen Roe Casa Blanca, Clone 76 Panther Creek Celilo Vineyard Panther Creek Celilo Vineyard Patricia Green Cellars Four Winds Vineyard Patricia Green Cellars Oregon Poplar Grove Winery Reserve, Naramata Bench Raptor Ridge Shea Wine Cellars Shea Vineyard Sparkman Cellars Lumire, Stillwater Vin. Sparkman Cellars Lumire, Stillwater Vin. Sparkman Cellars Lumire, Stillwater Vin. Stangeland Willamette Val. Estate Ste. Chapelle Vickers Arena Vineyard Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Rosa Berge Vineyard Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Reserve Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Celilo Vineyard Woodward Canyon Walla Walla Estate Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Columbia Valley Woodward Canyon Washington State
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Eric Lemelson was an environmental attorney before opening his own winery near Carlton, Oregon. The 1999 Lemelson Vineyards Wascher Vineyard is a profound Chardonnay. The 10-yearold Dijon clone fruit will change the way you think about Chardonnays from Oregon. Fabulous balance.

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR WA WA OR OR OR WA WA WA WA OR OR OR OR OR OR WA OR WA WA WA OR OR OR OR OR BC OR OR OR OR OR OR ID ID WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$48 $50 $50 $55 $58 $57 $56 $55 $55 $77 $78 $79 $79 $55 $55 $90 $45 $50 $35 $60 $60 $45 $60 $53 $51 $49 $50 $40 $30 $49 $47 $42 $45 $56 $50 $50 $45 $42 $45 $35 $56 $66 $62 $58 $40 $30 $45 $90 $75 $70 $60 $65 $60 $70 $75 $59 $55 $55

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California Chardonnay 2001 Chalone Vineyards Estate Grown, Chalone AVA CA 2002 Chalone Vineyards Estate Grown, Chalone AVA CA 2001 DuMOL Russian River CA 2003 DuMOL Russian River CA 2004 DuMOL Russian River CA 2002 Hanzell Estate, Sonoma CA 2003 Kistler McCrea, Sonoma Mountain CA 2004 Kistler McCrea Vineyard, Sonoma Mtn. 2002 Littorai Charles Heintz, Russian River 2003 Littorai Charles Heintz, Russian River 2003 Navillus Birney, Sonoma Mt., Katherine Vineyard CA 2002 Patz & Hall Napa Valley CA 1998 Peter Michael Le Caprice, Sonoma Valley CA 2002 Peter Michael Belle Cte, Knights Valley CA 2001 Ramey Russian River CA 2004 Ramey Ritchie, Russian River CA 2004 Ramey Hyde, Napa/Carneros CA 2002 Sbragia Gamble Ranch, Napa CA 2005 Sonoma Cutrer Sonoma Coast CA 1998 Staglin Rutherford, Napa Valley CA 2001 Chateau Woltner Napa Valley CA Other United States Chardonnay 2000 Chaddsford Winery Philip Roth, Brandywine PA 1998 Hargrave Vineyard Reserve, Long Island NY 1999 Wagner Vineyard Reserve, Seneca Lake NY Australia & New Zealand Chardonnay 1999 Leeuwin Artists Series, Margaret River AU 1996 Penfolds Adelaide Hills, Trial Bin AU 2000 Penfolds Yattarna, Bin 144 AU 1997 Petaluma Tiers, Piccadilly Valley AU 1998 Seresin Estate Reserve, Marlborough NZ Chablis and White Burgundy See page 91

$65 $60 $79 $100 $95 $97 $149 $179 $105 $105 $50 $65 $155 $135 $65 $113 $105 $110 $43 $85 $80

$65 $44 $44

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Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc-Smillon Blends

Northwest Sauvignon Blanc & Blends

make some of the most make some of the most true-to-form varietals true-to-form varietals in in Washington State. Washington State. Their Their Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc always always ranks among ranks among the regions the regions best. Their best. Their winery and winery and charming charming tasting room are tasting room are in in Prosser in the Yakima Prosser in the Yakima Valley. Valley.

Clay Mackey & Kay Clay Mackey & Kay Simon of Chinook Simon of Chinook

2006 1989 1999 1999 2001 1989 1997 1998 2000 2006 1992 1994 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006 2008 1990 1991 2003 1989 1990 1993 1997 1999 2003 2004 2004 2003 2002 2005 2005 2006 2009 2006 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 1997 2007 1988 1993 2002

Amavi Columbia Valley WA Barnard Griffin WA Caterina WA Chteau Ste. Michelle Horse Heaven V. WA Chteau Ste. Michelle Horse Heaven V. WA Chinook WA Chinook WA Chinook WA Chinook Yakima Valley WA Chinook Yakima Valley WA Columbia Chevrier WA Columbia Crest WA Covey Run WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc WA DiStefano WA DiStefano WA DiStefano WA Facelli Fum Blanc WA Facelli Fum Blanc WA Hedges Cellars Red Mt. Reserve White WA Hedges Cellars Fum-Chardonnay WA High Pass Winery OR Jackson-Triggs Proprietors Grand Reserve BC Jackson-Triggs Proprietors Reserve BC Jackson-Triggs Proprietors Grand Reserve BC Jardin Pleasant Vineyard WA J. Christopher Croft Vineyard OR J. Christopher Croft Vineyard OR J. Christopher Cristo Misto OR J. Cristopher Cristo Misto OR J. Cristopher Willamette Valley OR Lone Canary Columbia Valley WA Patricia Green Cellars Ribbon Ridge Estate OR Patricia Green Cellars Estate/Croft OR Patricia Green Cellars Oregon OR Patricia Green Cellars Blacombe/Estate/Croft OR Vin du Lac, LEHM Chelan Estate, Chelan WA Waterbrook WA Woodinville Wine Cellars WA Woodward Canyon Charbonneau WA Woodward Canyon Charbonneau WA Woodward Canyon Charbonneau WA
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$34 $50 $25 $31 $29 $30 $30 $30 $35 $32 $28 $26 $25 $74 $72 $70 $68 $66 $64 $62 $60 $60 $58 $74 $35 $35 $30 $30 $30 $38 $25 $27 $44 $34 $44 $27 $34 $34 $35 $35 $35 $24 $34 $34 $34 $34 $38 $30 $30 $90 $60 $49

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Sauvignon Blanc

Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc

1964 Chr. Arnold & Co 1961 Chteau Margaux Bordeaux Superior Pavillon Blanc $55 Bordeaux $250
These bottles of Pavillon Blanc du Chteau Margaux were once housed in the wine cellar of the great chef Frdy Girardet in Crissier, Switzerland.

Loire Valley France Sauvignon Blanc

See page 101

California Sauvignon Blanc

2002 Crocker & Starr 2002 Duckhorn Vineyards 2000 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Napa Valley North Coast $40 $45 $30

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc

See page 21

As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy, and to make plans.
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

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New Zealand Sauvignon blanc

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is produced in several styles. The most thrilling to its worldwide audience is the stainless-steel fermented version from the South Island (Marlborough in particular). Here you experience the mouthwatering and dazzling flavors of gooseberry, lime, and passion fruit. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2003 1997 2001 2001 2002 2003 2005 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001 1999 2002 2002 Allan Scott Vintage Select, Marlborough Cloudy Bay Marlborough Cloudy Bay Marlborough Cloudy Bay Te Koko, Marlborough Cloudy Bay Marlborough Cloudy Bay Marlborough Cloudy Bay Marlborough Kim Crawford Marlborough Lake Chalice Marlborough Lawsons Dry Hills Marlborough Lynskeys Wairau Peaks Marlborough Omak Springs Estate Marlborough Palliser Estate Martinborough Pegasus Bay Winery Sauvignon/Smillon, Waipara Seresin Estate Marlborough Thornbury Marlborough $45 $60 $60 $100 $60 $60 $60 $55 $55 $40 $35 $50 $40 $50 $45 $45

New Zealand Gewrztraminer

2004 Te Whare Ra
Sauvignon Blanc
grows just outside of the iconic Cloudy Bay winery in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Ron Zimmerman

Gewrztraminer, Marlborough $52

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Pacific Northwest Smillon & Proprietary Blends

Washington State may well be the best place in North America for this white grape, a native ofBordeaux. Smillon wine can age well.
1979 1993 1990 1994 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 1994 2000 2003 2000 2004 2003 2000 1995 1997 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2008 2005 1999 2000 Adelsheim Apex Barnard Griffin Barnard Griffin Buty Winery Buty Winery Buty Winery Buty Winery Buty Winery Cave B Chinook Chinook Chinook Desert Wind Desert Wind Dunham Cellars La Frenz LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 LEcole No 41 Novelty Hill Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars OR Montage WA WA WA Columbia Valley WA Smillon/Sauvignon Blanc WA Smillon/Sauvignon Blanc WA Smillon/Sauvignon Blanc WA Smillon/Sauvignon Blanc WA Kimberlys Vineyard WA WA WA Yakima Valley WA Wahluke Slope WA Wahluke Slope WA Shirley Mays, Walla Walla WA Okanagan Valley BC Walla Walla WA Walla Walla WA Seven Hills Vineyard WA Fries Vineyard WA Fries Vineyard WA Fries Vineyard WA Fries Vineyard WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Fries Vineyard WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Stillwater Vineyard WA WA WA $55 $32 $40 $30 $36 $50 $48 $46 $49 $47 $40 $40 $39 $42 $40 $61 $39 $47 $47 $45 $45 $43 $43 $41 $35 $32 $31 $41 $30 $30 $30 $30 $45 $40

LEcole No. 41 occupies

the former Frenchtown schoolhouse in Lowden, Washington (Walla Walla). Their barrel-fermented Smillon is consistently one of the best-produced in America.

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Other Smillon: Australia

1994 Penfolds 2003 Torbreck
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2002 1994 2001 2002 1997 2000 2000 2002 2000 2001 2002 2001 1999 1999 2000 2001 1998 1982 1993 1994 1995 1997 2006 2003 1998 1998 2000 2004 1999 2002 2000 1988 2002 1997 1998 1998 2001 2004 2002 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006 1994 1992 Andrew Will Celilo Vineyard (magnum) Adelsheim Adelsheim Andrew Will Celilo Vineyard Archery Summit Vireton Cameron Giuliano Electrico Cedar Creek Estate Okanagan/Similkameen Chteau Bianca Willamette Valley Chehalem Reserve Chehalem Willamette Valley Chteau Bianca Willamette Valley Coleman Vineyard Estate Cooper Mountain Willamette Valley Elk Cove Willamette Valley Elk Cove Willamette Valley Elk Cove Willamette Valley ElvenGlade Vineyard Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Estate Gypsy Dancer Christine Lorraine King Estate King Estate Reserve King Estate King Estate Signature La Bte Lake Breeze Vineyards Okanagan Valley Lemelson Vineyards Tikkas Run Ponzi Raptor Ridge Secret House Silvan Ridge Sineann Oregon Sineann Willamette Valley Solena Terrapin Cellars Westrey WillaKenzie Estate Estate WillaKenzie Estate Estate, Cork Free WillaKenzie Estate Estate, Cork Free WillaKenzie Estate Estate, Cork Free Willamette Valley Vineyards Yamhill Valley Winery Willamette Valley WA OR OR WA OR OR BC OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR BC OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR $66 $35 $35 $38 $47 $35 $35 $28 $35 $35 $27 $35 $30 $39 $33 $32 $45 $35 $40 $40 $40 $35 $32 $40 $33 $35 $33 $33 $34 $35 $41 $40 $32 $26 $26 $45 $35 $39 $32 $33 $42 $38 $38 $38 $30 $22

David Lett of the Eyrie Vineyards was the first to introduce Pinot Gris (also known as Pinot Grigio) to the United States.

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Oregon Pinot Blanc & Melon

Ron Zimmerman

Myron Redford
founded Amity Vineyards in 1976. He is a leading proponent of Oregon Pinot Blanc. His version expresses beautiful fruit and a zesty, mineral-like backbone which makes it one of the most food-friendly wines for the table.

Pinot Blanc
1994 1995 2001 2004 1992 1993 1994 1995 2000 2002 2000 2000 2008 1999 2001 2002 2005 2006 2007 2007 1998 2005 2000 2001 2002 2004
Melon what?
Melon is the Melon de Bourgogne grape. It was a native of Burgundy until it was all uprooted in the early 1700s. From there it was introduced in the Loire Valley where today it makes the famous Muscadet wines. Oregon Melons tend to be a bit fuller-bodied and fruitier than those of the Loire in France. They are a nice accompaniment to lighter seafoods and summer vegetables. The best of them can age for some years.

Adelsheim Amity Vineyards Willamette Valley Amity Vineyards Willamette Valley Amity Vineyards Willamette Valley Cameron Abbey Ridge Cameron Abbey Ridge Cameron Abbey Ridge Cameron Bricco Abbazia Cameron Giovanni Chehalem Stoller Vineyard Elemental Cellars OConnor Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Eyrie Vineyards Estate, Original Block Ken Wright Cellars Freedom Hill Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Freedom Hill Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Freedom Hill Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Freedom Hill Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Freedom Hill Vineyard Ponzi Vineyards Willamette Valley Ross Andrew, Meadow (PB, Gewurz, Riesling, PG) St. Innocent Freedom Hill Vineyard St. Innocent Freedom Hill Vineyard WillaKenzie Estate Estate WillaKenzie Estate Estate WillaKenzie Estate Estate WillaKenzie Estate Estate

OR $35 OR $40 OR $31 OR $31 OR $40 OR $40 OR $40 OR $32 OR $30 OR $40 OR $33 OR $35 OR $37 OR $44 OR $40 OR $40 OR $38 OR $43 OR $38 WA/OR $30 OR $29 OR $36 OR $44 OR $43 OR $50 OR $42

Melon de Bourgogne
2007 2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1998 1993 1995 Biggio Hamina Deux Vert Vineyard De Ponte Estate, Dundee Hills Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Ken Wright Cellars Panther Creek Panther Creek Stewart Vineyard Also see Muscadet, page 99 OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR $40 $60 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $45 $40 $42

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Oregon
1992 1999 2001 2002 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 1988 2000 2005 1990 2006 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2005 2005 1997 2003 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2002 Argyle Argyle Brooks Brooks Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Henry Estate Holloran Holloran Knudsen-Erath Love and Squalor

German Riesling, page 94 Alsatian Riesling, page 96 Austrian Riesling, page 97

Nuthouse Reserve, 2.8% Reserve, Dry Willamette, Organic Willamette, Organic Corral Creek Corral Creek, Dry Res. Corral Creek, Dry Res. Corral Creek, Dry Res. Dry Riesling, Reserve Dry Riesling, Reserve Umpqua Valley Le Pavillon Vineyard Le Pavillon Vineyard Dry Willametter Valley

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$30 $30 $35 $35 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $45 $39 $39 $28 $31 $35 $32 $31 $30 $30 $30 $31 $39 $31 $30 $21 $45 $44 $43 $42 $42 $42 $29 $31 $49 $48 $47 $46 $77 $45 $44 $43 $42 $39 $39 $30 $30

Germanys Ernst Loosen is one of the worlds experts and proponents of Riesling. He has been so impressed with Chteau Ste. Michelles Cold Creek Vineyard Riesling that he formed a joint venture to make Washington State Riesling, Eroica, an off-dry table version and Single Berry, an awesome dessert-style wine that will age for 50 years.

Ron Zimmerman

Washington
Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Indian Wells WA Ch. Ste. Michelle Saint M, Pfaltz GR Claar Cellars Dry Riesling WA Columbia Winery Cellarmasters Reserve WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Dr. Loosen/CSM Eroica WA Jardin Winery Carter Vineyard WA Naches Heights Estate WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap, Carmina Burana, Casked Dry Riesling WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Poets Leap Columbia Valley WA Scarborough, Cease & Desist, Yakima Valley WA Woodward Canyon Dry Riesling, Col. Valley WA Idaho Dry ID ID

Idaho
1994 Ste. Chapelle 1998 Ste. Chapelle

Australia/New zealand
2005 Grosset, Polish Hill Dry Riesling, Clare Valley, S. Australia $62 2000 Felton Road Elms Bannockburn,Central Otago $50 2002 Pegasus Bay Waipara, NZ $42
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New York: Finger Lakes
2001 Hermann J. Wiemer 2001 Hermann J. Wiemer 2001 Hermann J. Wiemer Johannisberg Riesling, Dry $37 Johannisberg Riesling, Semi-Dry $40 Johannisberg Riesling, Late Harvest $48

Michigan riesling
2006 Ch. Grand Traverse, Old Mission Peninsula, Semi-Dry $38 $37 $45 $45 $43 $43 $43 $43 $27 $34 $34 $48 $48 $39 $29 $39 $39 $30 $29 $25 $25 $37 $60 $39 $25 $35

Albario
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 Abacela Umpqua Valley Estate Abacela, Cobble Hill Estate, Umpqua Valley Abacela Southern Oregon Abacela Estate Abacela Estate Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon Reserve OR OR OR OR OR OR OR WA OR OR

Aligot
1997 Covey Run 1999 La Bte 2000 La Bte

Arneis
1997 Ponzi Vineyards 2006 Ponzi Vineyards 2009 Ponzi Vineyards (500 ml) OR Aurora Vineyard, Estate OR Aurora Vineyard, Estate OR

Auxerrois
2000 Gray Monk Cellars BC 2008 Adelsheim, Ribbon Springs Vineyard, Ribbon Ridge OR 2009 Adelsheim, Ribbon Springs, Vineyars, Ribbon Ridge OR

Chenin Blanc: north american

2000 1992 1993 1993 2001 2004 2004 2005 2002 Andrew Rich Tabula Rasa OR/WA Bethel Heights Willamette Valley OR Bethel Heights OR Covey Run WA Chteau Ste. Michelle Horse Heaven Vineyard WA Golden Mile Cellars, Old Vine, Home Vineyard BC Hogue, Terroir, Andrews Vineyard WA LEcole No 41 Walla Voil WA Quails Gate Estate, Family Reserve, Okanagan V. BC Chenin Blanc dessert wines, see page ??? and page 143 See Loire Valley whites, page 99

Chenin Blanc: france Chenin Blanc: south africa Gewrztraminer

See South Africa, page 136, as well as dessert wines, page 144 WA WA WA $25 $30 $34 1992 Apex Barrel Fermented 2006 Canoe Ridge Vineyard Snipes Vineyard 2007 Corvidae Gewurztraminer
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1994 1999 2000 2002 2008 2006 2003 2005 1999 2002 2004 2004 2003 2001 2002 2003 Covey Run Celilo Vineyard Foris Vineyards Rogue Valley Foris Vineyards Rogue Valley Hoodsport Yakima Valley Phelps Creek Vineyards Oakridge Vineyard Pierre Noire Columbia Gorge Terra Blanca Late Harvest Terra Blanca Late Harvest Three Rivers Late Harvest WA OR OR WA WA WA WA WA WA $30 $30 $30 $30 $33 $40 $40 $39 $35 $35 $35 $35 $39 $35 $35 $35

Gewrztraminer, British Columbia

Gewurztraminer, Alsace
2000 Domaine Schoffit

Calliope, Beaumont Vineyard, Okanagan Valley BC Dirty Laundry, Woo Woo Vines, Okanagan Valley BC Joie (Gewrztraminer/Kerner/Muscat) Okanagan BC Private Reserve, Okanagan BC Sumac Ridge Estate Wild Goose Vineyard Okanagan Valley BC Wild Goose Vineyard Okanagan Valley BC Wild Goose Vineyard Okanagan Valley BC

Gewrztraminer, New Zealand

2004 Te Whare Ra

Cuve Alexandre, Vieilles Vignes $45

Grechetto
2006 2007 2007 2009

Marlborough

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IT

$52
$55 $45 $45 $56 $56 $45 $45 $48 $30 $36 $57 $72 $75 $35 $39 $89 $36 $45 $45 $49 $60

2003 Paolo Bea

Grenache Blanc

Santa Chiara, Italian

Grner Veltliner

McCrea Sirocco (Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Picpoul Blanc, Roussanne) WA McCrea Cellars Sirocco Blanc WA McCrea Cellars, Grenache Blanc, Boushey Vineyard WA McCrea Cellars, Grenache Blanc, Boushey Vineyard WA

2008 Daedalus Cellars, Grner Veltliner, Elton Vineyard OR 2008 Reustle at Prayer Rock Umpqua Valley OR 2009 Reustle at Prayer Rock Umpqua Valley OR 2003 Hoodsport 2007 Lopez Island

Madeleine Angevine Marsanne

Puget Sound Appellation WA Estate, Organic, Puget S. WA

2009 Maison Bleue, Petite Joie WA 2003 Niebaum-Coppola, Blancaneaux, White Rhne Blend CA CA 2006 Rubicon Estate, Blancaneaux, White Rhne Blend 1998 Andrew Will Cuve Lulu Anne Louise WA 2001 La Crotta, Muscat Chambave, Valle dAoste, DOC Italy

Muscat Blanc Roussanne

2004 2005 2002 2003 2007 2001
NV NV NV

Sake

DeLille Cellars Doyenne Roussanne WA Isenhower Cellars Snapdragon WA McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval Vineyard WA McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval Vineyard WA Tranche, Rhone White, Roussanne-Viognier WA Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc CA

Momokawa Asian Pear Sake Momokawa Silver Sake Momokawa Ruby Sake Kikusakari, Asamurasaki Red Rice Sake
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Torrontes: Argentina
2007 Susana Balbo, Crios de S. Balbo, torrontes, Cafayete

Siegerrebe
2003 Sakonnet

$30 $30 $33 $38 $38 $38 $45 $42 $42 $42 $42 $65 $38 $45 $39 $55 $45 $44 $44 $49 $58 $49 $45 $37 $37 $45 $38 $35 $40 $40 $40 $42 $35 $39 $45 $95 $22 $55 $50 $30 $27 $45 $45 $45

2007 Whidbey Island Winery Estate, Puget Sound

Vidal Blanc Viognier

2004 2005 2006 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2002 1998 2003 2008 2002 2000 2001 2000 2007 2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2004 2009 2002 2003 2005 2006 2002 2009 2002
NV NV

RI RI OR OR OR WA WA WA WA WA WA ID WA WA OR MO OR OR OR WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA BC OR CA CA OR OR OR MO MO

Estate, Rhode Island

Vinegar & Verjus White Blends

Abacela Southern Oregon Abacela Southern Oregon Abacela Estate Grown Maurice Cellars Columbia Valley Brian Carter, Oriana (Viognier/Riesling/Roussane) Brian Carter, Oriana (Viognier/Riesling/Roussane) Brian Carter, Oriana (Viognier/Riesling/Roussane) Brian Carter, Oriana Columbia Valley Cayuse Vineyarda Walla Walla Coeur dAlene Columbia Valley Columbia Winery Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Winery Red Willow Vineyard Cowhorn Vineyard Biodynamic, Applegate Crown Valley Winery Missouri Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Elemental Cellars Deux Vert Vineyard Griffin Creek Rogue Valley Lullaby Walla Walla Valley Mark Ryan McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval Vineyards Nefarious Cellars, Defiance Vineyard, Chelan Rulo Winery Rulo Winery Rulo Winery Rulo Winery Seven Hills Columbia Valley Tildio Lake Chelan Estate Zefina Serience, White Rhne

Venturi-Schultze Balsamic Vinegar Abacela Verjus Conundrum Conundrum Evolution No. 9 Evolution Vireton Viognier Seyval

1993 Caymus 2002 Caymus NV Sokol Blosser NV Sokol Blosser 1997 Archery Summit

Missouri

2002 Crown Valley Winery 2003 Stone Hill Winery

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the Beginning of the modern era in oregon Wine

The 1975 Eyrie Vineyards South Block Pinot Noir

David Papa Pinot Lett, The Eyrie Vineyards

In Paris
in 1979, the French food and wine magazine GaultMillau sponsored an Olympics of the Wines of the World. Thirty-three of the worlds wine regions entered 586 wines. In the final blind-tasting competitions, the Eyrie Vineyards 1975 Oregon Pinot Noir placed third in the Burgundy category. For the French, there was a good deal of consternation regarding the number of foreign wines that had outscored the home team in the Olympiads. Twelve of these winners were challenged to a rematch to take place in the heart of Burgundy itself. On the 8th of January, 1980, 20 French, English, and American wine judges gathered in Beaune at the 1,000-year-old Hall of Justice of the Dukes of Burgundy. The six top-scoring foreign Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from the Olympiads were judged again, this time against the finest Burgundies of the best vintages. The Eyrie Vineyards 1975 South Block Pinot Noir finished just two-tenths of a point behind the 1959 Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny. The result was seen (at least at the time in America) as a far-reaching victory for the vision of Eyries founder, David Lett, who moved from California to Oregon to pursue his controversial plan to

grow Pinot Noir in cool climatic conditions. As a result of these Wine Olympics, others took notice, and the seeds of the modern era in Oregon viticulture were planted. With the help of David Adelsheim and David Lett, Robert Drouhinscion of the 120-yearold French ngociant firm Maison Joseph Drouhin invested 10-million dollars in the 1980s to create Domaine Drouhin Oregon, which is now overseen by his charismatic daughter, Vronique Drouhin-Boss.

Doug Frost, M.S., M.W.

he Willamette Valley is considered Americas promised land for Pinot Noir. Although there are many that dispute Oregons excellence with the grape, the best producers here make Pinot Noir as good as or better than any in America.

On the third weekend in July

each year, Pinot Noir makers and lovers from around the world gather on the bucolic grounds of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, for the International Pinot Noir Celebration. This is the premier event for Pinot Noir lovers.

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David Adelsheim is a pioneering Oregon winemaker, responsible for many of the high standards under which Oregon wines are made.

Apolloni Vineyards Archery Summit

1992 1994 1996 1997 2000 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit Archery Summit

Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim Adelsheim

Yamhill County Yamhill County Bethel Heights Flat Block Oregon Oregon Elizabeths Reserve Ridgecrest Vineyard Elizabeths Reserve Oregon Seven Springs Seven Springs Oregon Ridgecrest Vineyard Bryan Creek Vineyard Goldschmidt Vineyard Elizabeths Reserve Estate Arcus Whole Cluster Premier Cuve Arcus Estate Red Hills Estate Red Hills Estate Renegade Ridge Arcus Estate Premier Cuve Dijon Clones Nicholas Estate Croft Vineyard

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$120 $110 $105 $90 $85 $80 $70 $80 $70 $90 $75 $48 $65 $77 $77 $77 $48 $155 $135 $70 $79 $145 $135 $130 $120 $140 $85 $63 $52 $79 $90 $85 $85 $120 $150 $72

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2003 Apolloni Vineyards

Amalie Robert

2004 Amalie Robert 2006 Anam Cara Cellars 2008 Andrew Rich

Anam Cara Cellars Andrew Rich Antica Terra

1998 Antica Terra 1999 Antica Terra 2001 Antica Terra 1990 Arterberry 2006 Arterberry 2005 Artisanal Cellars

Willamette Valley

Talented vintner Fred Arterberry committed suicide in his winery in 1990. This was his last wine.

Arterberry

Willamette Valley OR Maresh Estate Vineyard OR Adams Vineyard OR

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Red Burgundy, pages 103 thru 109 California Pinot Noir, page 47 New Zealand Pinot Noir, page 51 Other Pinot Noirs, page 50 OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR Winemakers Reserve (mag) OR Winemakers Reserve OR Oregon Select OR Willamette Valley OR Schouten Vineyard OR Willamette Valley OR Reserve (hand signed) Reserve Reserve (magnum) Cowhouse Spirithouse Spirithouse Nuthouse Reserve (375ml) Spirithouse Spirithouse Nuthouse Spirithouse Willamette Valley Cumberland Reserve Willamette Valley Arcus Vineyard Arcus Vineyard Arcus Vineyard (magnum) DeLancelotti Cumberland Reserve Shea Vineyard Bergstrm Vineyard Bergstrm Vineyard (375) OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR Gamay Clone Reserve Oregon/Washington Nouveau Nouveau Estate Oregon Nouveau Oregon Willamette Valley Oregon Reserve Estate, Reserve (mag.) Willamette Valley Nouveau $80 $100 $100 $50 $55 $50 $50 $45 $50 $50 $45 $50 $225 $40 $30 $50 $165 $90 $39 $45 $75 $66 $100 $90 $170 $95 $95 $95 $79 $38 $105 $100 $79 $120 $85 $72 $60 $150 $210 $450 $160 $72 $107 $139 $72

Myron Redford is a native of Seattle. He worked as a cellar rat at Associated Vintners (now the Columbia Winery in Woodinville) before relocating to Oregon. There he made his first barrel of Pinot Noir in 1976. Myron does things his own way, typically using little or no new oak on his Pinot Noirs. He believes that this approach lets the grape better speak for itself.

Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Amity Vineyards Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Argyle Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm Bergstrm

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Argyle
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Bergstrm

Oregon winemaker Josh Bergstrm completed the post graduate program in Viticulture and Enology at the CFPPA (Center for the Formation and Promotion of Agricultural Production) in Beaune during 1998 and 1999. He practices biodynamic viticulture.

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Michael Etzel crafts a

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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007

Beaux Frres

Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres Beaux Frres

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR Belles Soeurs, Shea OR Belles Soeurs, Temperance OR Beaux Frres Vineyard OR Belles Soeurs OR Les Cousines OR Belles Soeurs, Shea OR Beaux Frres Vineyard OR Upper Terrace OR Beaux Frres Vineyard OR Upper Terrace OR Belles Soeurs OR Beaux Frres Vineyard OR Willamette Valley OR The Vineyard OR The Vineyard OR The Vineyard OR

$210 $195 $150 $145 $155 $155 $155 $99 $99 $150 $92 $93 $90 $145 $185 $125 $170 $84 $155 $79 $125 $129 $135

From his first planting in May of 1990 until today, former CBS newsman Doug Tunnell has relied on the basics. All his fruit is estate grown and certified organic. All Brick House wines are produced and bottled by hand, and theyre begun with indigenous (or wild) yeast fermentations.

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Bethel Heights

2005 Boedecker 2006 Boedecker 2007 Boedecker 1994 1996 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2006

Boedecker

Bethel Heights Bethel Heights Bethel Heights Bethel Heights Bethel Heights Bethel Heights Bethel Heights

Estate Grown SE Block Reserve Flat Block Reserve Estate Lewman Hills Flat Block Reserve Nysa Vineyard Athena Vineyard Stewart Vineyard Athena Vineyard Willamette (Organic)

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$70 $75 $75 $70 $75 $70 $61 $77 $72 $70 $110 $75 $95 $95 $42 $75 $82 $88 $68 $80 $61 $85 $85

Brick House

Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House

OR OR Cuve du Tonnelier OR Les Dijonnais OR Clos Ladybug OR Cinquante OR Cuve du Tonnelier OR Cuve du Tonnelier OR Willamette (Organic) OR Cuve du Tonnelier OR Select, Willamette Valley OR Boulder Block OR Cuve du Tonnelier OR

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Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards Broadley Vineyards

Claudias Choice Claudias Choice Marcile Lorraine Willamette Reserve Claudias Choice Marcile Lorraine Claudias Choice Reserve Marcile Lorraine Claudias Choice Claudias Choice Claudias Choice Bergstrm Vineyard

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$295 $97 $85 $55 $60 $97 $80 $97 $58 $79 $88 $80 $79 $91 $100 $75 $95 $65 $95 $95 $110 $57 $99 $99 $90 $50 $98 $108 $70 $63 $83 $75 $92 $82 $80 $98 $88 $110 $80 $80 $63

Cameron

Camerons John Paul (the Pope of Pinot) has a doctorate in oceanography. After working in Oregon, France, and New Zealand, he started Cameron in 1984. His best Pinot Noir comes from the old vines at Abbey Ridge and from his estate fruit Clos Electrique, planted in clones from the Domaine de la RomaneConti in Burgundy.

Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron Cameron

Willamette Valley OR Abbey Ridge OR Abbey Ridge, No Clos OR Willamette Valley OR Abbey Ridge OR Willamette Valley OR Abbey Ridge OR Willamette Valley OR Clos Electrique OR Clos Electrique OR Clos Electrique OR Willamette Valley OR Brick House (Organic) OR Clos Electrique OR Abbey Ridge OR Arleys Leap OR Clos Electrique OR Abbey Ridge OR Clos Electrique OR Clos Electrique OR Gehrts Vineyard, Dundee OR Clos Electrique OR Clos Electrique OR Clos Electrique OR Rocheux (Peterson-Nedry) OR Diversite (Tannahill/Francis)OR Estate, Puget Sound AVA WA

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Harry Peterson-Nedry is a philosopher of wine and life in the Oregon wine country. His Rion Reserve began as a tribute to Patrice Rion of Domaine Daniel Rion in Burgundy.

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Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Chehalem Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom Cristom

Rion Reserve Rion Reserve (magnum) Ridgecrest Vineyard Corral Creek Stoller Vineyard Ridgecrest Vineyard Stoller Vineyard Rion Reserve Rion Reserve (magnum) Three Vineyards Three Vineyards Rion Reserve Rion Reserve (3 liter) Ridgecrest Stoller Vineyard Rion Reserve 3 Vneyards (375ml) Stoller Vineyard

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$95 $195 $70 $77 $90 $75 $77 $99 $200 $49 $47 $93 $375 $78 $78 $80 $34 $75 $85 $160 $89 $34 $44 $99 $128 $89 $75 $85 $170 $85 $170 $85 $85 $79 $79
$100

Steve Doerner is a biochemist who crafted the Pinot Noir at Calera in California before making the move to Cristom in Oregon.

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Cristom

Willamette Valley OR Willamette (magnum) OR Reserve OR Mt. Jefferson (375 ml) OR Marjorie (375 ml) OR Marjorie (1500 ml) OR Reserve (magnum) OR Louise Vineyard OR Reserve OR Louise Vineyard OR Louise Vineyard (magnum) OR Jessie Vineyard OR Jessie Vineyard (magnum) OR Eileen Vineyard OR Marjorie Vineyard OR Marjorie Vineyard OR Louise Vineyard OR Mt. Jefferson Cuve (magnum) Mr. Jefferson Cuve OR Mr. Jefferson Cuve OR

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Domaine Drouhin Oregon

Vronique Drouhin-Boss
crafts some of the most classic Pinot Noirs of Oregon at Domaine Drouhin Oregon. Veronique is the daughter of Robert Drouhin of the venerable Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune, France. DDO Pinot Noir shows a remarkable continuity of style across vintages. Like most fine Pinot Noir, the wines give their full potential with a few years in the cellar. Laurne and Louise are barrel-selected cuves named after Vroniques daughters. The DDO Chardonnay is named after her son, Arthur.

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005

Domaine Drouhin Oregon (premier release) Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon (magnum) Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne (magnum) Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne (magnum) Domaine Drouhin Oregon Cuve Louise Drouhin Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Domiane Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Cuve Louise Drouhin Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Willamette Domaine Drouhin Oregon Cuve Louise Drouhin Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne Domaine Drouhin Oregon Willamette Domaine Drouhin Oregon Laurne

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$300 $220 $155 $135 $135 $195 $150 $290 $190 $150 $190 $75 $75 $115 $95 $105 $105 $220 $98 $115 $92 $220 $260 $88 $117 $83 $115 $215 $110 $75 $200 $105 $70 $70

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Ken & Grace Evenstad and winemaker Tony Rynders are producing some of the finest Pinot Noirs in America at Domaine Serene in the Red Hills above Dundee, Oregon. Tony left this position in May of 2008.

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Domaine Serene

Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Mark Bradford OR Domaine Serene Yamhill Cuve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve (magnum) OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Monogram OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve (magnum) OR Domaine Serene Monogram OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve (375) OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve OR Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve (magnum) OR Domaine Serene Jerusalem Hill OR Domaine Serene, Cur Blanc (barrel-aged white pinot) OR Domaine Serene, Cur Blanc (barrel-aged white pinot) OR Domaine Serene, Cur Blanc (barrel-aged white pinot) OR
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2002 2004 2005 2002 2002 1998 1999 1996 2002 2003 2006 1994 2002 2002 2003 2002 1999 2002 2002 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006

Jason Lett has taken over as the winemaker at the Eyrie Vineyards...but still makes some of his own wine, Black Cap.

Battle Creek Belle Valle Belle Valle Bella Vida Bella Vida Beran Vineyards Beran Vineyards Bernard Machado Black Cap Black Cap Cedar Creek Estate Citation Cottonwood Winery Carter Vineyard Chteau Faire Le Pont Cottonwood Winery Croft Bailey Vineyards Daedalus Cellars Daedalus Cellars Domaine Coteau Domaine Coteau Dusky Goose Dusky Goose Dusky Goose Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove Elk Cove

Willamette Reserve Whole Cluster Harms ODonnell La Cantera Vineyard La Cantera Vineyard Platnum Reserve, Ok. Willamette Valley Marina Piper Hillblock Pommard Washington State Brigette Catherine Reserve Willamette Valley Labyrinth Yamhill County Yamhill County Goldschmidt Vineyard Goldschmidt Vineyard Willamette Valley Wind Hill Estate Reserve Dundee Hills Reserve Willamette, 5000 ml La Bohme La Bohme Windhill Vineyard La Bohme La Bohme Reserve Reserve La Bohme Reserve, 30th Anniversary

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$99 $52 $26 $48 $48 $55 $55 $64 $75 $90 $90 $100 $75 $105 $55 $110 $78 $42 $79 $57 $57 $125 $120 $117 $250 $200 $200 $650 $150 $150 $95 $100 $90 $125 $125 $80 $155

In 1995, Adam Campbell took over winemaking at Elk Cove from his founding parents, Joe and Pat Campbell. The top-of-theline Pinot Noirs are among the best in Oregon.

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1979 1983 1983 1985 1993 1994 1998 1998 1999 1999 2002 2004 2006

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The Roosevelt Vineyard is a Pommard clonal selection that is thinned to just one grape cluster per shoot.

Elk Cove Roosevelt Vineyard Vertical Collection Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard Roosevelt Vineyard

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Red Cap Cuve Cuve O, Willamette Val. Cuve W, Willamette Val. Blackburn Reserve Cuve E, Willamette Val. Windhill Vineyard Yamhill County Maresh Vineyard Juliard Reserve Leland Reserve Reserve 30th Anniversary Prince Hill Vineyard La Source La Source Cuve J Cuve J Willamette Valley Cuve J, Temperance Cuve J Cuve J Cuve J South Block Reserve South Block Reserve Merlot, bottled in 1977 Reserve Reserve Yamhill County Reserve Reserve Reserve Special Selection Reserve Yamhill County Yamhill County

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$90 $87 $125 $112 $70 $100 $75 $85 $50 $65 $45 $55 $100 $75 $140 $140 $110 $105 $100 $60 $79 $110 $79 $1,050 $600 $175 $350 $375 $300 $300 $300 $190 $350 $250 $250 $75 $150 $150 $150

Erath
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Knudsen-Erath Knudsen-Erath Knudsen-Erath Erath Erath Erath Erath Erath

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Dick Erath, an electrical

engineer by training, left the Bay Area to found his own winery in 1967. In 2006, Dick sold the winery to Chateau Ste. Michelle.

Evening Land

2007 Evening Land 2008 Evening Land Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Evesham Wood Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards

Evesham Wood
1991 1992 1994 1996 1997 1999 2000 1975 1976 1976 1977 1980 1981 1982 1983 1985 1985 1989 1990 1992 1992 1993 1994

Eyrie Vineyards
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David Lett of the Eyrie

Vineyards was essentially the founder of the modern wine era in Oregon. David died in October 2008. He had strong opinions and did not believe that Pinot Noir should be a big wine. His versions were always elegant, long-lived, and really shine when combined with food in a fine meal which is what Pinot Noir is all about.

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Brooks Coral Creek David Hill Estate Reserve Failla Goldschmidt Vineyard Francis Tannahill The Hermit Foxtrot Vineyards Naramata Bench Hatcher Wine Works Willamette Valley Hinman Hinman Ici/La-Bas (Au Bon Climat) La Cagoule Kramer Reserve La Bte Knights Gambit Lion Valley Vineyards Willamette Valley Lion Valley Vineyards Reserve (Unfiltered) Love and Squalor Willametter Valley Nicolas Rolin Willamette Valley Nicolas Rolin Willamette Valley Salem Hills Oregon Sarah Powell Wines Windridge Vineyard, Rogue Sarah Powell Wines Windridge Vineyard, Rogue Medici Vineyards Reserve Medici Vineyards Reserve Magnificent Wine Co. Willamette Valley Siduri Murfield Vineyard Silvan Ridge Willamette Valley Secret House Reserve, 2nd Release Secret House Secret House Special Select (93/94) Estate Reserve Estate Reserve Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Preview Cuve A&G Estate Vineyard Oregon Oregon Oregon Ros, Oregon

OR OR OR OR BC OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$75 $50 $80 $80 $75 $70 $50 $50 $110 $45 $72 $45 $55 $42 $65 $65 $40 $70 $65 $67 $77 $75 $105 $75 $75 $65 $60 $65 $139 $66 $90 $90 $82 $75 $100 $150 $65 $70 $65 $35 $75

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Kathy Joseph of
Fiddlehead Cellars goes where the Pinot is. She makes wine in Oregon as well as in the Santa Barbara region of California.

Fiddlehead Cellars

Fiddlehead Cellars Fiddlehead Cellars Fiddlehead Cellars Fiddlehead Cellars

2002 Gypsy Dancer 2002 Gypsy Dancer 1997 2000 2001 2003

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1994 1994 1994 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Ken Wright Cellars Canary Hill OR Shea Vineyard OR Willamette Valley OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR Abbey Ridge Vineyard OR Arcus Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR Elton Vineyard OR McCrone Vineyard OR Whistling Ridge Vineyard OR Wahle Vineyard OR Nysa Vineyard OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Abbey Ridge Vineyard OR Carter Vineyard OR Abbey Ridge Vineyard OR Nysa Vineyard OR Shea Vineyard OR Shea Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Elton Vineyard OR McCrone Vineyard OR Nysa Vineyard OR Shea Vineyard OR Canary Hill OR Carter Vineyard OR Freedom Hill Vineyard OR Guadalupe Vineyard OR McCrone Vineyard OR Nysa Vineyard OR Shea Vineyard OR Savoya Vineyard OR Canary Hill Vineyard OR $160 $160 $125 $100 $115 $115 $110 $110 $120 $120 $130 $105 $105 $110 $105 $105 $105 $105 $105 $105 $95 $95 $95 $90 $90 $90 $90 $90 $90 $85 $85 $85 $85 $85 $85 $85 $85 $85 $89

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$89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $89 $93 $93 $93 $93 $93 $93 $93 $93 $93 $88 $88 $48 $88 $89 $89 $88 $48 $96 $96 $96 $96 $96 $96 $96 $96 $96 $45 $90 $89 $50 $105 $100 $79 $79 $79 $79

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Bill Kremer is the head

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2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007

Patricia Green earned plenty of fans in her years as winemaker at Torii Mor. Now she and Jim Anderson have their own winery, Patricia Green Cellars, on Ribbon Ridge southwest of Portland and adjacent to Beaux Frres. Her wines attract the serious attention of Pinot Noir lovers.

Jim Anderson is the

other half of the brains at Patricia Green. Patty and Jim use only wild, native yeast in making their wines, which is part of the secret of the complexity of the Patricia Green Pinot Noirs.

Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars, Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars Patricia Green Cellars

Eason Vineyard Balcombe Vineyard Shea Vineyard Shea Vineyard Estate Eason Vineyard Balcombe Block 1B Balcombe Vineyard Quail Hill Goldschmidt Vineyard Balcombe Block 1B Shea Vineyard Notorious Singularity Bonshaw Eason Estate Estate, Etzel Block Estate, Old Vine Four Winds Goldschmidt Oregon Quail Hill Whistling Ridge Notorious Oregon Oregon (375 ml) Shea Vineyard Whistling Ridge Goldschmidt Bonshaw Estate, Etzel Block Shea Vineyard Notorious Estate, Old Vines Eason Vineyard Anden Vineyard Croft Vineyard Notorious 20th Anniversary Cuve Notorious Balcombe Whistling Ridge Balcombe Vineyard Estate Old Vines Notorious

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fermenters are fed grapes from above by a rolling platform that was designed by Eric Lemelson. The winery is gravity-fed; the vineyards are organic.

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2000 King Estate 2001 King Estate Croft Vineyard Oregon
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Lachini Vineyards
2001 2001 2002 2004

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$79 $40 $70 $150 $68 $84 $105 $95 $35 $112 $70 $70 $110 $125 $255 $95 $200 $80 $80 $75 $165 $70 $65 $95 $75 $71 $69 $190 $70 $84 $99 $69 $79 $89 $93 $91 $90 $85 $95 $90 $62 $62 $79 $90
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Lachini Family Estate Ana Vineyard

J. Christopher JK Carriere Lange

1999 J. Christopher 2000 J. Christopher 2001 JK Carriere 2001 JK Carriere

Charlies Vineyard, Cuve Saskia OR Charlies Vineyard, Cuve Saskia OR Provocateur Antoinette Dundee Hills Three Hills Cuve Freedom Hill OR OR OR OR OR

2000 Lange Winery 2004 Lange Winery 2005 Lange Winery

LHerbe Sauvage
LHerbe Sauvage (the Wild Herb) is a wine created once a vintage by Patty Green exclusively for The Herbfarm. Cuves created from Pattys best barrels are blind-tasted to create the annual blend, which, to date, have been rich, rounded, and elegant. Typically only 45 cases are created each vintage.

2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007

LHerbe Sauvage Balcombe/Shea Cuve OR LHerbe Sauvage Balcombe/Shea (magnum) OR LHerbe Sauvage Goldschmidt-Shea Cuve OR Goldschmidt-Shea (magnum) OR LHerbe Sauvage LHerbe Sauvage Patricia Green Estate OR LHerbe Sauvage Etzel Grapes of Wrath Cuve LHerbe Sauvage Etzel Grapes of Wrath Cuve LHerbe Sauvage, Etzel Grapes of Wrath Cuve (magnum) LHerbe Sauvage Anden-Balcombe Cuve OR LHerbe Sauvage Anas Vineyard Cuve OR

Laura Volkman Vineyards

2004 2005 2005 2006 2006

Laura Volkman Vineyards, Elle Rve OR Laura Volkman Vineyards, Jacob OR Laura Volkman Vineyards, Chatelaine OR Laura Volkman Vineyards, Rachael OR Laura Voklman Vineyards, Jacob (etched magnum) OR Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Lemelson Vineyards Theas Selection Stermer Vineyard Jerome Reserve Theas Selection Stermer Vineyard Jerome Reserve Reed & Reynolds Jerome Reserve Reed & Reynolds Stermer Vineyard Jerome Reserve Reed & Reynolds Theas Selection Theas Selection Stermer Vineyard Jerome Reserve OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

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Resonance Vineyard Jerome Reserve Hommage a A&D Hommage a A&D Souris (1500ml) Souris, Willamette Valley Souris, Willamette Valley Souris, Willamette Valley Souris, Willamette Valley Whistling Ridge Vineyard Whistling Ridge Vineyard Special Selection Shea Vineyard Bednarik Vineyard Freedom Hill Willamette Valley Winemakers Cuve Winemakers Cuve Winemakers Cuve Bednarik Vineyard Freedom Hill Arcus Vineyard

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$80 $79 $58 $52 $110 $72 $68 $64 $72 $65 $75 $70 $105 $105 $95 $65 $82 $50 $50 $79 $79 $80 $90 $75 $250 $200 $150 $195 $110 $115 $129 $150 $95 $150 $80 $32 $109 $92 $92 $99 $99 $75

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Panther Creek

Lynn Penner-Ash
worked in Napa Valley before coming to Oregon in 1988 to work at Rex Hill. Her new winery opened in 2005.

Marcus Goodfellows Matello Winery makes about 500 cases of wine each year. The Souris (French for mouse) is named for his friend, Tysan Pierce, Herbfarm sommelier. Marcus and Tysan worked together at The Heathman in Portland.

1999 Penner-Ash 2003 Penner-Ash 1979 1979 1983 1985 1993 1994 1998 1998 1999 1999 2001 2009 2001 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005

Penner-Ash

Willamette Valley Estate Yamhill Reserve

Ponzi Vineyards
Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi Ponze Ponzi Priv Priv Priv Priv Priv Priv

Luisa Ponzis father and mother, Dick and Nancy, planted the familys first vineyards in 1970. Luisa, a talented second-generation winemaker, studied enology in France and Italy.

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OR OR OR OR Reserve OR Reserve OR Reserve OR Abetina Vineyard OR Reserve OR Abetina Vineyard OR Reserve OR Rosatto, Pinot Noir Ros OR Le Nord Le Nord Le Sud Le Nord Le Sud Le Nord
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Sokol Blossers original blocks of Pommard and Wadenswil Pinot Noir were planted in the Dundee Hills in 1972 and 1974. They are adjacent to Domaine Drouhin Oregon.

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2005 Priv 2006 Priv 2006 Priv 1995 Raptor Ridge 1995 Raptor Ridge 1988 1988 1988 1999 1999 2000 2000
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Le Sud Le Nord Le Sud Vintners Blend Wadenswil Oregon Archibald Vineyard Medici Jacob-Hart Vineyard Maresh Vineyard Jacob-Hart Vineyard Reserve

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$88 $85 $99 $55 $55 $120 $145 $145 $105 $100 $100 $82 $55 $29 $57 $52 $79 $125 $79 $105 $48 $109 $105 $95 $108 $120 $85 $75 $50 $80 $80 $95 $90 $55 $77 $77 $45 $92` $145 $220

Raptor Ridge Rex Hill

Rex Hill Rex Hill Rex Hill Rex Hill Rex Hill Rex Hill Rex Hill

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Scott Paul Wright

relocated from Napa Valley to the Willamette Valley to become the general manager at Domaine Drouhin Oregon. Now hes moved on and is making Pinot Noiror rather is letting Pinot Noir make itself. He uses wild yeast and never filters or manipulates his wines.

2001 R Stuart 2002 R Stuart 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2006

Big Fire

Scott Paul

Scott Paul Scott Paul Scott Paul Scott Paul Scott Paul Scott Paul Scott Paul

Cuve Martha Pirrie OR Cuve Martha Pirrie OR La Paule, Willamette Val. OR Three Barrels OR La Paule, Willamette Val. OR Audrey, Willamette Valley OR Cuve Martha Pirrie OR Shea Vineyard OR Shea V., Back Block OR Shea Vineyard OR Shea Vineyard, Pommard OR Shea V., Homer Cuve OR Shea Vineyard, Estate OR Willamette OR All Oregon OR Covey Ridge OR Phelps Creek, Hood River OR Reed and Reynolds OR Resonance OR Oregon OR Covey Ridge OR Phelps Creek OR Resonance (375) OR Resonance OR Resonance Reserve OR
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Shea Wine Cellars

Shea Wine Cellars Shea Wine Cellars Shea Wine Cellars Shea Wine Cellars Shea Wine Cellars Shea Wine Cellars

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Sineann

Peter Rosback of Sineann worked at Elk Cove and was smitten with the desire to start his own winery. He has been able to source the best vineyards of Oregon and Washington for some very interesting wines.

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Sokol Blosser

Yamhill County

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Susan Sokol Blossers Oregon wine memoir takes us on a 35-year journey as this Reed College graduate learns to farm, to make wine, and participate in the founding of a whole, organic way of life based on the land, the vine, the family, and the human spirit.

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Redlands Willamette Valley, mag. Willamette Valley, mag. Estate Dundee Hills, mag. Twelve Row Block, Estate Goosepen Block Old Vineyard Block

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$145 $150 $140 $90 $130 $135 $90 $105

Tony Soter has made wine for more than 30 vintages. He is the founder of Etude in California and Soter Vineyards in Oregon and was the consulting winemaker to many famous Napa Valley wineries.

1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2005

Soter Vineyards

Soter Vineyards Beacon Hill Soter Vineyards Beacon Hill Soter Vineyards North Valley Ros Soter Vineyards North Valley Ros Soter Vineyards North Valley Ros Soter Vineyards North Valley Ros Soter Vineyards North Valley Pinot Noir Also see Soter Vineyards Brut, page viii St. Innocent OConnor Vineyard St. Innocent Seven Springs St. Innocent Freedom Hill St. Innocent Brickhouse St. Innocent Brickhouse St. Innocent Freedom Hill St. Innocent Seven Hills St. Innocent Shea Vineyard St. Innocent Temperance Hill St. Innocent Seven Hills St. Innocent Anden Vineyard Also see St. Innocent sparkling wines, page viii Stangeland Stangeland Stangeland Stangeland Estate Reserve Winemakers Reserve Silverleaf Estate Reserve (375 ml) Estate Estate Estate Estate Estate Estate Estate (magnum) Estate Estate (magnum) Estate
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$100 $85 $40 $40 $40 $40 $67

1993 1994 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2004 2004

St. Innocent

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1998 1998 1998 1999

Stangeland

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$75 $75 $80 $27 $85 $225 $200 $195 $185 $160 $250 $165 $250 $155

2001 Stoller Vineyards

Stoller

Thomas Winery
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A Witness Tree is a surveyors marker point. Witness Tree Winery is named for the ancient oak at the top of the property that has been a survey marker since 1854.

2005 Thomas 2006 Thomas

Estate (magnum) Estate Yamhill County Oregon Amelia Rose Olson Vineyard Reserve Reserve (magnum) Estate Anderson Family Vineyard Abbey Ridge Abbey Ridge Oracle Vineyard, Estate Oracle Vineyard, Estate Abbey Ridge Abbey Ridge Aliette Vineyard Aliette Vineyard Oregon Kiana Emery Triple Black Slopes Terres Basses Ailette Pierre Leon

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$319 $145 $79 $69 $70 $90 $70 $150 $47 $74 $69 $59 $59 $57 $55 $65 $74 $74 $40 $67 $68 $102 $102 $89 $89 $62 $62 $67 $60 $130 $75 $55 $57 $52 $59 $55

Torii Mor
1994 1997 1999 2001

Torii Mor Torii Mor Torii Mor Torii Mor

Van Duzer

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Dr. Don Olsons Torii Mor Winery seeks to make a bigstyle Pinot Noir. Patty Green was the first winemaker. Jacques Tardy, originally from Burgundy, became the Torii Mor winemaker in 2005.

1989 Van Duzer 1989 Van Duzer 2004 Van Duzer 1998 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Westrey Westrey Westrey Westrey Westrey Westrey Westrey WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate WillaKenzie Estate

Westrey

WillaKenzie Estate
1999 2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001 2008 2008 1993 1993 1994 1994
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David Autrey is the trey in Westrey. The Wes is his wife, Amy Wessleman. Both were philosophy majors at Reed College. They contend that philosophers make good winemakers because they are good at holding two contradictory views at the same timea useful ability in a craft thats as much art as science. Autrey says, overcoming Oregons intrinsic problemsa cool, wet climatemeans not looking at stock solutions, but considering the wide variety of options you have.

Willamette Valley Vineyards

Willamette Valley Vineyards Founders Reserve Willamette Valley Vineyards OVB (Our Very Best) Willamette Valley Vineyards Founders Reserve Willamette Valley Vineyards OVB

Witness Tree
1988 1994 2001 2001

Witness Tree Witness Tree Witness Tree Witness Tree

Classic (premier release) OR Willamette OR Oregon OR Vintage Select OR OR OR OR

Yamhill Valley Winery

1992 Yamhill Valley Winery Willamette Valley 1992 Yamhill Valley Winery Estate Reserve 1997 Youngberg Hill Vineyard
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California Pinot Noir
1997 1999 2002 1993 1997 1997 2000 2002 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1989 1998 2004 1975 2002 2000 2000 2001 1993 1994 1997 2001 2001 1993 1999 1997 1998 1975 2000 2001 1997 2004 2000 1995 1998 1999 1999 2001 2002 Acacia Winery Adrian Fog Adrian Fog Au Bon Climat Au Bon Climat Babcock Vineyards Bonaccorsi Bonaccorsi Byron Vineyard Casa Carneros Calera Wine Company Calera Wine Company Calera Wine Company Chalone Vineyard Chalone Vineyard Chalone Vineyard Charles Krug Copain Wines David Bruce David Bruce David Bruce Fiddlehead Cellars Gary Farrell Gary Farrell Gary Farrell Goldeneye Etude Etude Flowers Flowers Hanzell Hanzell Hanzell Hartford Court Hirsch Vineyard Iron Horse Kalin Kistler Lane Tanner Lane Tanner Littorai Littorai Beckstoffer Las Amigas, Carneros $95 Floodgate Vineyard, Mendocino $123 Two Sisters Vineyard, Russian Rvr. $120 Ici/La Bas, La Cagoule OR/CA $99 La Bauge Au-Dessus, Santa Barbara $85 Grand Cuve, Santa Ynez Valley $80 Santa Barbara County $120 Santa Rita Hills $110 Santa Maria Valley $80 Los Carneros Estate, Carneros $110 Mills Vineyard, Mt. Harlan $82 Jensen Vineyard, Mt. Harlan $88 Reed Vineyard, Mt. Harlan $82 Reserve, Chalone $120 Chalone Estate $80 Chalone Estate $60 Napa Valley Burgundy $150 Hein Vineyard, Anderson Valley $77 Brousseau Vineyard, Chalone $80 Windsor Gardens, Russian Rvr. $80 Tondr Grapefield, Santa Lucia $80 Santa Barbara $85 Bien Nacido, Santa Barbara $90 Rochioli Vineyard, Russian Rvr. $150 Russian River, Russian River Valley $72 Anderson Valley $95 Carneros $105 Carneros $95 Camp Meeting Ridge Vineyard $110 Pisoni Vineyard, Santa Lucia $108 Estate, Sonoma Valley $175 Estate, Sonoma Valley $160 Estate, Sonoma Valley $155 Sevens Bench Vineyard, Carneros $88 Hirsch Vineyard, Sonoma Coast $105 Thomas Road Cuve, Green Valley $110 Cuve DD, Sonoma $68 Kistler Vineyard, Russian River $250 Bien Nacido, Santa Maria Valley $70 Julias Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley $65 Thieriot Vineyard, Sonoma Coast $130 Thieriot Vineyard, Sonoma Coast $120
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Jim Clendenen is a graduate

with high honors from UC Santa Barbara. On his junior year abroad, he discovered France and wine and never looked back. Today his Au Bon Climat winery has established a reputation for pioneering fine Pinot Noir from the Central Coast of California.

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Ted Lemon of Littorai in

California was the first and only American ever to be hired as the winemaker and vineyard manager by a reputed firm in Burgundy, Domaine Guy Roulot. His wines are beautifully crafted and have been compared to the wines of Burgundy.
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2003 1995 2007 2003 1997 1998 1999 2001 2000 2001 2003 2003 2002 1999 2004 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2002 2003 2006 2007 2008 2001 2001 1998 1999 2002 2001 2000 2001 2000 Littorai Martinelli Mi Sueo Navillus Birney Merry Edwards Merry Edwards Merry Edwards Merry Edwards Miura Vineyards Patz & Hall Radio-Couteau Radio-Couteau Red Car Rochioli Rochioli Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Sea Smoke Scherrer Scherrer Skewis Skewis Siduri Talley Vineyards Testarossa Vineyards Testarossa Vineyards Tulocay Les Larmes, Anderson Valley $77 Martinelli Vineyard, Reserve $130 Russian River Valley $88 Sonoma Mt, Katherine Vineyard $62 Russian River Valley $75 Russian River Valley $70 Olivet Lane, Russian River $110 Windsor Gardens, Russian River $85 Pisoni Vineyard, Santa Lucia $125 Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino $90 La Neblina, Sonoma Coast $90 Savoy, Anderson Valley $105 Amour Fou, Santa Barbara $85 Estate, Russian River $105 Estate, Russian River $77 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $175 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $175 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $129 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $112 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $105 Botella, Santa Rita Hills $113 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $179 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $179 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $125 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $120 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $115 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $110 Southing, Santa Rita Hills $145 Ten, Santa Rita Hills $235 Ten, Santa Rita Hills $230 Ten, Santa Rita Hills $210 Ten, Santa Rita Hills $200 Ten, Santa Rita Hills $225 Fort Ross Vineyard, Sonoma Coast $65 Russian River Valley $65 Floodgate Vineyard, Anderson Valley $75 Salzgeber Vineyard, Russian River $70 Cargasacchi, Santa Rita Hills $120 Rosemarys Vineyard, Arroyo Grande $120 Sleepy Hollow Vineyard, Santa Lucia $100 Sleepy Hollow Vineyard, Santa Lucia $100 Haynes Vineyard, Napa Valley $50

Dr. David Bruce bonded his winery in 1964. Situated at 2,200 feet in the Santa Cruz Mountains, David Bruce has 9 acres of estate Pinot Noir (see page 47 for David Bruce wines).

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Villa Mt. Eden W.H. Smith Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams-Selyem Williams Selyem Williams Selyem Williams Selyem Williams Selyem

Tres Nios Vineyard, Napa Valley $105 Sonoma Coast $60 Allen Vineyard, Russian River $200 Allen Vineyard, Russian River $155 Rochioli, Russian River Valley $300 Olivet Lane, Russian River $170 Precious Mt., Sonoma Coast $300 Precious Mt., Sonoma Coast $260 Precious Mt., Sonoma Coast $240 Allen Vineyard, Russian River $175 Flax Vineyard, Russian River Val. $175 Ferrington Vineyard, Anderson V. $175 Vista Verde Vineyards, San Benito $155 Rochioli Riverblock, Russian Rvr. $185 Precious Mountain, Sonoma Coast $240 Ferrington Vineyard, Anderson V. $172 Central Coast $83 Westside Road Neighbors $170 Russian River Valley $105 Sonoma Coast $88 Sonoma County $88 Vista Verde $98 Bucher Vineyard $108 Flax Vineyard $108 Weir Vineyard $112 Ferrington Vineyard $118 Rochioli Riverblock Vineyard $195 Allen Vineyard $155 Sonoma Coast $107 Russian River $115 Westside Road Neighbors $205 Rochioli Riverblock Vineyard $225 Allen Vineyard $225 Russian River Valley $165 Westside Road Neighbors $195

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Washington State Pinot Noir
2004 1985 1986 2004 2001 1998 2001 2001 1999 2001 2001 1998 2002 2002 2004 2003 2001 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2001 Benson Estate Vineyard Estate, Chelan County, WA French Creek WA Salishan Lot 2 WA Tsillan Cellars Columbia Valley (Chelan) WA Dr. Konstantin Frank Hargrave Vineyard Lamoreaux Landing Lamoreaux Landing Reserve, Finger Lakes Long Island Finger Lakes Reserve, Finger Lakes $55 $45 $55 $57 $65 $70 $40 $49 $50 $42 $45 $45 $35 $70 $85 $50 $115 $105 $46 $105 $43 $75 $120

New York Pinot Noir

Other United States Pinot Noir

Chaddsford Winery Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania Chatham Hill Winery North Carolina Barboursville Vineyards Estate, Virginia Mission Mountain Montana State, American AVA Mission Hill Estate Reserve, Okanagan, BC Quails Gate Estate Winery, Okanagan Family Reserve Venturi Schulze Estate, Vancouver Island Winchester, Sharp Rock Vineyard, Vancouver Is. BC Bindi Bindi Coldstream Hills Morningside Vineyard Pipers Brook Pipers Brook Stefano Lubiana Wines Macedon Ranges, Block 5 Macedon Ranges, Original Block Yarra Valley Reserve, Australia Estate, Tea Tree, Tasmania Ninth Island, Tasmania Estate, Pipers Brook, Tasmania Estate, Derwent Valley, Tasmania

British Columbia Pinot Noir

Australian & Tasmanian Pinot Noir

Sir Anthony von Mandls Mission Hill

Winery in Kelowna, British Columbia, is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful wineries anywhere in the world.
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Mishas Vineyard in spectacular Central Otago, owned by Misha Wilkinson.

New Zealand Pinot Noir Wairarapa 2000 Ata Rangi

2001 2002 2001 2001 Lawsons Dry Hills Lynskeys Wairau Peaks Mud House Wines Seresin Estate Estate, Martinborough, N. Island $110 $75 $65 $58 $60 $80 $95 $95 $100 $90 $140 $140 $90 $135 $135 $85 $80 $125 $82 $149 $145 $108 $75 $70 $65 $84
Auckland

Marlborough 2001 Isabel Estate Vineyards Marlborough

Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough

Nelson 2000 Neudorf Vineyards

2001 Rimu Grove

Moutere Valley Nelson Reserve Barrel Selection Waipara Prima Donna Estate (magnum)

Canterbury 1999 Giesen Wine Estate

1999 Pegasus Bay 2001 Pegasus Bay 2001 Pegasus Bay

Central Otago 1999 Felton Road

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Blair Walter is winemaker

at Felton Road, which is about 45 minutes east of Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand. His delicious Pinot Noirs have received significant international attention.

Central Otago Felton Road Block 5 Felton Road Block 3 Felton Road Central Otago Felton Road Central Otago Felton Road Block 5 Felton Road Central Otago Felton Road Block 3 Felton Road Block 5 Felton Road Block 5 Mishas Vineyard The High Note Olssens of Bannockburn Garden Vineyard Syren Central Otago Valli Waitaki Vineyard

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Wellington

Marlborough
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Christchurch

Tomi the Grape Dog at

Lawsons Dry Hills knows when the Pinot Noir is ready to pick. He can taste the physiological ripeness of the grapes and never eats them at less than 22 Brix.

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To Angelo Pelligrini, who got it first.

To the casual observer, it might seem unlikely that the Northwest corner of the United States could produce powerful red wines of distinction. After all, isnt this a region famous for its rain? Yet the massive peaks of the Cascade Mountains block the ocean storms and keep the inland vineyards warm and dry. Amazingly, there is far less rainfall than in Napa Valley. These are wines of both power and of polish, typically falling somewhere between the boldness of California and the elegance of Bordeaux. Abacela
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Abeja

2001 Abeja

Andrake
Abeja (a-Bay-hah) is a beautiful winery and country inn just outside of Walla Walla, Washington.

1999 Andrake Cellars, Klipsun

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Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Apex Baer Baer Baer Baer Baer Baer Baer Baer Baer

Klipsun Vineyard

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Barnard Griffin Basel Cellars

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WA WA R WA Sorella (magnum) WA Reserve WA Klipsun Vineyard WA Seven Hills WA Pepper Bridge Vineyard WA Sorella WA Seven Hills WA Ciel du Cheval WA Pepper Bridge Vineyard WA Champoux, Red Wine WA Sorella WA Sorella WA Champoux, Red Wine WA Cuve Lucia Red Table WA Seven Hills WA Ciel du Cheval WA Sheridan Vineyard WA Ciel du Cheval WA Camaspelo (meritage) WA Champoux WA Seven Hills WA Sorella WA Ciel du Cheval WA Champoux WA Seven Hills WA Cuve Lucia, Cabernet WA Sorella WA Champoux WA Ciel du Cheval WA Sheridan Vineyard WA Two Blondes WA Klipsun WA Sorella WA Ciel du Cheval WA Champoux WA Two Blondes WA Sorella WA Champoux WA Ciel du Cheval WA Sorella WA

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Mount Rainier, one of the worlds most massive volcanoes, dominates the view to the south of the Woodinville Wine Country.

In 1976, Chateau Ste. Michelle moved from Seattle to the Woodinville estate of former lumber baron Frederick Stimson. Today there are over 30 wineries for you to explore near The Herbfarm.
Arlington Road Cellars Chateau Ste Michelle
With their first crush in 2004, Arlington Road Cellars is one of the newest boutique wineries in Woodinville. Their first release, Monolithea blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Malbecwill be issued in the spring of 2007.
Hours: Not open to the general public Phone: 425-482-1801 Web: arlingtonroadcellars.com email: wine@arlingtonroadcellars.com 19495 144th Ave NE, A-115, Woodinville 98072

Ste. Michelle is the states oldest winery. It was named American Winery of the Year 2004. Ste. Michelle is also the largest producer of various styles of riesling in the world. Beautiful grounds and tasting room.
Hours: Daily, 10-4:30 Phone: 425-415-3300 Web: ste-michelle.com email: info@ste-michelle.com 14111 NE 145th Street, Woodinville 98072

Web: cuillinhills.com email: info@cuillinhills.com 19501 144th Ave NE, C-200, Woodinville 98072

DeLille Cellars
Founded in 1992, DeLille Cellars is one of the states flagship wineries. DeLille make some of the finest Bordeaux-style blends in the nation as well as beautiful Rhnes under the Doyenne label.
Hours: Not open. By appointment on Fridays only. Phone: 425-489-0544 Web: delillecellars.com email: contact@delillecellars.com (1 mile south of The Herbfarm) PO Box 2233, 98072

Austin Robaire
Austin Robaires first vintage was 1999. Austin Robaire is a boutique Woodinville winery specializing in industrial-strength red wines.
Hours: 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 1-4; by appointment Phone: 206-406-0360 Web: arlingtonroadcellars.com email: wine@arlingtonroadcellars.com 19495 144th Ave NE, A-115, Woodinville 98072

Chatter Creek
Gordy Rawson returns to Woodinvlle with a full line up of interesting red and white Washington wines.
Hours: Saturdays, 11-5 Phone: Tasting room: 425-485-3864; 206-985-2816 Web: chattercreek.com email: gordy@chattercreek.com 18658 142nd Ave. NE, Woodinville 98072

Des Voigne Cellars

Largely inspired by the wines of Tuscany, Des Voigne Cellars strives to craft premium wines in a style reminiscent of the old world with a flair that is distinctly Washington.
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 Phone: 425-415-8466 Web: desvoignescellars.com email: info@desvoignescellars.com 19501 144th Ave. NE, Woodinville 98072

Columbia Winery
Sample premier Washington wines at the states largest wine-tasting bar. Some wines available only at the winery.
Hours: Daily, 10-6 Phone: 425-488-2776 Web: columbiawinery.com email: contact@columbiawinery.com 14030 NE 145th Street, Woodinville 98072

Baer Winery
Lance Baer heads up this family operation on six secluded acres north of Woodinville. He crafts blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot.
Hours: Not open to public. Join mailing list. Phone: 425-483-7060 Web: baerwinery.com email: info@baerwinery.com 9118 222nd St NE, Woodinville 98072

DiStefano Winery
Mark Newton, founder, owner and winemaker has crafted wine from Washington State since 1984 and is dcated to producing small-lot, Bordeaux-style wines of the highest quality.
Hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 12-5 & by appoint. Phone: 425-487-1648 Web: distefanowinery.com email: mark@distefanowinery.com 12280 Woodinville Drive NE, Woodinville 98072

Covington Cellars
David and Cindy Lawson invite you to their winery. They specialize in high quality wine and high quality hospitality.
Hours: Saturdays, 1-5 Phone: 425-806-8636 Web: covingtoncellars.com email: wines@covingtoncellars.com 18580 142nd Ave. NE, Woodinville 98072

Betz Family Winery

After 25 years at Ste. Michelle, Bob Betz, Master of Wine and Cathy, his wife, founded Betz Winery in 1997. The new winery building opened in 2005 making five Bordeaux- and Rhne-style wines.
Hours: Open for Passport and release weekend. Phone: 425-861-9823 Web: betzfamilywinery.com email: bob@betzfamilywinery.com 13244 Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE, 98072

Edmonds Winery
Edmondss goal is to make wines that represent the character and flavor of the grapes from the vineyard. Minimal intervention is practiced in the winery.
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 Phone: 425-774-8959 Web: edmondswinery.com email: info@edmondswinery.com 19501 144th Ave. NE, D500, Woodinville 98072

Cuillin Hills Winery

Cuillin Hills Winery (pronounced Coolin) is primarily focused on Syrah. Derek DesVoigne, who studied winemaking at U.C. Davis, is the owner and winemaker.
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Facelli Winery
Lou Facelli has 25 years of experience making wine in Washington. His fine wines always receive his personal touch. Lou and his family are usually in the winery to greet you.
Hours: Weekends, 12-4 Phone: 425-488-1020 Web: facelliwinery.com email: facelliwinery@msn.com 16120 Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE, Suite 1, 98072

Highbridge Estate
Highbridge is a winery in the making. Their 2006 vintage was made with DeLilles Chris Upchurch as consulting winemaker. Highbridge is presently seeking building permits at their permanent location.

Chris Upchurch has crafted some of the best Bordeaux-style wines in America during his 15 years at DeLille Cellars.

spring of 2007.
Hours: by appointment until new facility opens Phone: 19730 144th PL NE Web: www.noveltyhillwines.com email: info@noveltyhillwines.com 19730 144th Place NE, Woodinville 98072

Hollywood Hill Vineyards

Hollywood Hill is the first Woodinville winery dcated to making Burgundian style, cool climate wines from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes grown in Woodinville. Their first release will be in 2007.
Web: hollywoodhillvineyard.com email: steve@hollywoodhillvineyards.com

Sparkman Cellars

Sparkman Cellars has made vineyar sourcing its highest priority and only sourc fruit from growers whose commitment t quality is extraordinary. The heart of ou production is from Red Mountain

Hours: not currently open to the public Phone: 425-398-1045 Web: sparkmancellars.com email: wine@sparkmancellars.com 19501 144th Avenue NE, D-700, Woodinville 9807

Januik Winery
With over 20 years as a Washington State winemaker, Mike Januik has always worked to make wines of the highest quality. The Januik Winery will open in time for the 2007 crush (with a new address and hours).
Hours: consult website Phone: 425-481-5502 Web: januikwinery.com email: contact@januikwinery.com 19730 144th Ave NE, Woodinville 98072

Stevens Winery

Tim and Paige Stevens started this winer in 2002. Like most Woodinville winerie they produce small lots of very high qualit wines.
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 Phone: 425-424-9463 Web: stevenswinery.com email: info@stevenswinery.com 18510 142nd Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072

Vine and Sun Page Cellars

Page Cellars focuses on uncompromising quality and handcrafted premium red wines.Hours:
Phone: 253-232-9463 Web: pagecellars.com email: info@pagecellars.com 19495 144th Avenue NE, Woodinville 98072 Hours: not open to the public Phone: 425-398-7147 Web: vineandsun.com email: info@vineandsun.com 18658 142nd Ave. NE, Woodinville 98072

Passport to Woodinville is held on the first weekend in April each year. Participants receive a passport filled with labels and information, a glass and the unique opportunity to tour the local wineries, many of which are not open to the public on a regular basis. $50

Vine and Sun produces a no-expense-sparre Cabernet Sauvignon called Barons. Matt Los is the consulting winemaker.

JM Cellars
JM Cellars works in partnership with a diverse collection of the Columbia Valleys best vineyards to produce high quality wines styled for balance, power, dimension and finesse. JM is best known for blended reds.
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 Phone: 206-321-0052 Web: jmcellars.com email: info@jmcellars.com 14404 137th Place NE, Woodinville 98072

William Church

Red Sky Winery

Red Sky Winery strives to create wines that increase in intricacy over time and result in rich, elegant and complex wines that compliment food.Hours:
Phone: 425-481-9864 Web: redskywinery.com email: info@redskywinery.com 19495 144th Avenue NE, Woodinville 98072

William Church Winery was founded i 2005 to create premium wine that pairs we with food and drinks well by itself. Mat Loso of Matthews Cellars is the consultin winemaker.

Hours: St. Nicks & Passport and by appointmen Phone: 425-427-0764 Web: williamchurchwinery.com email: info@williamchurch.com 19495 144th Ave NE, B235, Woodinville 98072

Mark Ryan Winery

Founded in 1999 by Mark Ryan McNeilly, this winery produces handcrafted, blended red wines that represent the vineyard from which they came, varietal character and house style.Hours:
Phone: 206-910-7967 Web: markryanwinery.com email: mark@markryanwinery.com 19501 144th Avenue NE, F-900, Woodinville 98072

Woodhouse Family

Ross Andrew Winery

Having worked for DeLille Cellars in Woodinville and Rosemount Estate in Australia, winemaker Ross Andrew Mickel returned to work with Bob and Cathy Betz at Betz Family Winery. His current release is a Cabernet Sauvignon.
Hours: not open to the public Phone: 206-369-3615 Web: rossandrewwinery.com email: info@rossandrewwinery.com 18512 142nd Avenue NE, Woodinville 98072

Woodhouse Family Cellars crafts wine under several labels, among them Darigh Dussek, Maghee, and Kennedy Shah, whic supports a philanthropic foundation.

Hours: Fri. 12-4; weekends 12-5; tasting fee Phone: 425-527-0608 Web: woodhousefamilycellars.com email: info@woodhousefamilycellars.com 15500 Woodinville Redmond Rd NE, Suite C600

Matthews Cellars
Matthews Cellars built its reputation on Mat Lossos red blend of the traditional Bordeaux varietals. Other limited-production wines are available at the winery.
Hours: Weekends, 12-4 Phone: 425-487-9810 Web: matthewscellars.com email: wine@matthewscellars.com 16116 140th Place NE, Woodinville 98072

Woodinville Wine Cellars

Hours: April-September; refundable tasting fee Phone: 425-481-8860 Web: woodinvillewinecellars.com email: sales@woodinvillewinecellars.com 17721 132nd Ave NE, Woodinville 98072

Woodinville Wine Cellars is a small an limited-production winery.

SilverLake Winery
Silver Lake Winery started in 1989 and now has tasting rooms in the Yakima Valley, Leavenworth, and Woodinville. Silver Lake is one of the largest wineries in the state.
Hours: 12-5 daily Phone: 425-485-2437 Web: www.silverlakewinery.com email: info@washingtonwine.com 15029 Woodinville-Redmond Road, Wood. 98072

Novelty Hill Winery

Novelty Hill is dcated to innovative clonal selection, sound viticultural practices, and gentle, artisinal wine making. Their new winery, next to Columbia, opened in the
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After a twenty-year career at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Master of Wine Bob Betz and wife, Cathy, craft premium Bordelais blends and Syrahs a mile south of The Herbfarm at their Betz Family Winery. Here Bob shows his basket press. His decision of when to stop pressing is based on tasting the juice every 20 seconds.

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Alpha, Columbia Valley Columbia Valley S.E. Block Reserve Pre de Famille Pre de Famille Pre de Famille Pre de Famille (magnum) Pre de Famille Pre de Famille (magnum) Pre de Famille Pre de Famille Pre de Famille Pre de Famille Pre de Famille (magnum) Clos de Betz Clos de Betz Clos de Betz (magnum) Clos de Betz Clos de Betz (magnum) Clos de Betz Clos de Betz Cos de Betz Clos de Betz Clos de Betz (magnum)

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Ron Zimmerman Ron Zimmerman

Black Hills Estate Winery, British Columbia

2002 Black Hills 2003 Black Hills

J. Bookwalter
2002 2002 2003 2003

Nota Bene Red, Okanagan BC Nota Bene Red, Okanagan BC Columbia Valley Seven Hills Vineyard Icicle Canyon Red Washington State Reserve WA WA WA WA WA

2001 J. Bookwalter

Boudreaux Cellars

Boudreaux Cellars Boudreaux Cellars Boudreaux Cellars Boudreaux Cellars

Brian Carter Bunchgrass

2002 2003 2004 2007 1998 1998 1999 1999

Brian Carter has a degree

in microbiology from Oregon State University. He was the winemaker for Paul Thomas as well as Apex Cellars. His own winery, Brian Carter Cellars, is now located in Woodinville.

1998 Brian Carter 2007 Bunchgrass Winery

Solesce Red Wine, Col. V. WA Walla Walla Redviva: Cabernet/Syrah Redvivia of the Stones Redvivia of the Stones Redvivia of the Stones Spring Valley Vineyard Tapteil Vineyard Spring Valley Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Vineyard WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

Buty Winery

Cadence

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1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Cadence Tapteil Vineyard Reserve Spring Valley Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Tapteil Vineyard Reserve Klipsun Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Tapteil Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Ciel du Cheval (375) Tapteil Vineyard Tapteil Vineyard (375) Klipsun Vineyard Bel Canto Vineyard Bel Canto Vineyard (375) Klipsun Vineyard Meritage WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA $78 $95 $78 $70 $75 $95 $72 $72 $73 $72 $42 $68 $42 $72 $94 $59 $65 $80 $175 $150 $140 $189 $179 $169 $159 $65

Caon de Sol

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Cayuse Vineyards

Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards

Camaspelo, Walla Walla WA Camaspelo, Walla Walla WA Camaspelo, Walla Walla WA Flying Pig (Cab., Cab. Franc, Merlot) WA Flying Pig WA Flying Pig WA Flying Pig WA Monte Regalo, Estate Red WA

Piero Antinoris attraction to distinctive viticultural regions brought him from Italy to Washington in 1990. Impressed, he formed a joint venture with Chteau Ste. Michelle to make a unique red wine blend named Col SolareShining Hill.
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Chandler Reach Vineyards

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Columbia Valley Red Wine WA

Columbia Valley Red Wine WA Bad Bunny, Cab./Merlot WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA $87 $45 $125 $125 $65 $70 $90 $80 $80 $75 $155 $150 $140 $75 $124

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Chuckanut Ridge
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Chteau Ste. Michelle

Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle Chteau Ste. Michelle

River Ridge Cold Creek Vineyard

Artists Series, William Morris Artists Series, Lino Tagliapietra Artists Series, Ginny Ruffner

Ethos Meritage

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Col Solare

Col Solare Antinori/Ch. Ste. Michelle WA Col Solare Antinori/Ch. Ste. Michelle WA Col Solare Antinori/Ch. Ste. Michelle WA Col Solare Antinori/Ste. Michelle (375) Col Solare, 57% Cabernet, 35% Merlot, 6% Syrah, 2% Malbec
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Columbia Crest

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Columbia Winery
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In the 1960s, University of Washington professors begin making wine in a garage. In 1967, Associated Vintners becomes a full-fledged winery, and in 1979 hires Master of Wine, David Lake, as winemaker. In the early 80s, Associated Vintners changes its name to Columbia Winery and moves to its current location in Woodinville, Washington. The late David Lake retired in 2006, having been instrumental in introducing major innovations to Washington, including the states first single-vineyard-designated bottling and the grape varietal Syrah (see page 77).

Columbia (Associated Vintners) Columbia (Associated Vintners) Columbia (A.V.) Millennium Columbia Sagemoore Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Washington Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Columbia Valley Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Peninsula Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Peninsula Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Peninsula Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Red Willow V. (magnum) Columbia Red Willow Vineyard Columbia Otis Vineyard Carriage House Red DuBrul Vineyard Walla Walla Whiskey Canyon Proprietors Blend

Cte Bonneville

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Cougar Crest Covey Run

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2006 Den Hoed, Andreas (100% biodynamic Wallula Vineyard Cabernet) WA

DeLille Cellars
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DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate (magnum) WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate (magnum) WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate WA DeLille Cellars Grand Ciel WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill WA For DeLilles Merlot-dominant wine, D2, see page 66 DeLilles Doyenne Syrah and Aix, see page 79 WA WA Columbia Valley Columbia Valley IV, Columbia Valley V, Columbia Valley VI, Columbia Valley WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

DiStefano Donedei

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Dunham Cellars

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Fidlitas

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Fielding Hills Winery

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Leonetti Cellars
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Garry & Chris Figgins create

some of the most sought-after Cabernets and Merlots in America at Leonetti Cellars in Walla Walla. Their wines have appeared on the Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of the Year many, many times. *1978: This is the wine that started the Washington wine industry as we now know it. Entered in its first competition, it was proclaimed the Best Cabernet Sauvignon in America. The rest, as they say, is history. As of 2009, we estimate that there are perhaps 15 or fewer bottles of the 1978 left in the world.

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Fort Walla Walla Cellars Foris Vineyards Fidelitas

2000 Fidelitas 2004 Fidelitas 1994 Foris Vineyards

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Greenbank Cellars Hedges Cellars

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Hightower Cellars Hinzerling

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Hogue Cellars Hoodsport Hyatt

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Januik Winery

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Apogee, Pepper Bridge V. WA Apogee, Pepper Bridge V. WA Perigee, Seven Hills Vineyard WA Dead Horse (Ciel du Cheval) WA Long Haul WA Long Haul WA Meritage Red Yakima Valley Red Wine Cab-Merlot-Franc Meritage Red Yakima Valley Red Wine Red Wine, Columbia Val. Elerding Reserve WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

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Matthews Cellars

Matt Loso of Matthews Cellars

was a sommelier at 18 and made his first wine at 21. His Bordeaux-style wines are made at his winery, just a mile from The Herbfarm Restaurant.

Mercer Ranch

Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars Matthews Cellars

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Owen Sullivan Winery

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Pepper Bridge

1998 Pepper Bridge Winery Pepper Bridge Vineyard WA 2000 Pepper Bridge Winery Pepper Bridge Vineyard WA 2000 Pepper Bridge Winery Pepper Bridge (magnum) WA 2003 Pirouette 2004 Pirouette 1995 Preston

Pirouette (Agustin Huneeus & Philippe Melka ) Preston Premium Wines Quilceda Creek
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Platinum Red

Jean-Franois Pellet worked for four years at Heitz Cellars in Napa Valley before becoming winemaker at Norm McKibbens Pepper Bridge Winery in Walla Walla. Jean-Franois is a third generation wine grower and maker who worked in Switzerland and Spain prior to bringing his talents and enthusiasm to the new world.

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Spring Valley Syzygy

2002 Spring Valley Vineyard Uriah, Walla Walla 2003 Spring Valley Vineyard Frederick Red Wine 2004 Syzygy 2004 Syzygy Red Wine Columbia Valley Cab.

Ste. Chapelle Trey Marie

1983 Ste. Chapelle 1999 Trey Marie Trutina, Col. Valley Claret
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Walla Walla Vintners

1998 Walla Walla Vintners

Columbia Valley

WA OR WA

$70 $45 $50

Willamette Valley Vineyards Wilridge Winery

2000 Wilridge

1992 Willamette Valley Vineyards Founders Reserve Mlange

Woodward Canyon
See page 64
Ron Zimmerman

See next page for Quilceda Creek & Woodward Canyon

Serge Laville was born in

France and studied winemaking there. He fell in love with Walla Walla, Washington while touring America, and is now the winemaker for Spring Valley Vineyards.

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Alex Golitzin and his son,

Paul, of Quilceda Creek make one of the great Cabernets in America. Alexs uncle, Andr Tchelistcheff (legendary winemaker at BV in Napa Valley), advised him in the early years. There is no producer in the world that fashions Cabernet Sauvignons as consistently extraordinary as Quilceda Creek. -Robert M. Parker, Jr.,

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Quilceda Creek

Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Quilceda Creek Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon

Washington

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$600 $375 $420 $450 $490 $490 $475 $475 $450 $450 $450 $450 $425 $400 $400 $375 $375 $350 $350 $385 $350 $375 $375 $320 $315 $290 $160 $160 $155 $145 $220 $120 $120 $145 $85 $180 $120 $145 $135 $150 $85 $265 $129 $79 $125 $247 $75 $68 $63 $58

Rick Smalls Woodward Canyon Winery enjoys the advantage of owning mature estate vineyards, the first 26 acres of which were planted in 1976.

Ron Zimmerman Ron Zimmerman

Woodwarsd Canyon
1986 1988 1989 1989 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001 2001 2004 2005 2006 2008

Dedication Series Columbia Valley Dedication Series Charbonneau Columbia Valley Dedication Series Charbonneau Dedication Series Old Vines Charbonneau Artist Series Artist Series Old Vines (magnum) Old Vines Artist Series Old Vines Old Vines (magnum) Artist Series Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla
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Though Cabernet Sauvignon often steals the limelight, highquality Merlot offers round suppleness. In general, we believe Washington is capable of making Americas best Merlots. Abacela
2002 2003 2004 2005 Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Oregon Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Southern Oregon OR OR OR OR $62 $60 $45 $45

Ron Zimmerman

Adelsheim

1978 Adelsheim

Washington

OR

$60

Andrew Will
1989 1992 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 1990 1991 1992 1994

Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Apex Apex Apex Apex

Ciel du Cheval Ciel du Cheval Seven Hills Pepper Bridge Seven Hills Pepper Bridge Ciel du Cheval Klipsun Vineyard Seven Hills Seven Hills Klipsun Vineyard Pepper Bridge Cuve Lucia, Red Wine Klipsun Vineyard

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$130 $100 $85 $85 $85 $85 $90 $85 $95 $85 $83 $85 $85 $67 $85 $65 $60 $60 $60 $75 $70 $70 $64 $70

Apex

Ash Hollow

2002 Ash Hollow, Ash Hollow Vineyard, Merlot/Cab.

Blackwood Canyon Boudreaux Cellars

1988 Blackwood Canyon 2001 Boudreaux Cellars 2002 Boudreaux Cellars 2004 Boudreaux Cellars
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Buty Winery

2002 Buty Winery 2003 Buty Winery 2006 Buty Winery

Merlot/Cab. Franc Merlot/Cab. Franc Merlot/Cab. Franc

WA WA WA WA

$83 $80 $75 $45 $85 $55 $90 $75 $60 $57 $85 $75 $65 $150 $250

Canoe Ridge

1994 Canoe Ridge

Chteau Ste. Michelle Chinook

1985 1987 1992 1998 1981 1987 1993 1995 1998

1977 Chteau Ste. Michelle 1995 Chteau Ste. Michelle Chinook Chinook Chinook Chinook

Washington State Reserve

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

Columbia Winery
Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia David Lake Milestone David Lake Milestone Columbia Valley (3 liter)
(magnum)

Copain

2001 Copain

Cailloux & Coccinelle, Walla Walla $125

DeLille Cellars
1993 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008

DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars

D2 D2 D2 D2 (magnum) D2 D2 (magnum) D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 DA

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$170 $165 $150 $310 $100 $225 $96 $93 $89 $85 $83 $79 $75 $73 $71 $68

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DiStefano Donedei Eyrie

1988

1999 DiStefano 2001 Donedei 1976 Eyrie Columbia Valley

(Possibly the only surviving bottles!)

WA WA OR

$44 $72 $175

Facelli
WA Walla Walla Valley Klipsun Vineyard Columbia Valley Yakima Valley $40 WA WA WA WA WA WA WA $85 $77 $70 $49 $50 $35 $57

Five Star Cellars Januik Winery Jardin Winery

2001 Jardin

2001 Five Star Cellars 1999 Januik Winery 1999 Januik Winery

Latah Creek LEcole No 41

1988 Latah Creek 1993 Latah Creek 1995 LEcole No 41

Leonetti Cellars Merlot ages well, but winemakers Gary & Chris Figgins also makes them to be enjoyed in their youth. Leonetti Cellars
1984 1989 1990 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Washington State Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley American Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$400 $325 $300 $285 $270 $260 $255 $245 $225 $215 $200 $190 $180 $170 $165 $160

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2009 Leonetti Cellars 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 Columbia Valley WA $155 $110 $115 $110 $200 $95 $82 $44 $79 $79 $49 $79 $109 $105 $105 $50 $115 $110 $87 $95 $45 $150 $150 $150 $65

Northstar

Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar Northstar

WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley (magnum)WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley WA Columbia Valley (375 ML) WA Columbia Valley WA Walla Walla WA Miscela WA BC WA WA WA WA Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Walla Walla Walla Walla Reserve Washington Washington Washington Walla Walla WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

Nota Bene Cellars

2001 Nota Bene

Orofino

2003 Orofino, Merlot/Cabernet, Similkameen Valley

Owen Roe

2000 Owen Roe 2001 Owen Roe 2002 Owen Roe

DuBrul/Rosa Mystica DuBrul Vineyard DuBrul Vineyard

Paul Thomas Pedestal

2003 Pedestal 2004 Pedestal
Michel Rolland of Bordeaux is known the world over. His Pedestal is crafted from Washington State fruit as a part of the Longshadow project.

1989 Paul Thomas

Pepper Bridge Preston

1999 Pepper Bridge 2000 Pepper Bridge 1990 Preston

Quilceda Creek

1998 Quilceda Creek 1999 Quilceda Creek 2000 Quilceda Creek

Chateau Rollat Seven Hills Sno Road Sineann

2005 Chateau Rollat

Made by Christian LeSommer, formely with Chteau Latour

2000 Seven Hills 2006 Sno Road 1998 Sineann 1999 Sineann
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WA

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1999 Sineann

Oregon

OR WA

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Staton Hills

1992 Staton Hills

Tsillan Cellars

2003 Tsillan Cellars (pronounced Chelan), Col. Valley WA

Walla Walla Vintners

1997 Walla Walla Vintners 1997 Walla Walla Vintners

Spring Valley Vineyard Pleasant Vineyard

WA WA OR WA WA WA WA

Willamette Valley Vineyards

1992 Willamette Valley Vineyards

Woodward Canyon
1988 1998 1999 2000

Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon Woodward Canyon

Nelms Road Columbia Valley Walla Walla

Whitestone

2002 Whitestone, Pieces of Red, Lk. Roosevelt Vineyard WA

California Merlot
2001 2002 2003 2003 2005 2001 1999 Carter Cellars, Truchard Vineyard, Napa (375 ml) Carter Cellars, Truchard Vineyard, Napa (375 ml) Carter Cellars, Truchard Vineyard, Napa Carter Cellars,Truchard Vineyard, Napa (375 ml) Carter Cellars, Truchard Vineyard, Napa Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Ravenswood Estate, Sonoma CA CA CA CA CA CA CA $60 $55 $100
$50

$180 $99 $57

British Columbia Merlot

1999 2000 2000 2002 Poplar Grove, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Poplar Grove, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Poplar Grove, Reserve, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Poplar Grove, Reserve, Naramata Bench, Okanagan BC BC BC BC $69 $65 $79 $75

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Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) is one of Californias most historic wineries. It was founded 107 years ago by Georges de Latour. The Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was a benchmark for decades. Beaulieu continues the tradition of fine wines handed down by legendary winemaker Andr Tchelistcheffthe Maestro.
In 1900, French-born

Georges de Latour

buys land in Napa Valley and founds a winery named after the beautiful place of the site. In 1938, Latour finds a new winemaker in Paris, a 37-year-old Russian, Andr Tchelistcheff, who will become one of Californias greatest winemakers of the 20th century. Tchelistcheff s nephew, Alex Golitzin, will found Quilceda Creek Winery in Washington State, page 64. Golitzin will go on to make some of the greatest Cabernets in Washington State at the Quilceda Creek Winery.

Andr Tchelistcheff

1964 1965 1967 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Collection

B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour B.V. Georges de Latour Araujo Estates Wines Araujo Estates Wines Araujo Estates Wines Araujo Estates Wines Araujo Estates Wines Araujo Estates Wines

1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

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Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa CA Private Reserve, Napa (mag) CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa (375) CA Eisele Vineyard, Napa (375) CA

$400 $350 $250 $255 $225 $450 $355 $350 $250 $340 $160 $190 $250 $280 $275 $250 $255 $250 $255 $230 $220 $220 $200 $180 $180 $200 $160 $150 $140 $340 $420 $350 $350 $225 $195 $190

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Abreu

2001 Abreu 2002 Abreu

Madrona Ranch, Napa Madrona Ranch, Napa

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

$625 $625 $120 $3,500 $275 $320 $250 $240 $230 $220 $650 $205 $220 $180 $200 $175 $500 $450 $450 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,200 $625 $750 $775 $225 $120 $300 $350 $105 $300 $200 $975 $250 $315 $220 $200

Benziger Beringer
1937 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1999

2005 Benziger, Tribute, Sonoma Mountain Estate Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Beringer Exclusive Selection Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Naps 3L Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Private Reserve, Napa Melbury, Napa Valley Melbury, Napa Valley St. Eden, Napa Valley

Bond is a group of single vineyard wines from Napa Valley. Bill Harlan and Bob Levy make the wines. Melbury is northeast of Rutherford. Finesse. Vecina is in Oakvilles western foothills. Powerful. St. eden is a rocky knoll in Oakville. Opulent.

2000 Bond Estates 2001 Bond Estates 2001 Bond Estates 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000

Bond Estates

Bryant Family Vineyard

Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley Bryant Family Vineyard Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley

Parker Perfect 100 Parker Perfect 100

Mark Carter began producing wine as the owner of the Wine Spectator Grand Award-list restaurant at the Carter House in Eureka, California. He is owns Carter Cellars and NV Winery in Napa Valley.
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Carter Cellars

Charles Krug

Carter Cellars Coliseum Block, Napa CA Carter Cellars Fortuna Block, Oakville CA Carter Cellars Beckstoffer, Oakville CA Carter Cellars To-Kalon, Napa CA Carter Cellars Coliseum, Oakville (375) CA Carter Cellars To-Kalon, Napa CA Carter Cellars Coliseum Bl0ck, Napa CA Carter Cellars, Beckstoffer, To-Kalon, H&C, Napa (1500)CA Carter Cellars To-Kalon, Napa CA Carter Cellars Coliseum Block, Napa CA Vintage Selection Vintage Selection
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1999 Charles Krug Vintage Selection CA $95

Chateau St. Jean

1998 Chateau St. Jean 1998 Chateau St. Jean 2001 Chateau St. Jean

Clos du Val

Cinq Cpages, Sonoma Cinq Cpages, Sonoma Cinq Cpages, Sonoma Napa

CA CA CA CA

$125 $125 $125 $300

1974 Clos du Val

The October 1949 issue of the Charles KrugBottles and Bins newsletter.

Colgin Cellars
1992 1993 1995 1996 2000 Colgin Colgin Colgin Colgin Colgin

At the urging of Robert Mondavi, his parents, Cesare and Rosa Mondavi, purchased the Charles Krug Winery in 1943. Later, Robert and brother Peter both ran the winery until Robert left the family firm to form the Robert Mondavi Winery in 1966. The Herbfarms complete collection of Bottles and Bins covers the historic period between 1949 and 1975 when Napa Valleys reputation was solidifying on the world wine stage.

Conn Creek

Herb Lamb Vineyard Herb Lamb Vineyard Herb Lamb Vineyard Herb Lamb Vineyard Herb Lamb Vineyard Anthology, Napa Anthology, Napa Anthology, Napa Napa Volcanic Hill Gravelly Meadow Red Rock Terrace Volcanic Hill Gravelly Meadow Estate, Napa Valley Estate, Napa Valley Estate, Napa Valley Estate, Napa Valley Napanook, Napa Estate, Napa Valley Estate, Napa Valley

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

$900 $900 $750 $750 $650 $105 $100 $99 $150 $225 $225 $225 $225 $225 $295 $255 $225 $195 $69 $215 $235 $55

2000 Conn Creek 2001 Conn Creek 2002 Conn Creek

Cuvaison
1985 1990 1990 1990 1999

1978 Cuvaison

Diamond Creek

Ann Colgins cult Cabernets are among the most sought-after from Napa Valley. The Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabs are full-bodied and show rich blackberry, blueberry, lavender, licorice, and toast.

Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Dominus Dominus Dominus Dominus Dominus Dominus Dominus

Dominus
1990 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2004

Franciscan

1999 Franciscan, Oakville Estate, Magnificant, Napa Valley

Gallo of Sonoma
1991 Gallo

Northern Sonoma Estate

CA

$65

Gemello-Filice Winery
1970 Gemello

Santa Clara Valley

CA

$600

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The vineyard yield was a mere 1/2 ton per acre. The winery, established in 1934, no longer exists. The site is now covered with multimillion-dollar Silicon Valley homes.

Harlan Estate
1990 1992 1993 1995 1999

Inglenook

Harlan Estate Harlan Estate Harlan Estate Harlan Estate Harlan Estate

Napa Valley, First Release Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Cask F-29 Cask B-8

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

$1,200 $995 $795 $975 $795 $250 $250 $240 $145 $250 $150 $150 $125 $250 $245 $300 $245 #1 Wine SPectator toP 100 $49 $100 $210 $47 $95 $200 $105 $105 $125 $125 $125 $105 $150 $125 $160 $150 $400 $125 $125

Ron Zimmerman

1966 Inglenook 1970 Inglenook 1974 Inglenook

Jones Family Vineyards Jordan

1996 Jones Family Vineyards Napa Valley 1997 Jones Family Vineyards Napa Valley 1976 Jordan 1978 Jordan 1987 Jordan 1977 1998 2000 2002 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 Alexander Valley Alexander Valley Alexander Valley Insignia Insignia Insignia Insignia Napa Valley (375 ml) Napa Valley Napa Valley (magnum) Napa Valley (375 ml) Napa Valley Napa Valley (magnum) Napa, Lone Canyon

Joseph Phelps

Karl Lawrence Cellars

Karl Lawrence Karl Lawrence Karl Lawrence Karl Lawrence Karl Lawrence Karl Lawrence

Joseph Phelps Joseph Phelps Joseph Phelps Joseph Phelps

Ladera
1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1997

2002 Ladera

Livingston-Moffett

Louis Martini

Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett Livingston-Moffett

Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Moffett Estate Vineyard CA Gemstone Vineyard, Napa CA Private Reserve Monte Rosso Monte Rosso CA CA CA

1959 Louis Martini 1998 Louis Martini 1999 Louis Martini

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2000 Lynch 2000 Lynch 2001 Lynch

Lynch Vineyards

Napa Valley Napa Valley (magnum) Napa Valley Napa Valley Neyers Ranch, Napa

CA CA CA CA CA

$125 $265 $129 $220 $90 $120 $350 $220 $215 $210 $230

Merus

2000 Merus

Neyers

2002 Neyers Vineyards 2002 1988 2001 2002 2003 2004

Niebaum-Coppola / Rubicon Estate

Niebaum-Coppola Cask Cabernet, Napa CA Niebaum-Coppola Rubicon, Napa Valley Red CA Niebaum-Coppola Rubicon, Napa Valley Red CA Rubicon Estate Napa Valley Red CA Rubicon Estate Napa Valley Red CA Rubicon Estate Napa Valley Red CA Rubicon Estate white wine, Blancaneaux, see p. 27 The Montelena Estate CA The Montelena Estate CA The Montelena Estate (375 ml) The Montelena Estate CA Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Gaston, Napa Valley CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

1996 1999 1999 2001

Chateau Montelena

Chateau Montelena Chateau Montelena Chateau Montelena Chateau Montelena Opus One Opus One Opus One Opus One Opus One Opus One Opus One Opus One

$135 $105 $80 $148 $475 $445 $405 $425 $375 $325 $270 $280 $180 $180 $200

Opus One
1985 1990 1992 1993 1999 2002 2003 2004

Opus One is the joint venture of Californias Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Bordeaux.

Palmaz Vineyards
2001 Palmaz 2001 Palmaz

Peter Michael

1995 Peter Michael

Les Pavots, Knights Valley CA

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Pride Mountain Vineyards

1995 Pride Mountain 1996 Pride Mountain 1997 Pride Mountain

Reserve Claret Reserve Claret Reserve Claret Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Monte Bello, Santa Cruz

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

$390 $350 $360 $245 $320 $225 $220 $200 $225

Ridge Vineyards
1988 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Even the staunchest die-hard Bordeaux lovers, even the Bordelais winemakers themselves, find in the rich, earthy, strikingly complex and enduring Monte Bello Cabernet a compelling resemblance to their finest red wines.Wine Spectator

Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards

2002 2002 2003 2003

Ramey Wine Cellars

Ramey Ramey Ramey Ramey

Diamond Mountain, Napa CA Jericho Canyon, Napa Val. CA Diamond Mountain, Napa CA Jericho Canyon, Napa Val. CA

$145 $200 $125 $190

Rochioli

1997 Rochioli

Neomas Vineyard

CA

$105

Rubicon see Niebaum-Coppola, page 74 Sirita (Larry Stone)

1999 Sirita 2000 Sirita 1974 1980 1990 1994 1999
Ron Zimmerman

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa North Coast Napa Valley Alexander Valley Napa Valley (magnum) Alexander Valley CA CA CA CA CA

$80 $77 $375 $350 $200 $425 $160 $525 $555 $810 $780 $750 $50 $290

Silver Oak

Larry Stone is the worlds most decorated sommelier. He is an old friend who started his career here in Seattle. His Sirita wines are beautifully balanced.

Silver Oak Silver Oak Silver Oak Silver Oak Silver Oak Sloan Sloan Sloan Sloan Sloan

Sloan (see background on page 76)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Proprietors Red, Rutherford CA Proprietors Red, Rutherford CA Proprietors Red, Rutherford CA Proprietors Red, Rutherford CA Proprietors Red, Rutherfod CA CA CA

Sonoma Creek Staglin

1991 Sonoma Creek

Sonoma Valley

1989 Staglin Family Vineyard Napa Valley

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1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard Napa Valley, Rutherford Napa Valley, Rutherford Napa Valley, RRutherford Napa Valley, Rutherford NV, Rutherford (375ml) Napa Valley, Rutherford Napa Valley, Rutherford CA CA CA CA CA CA CA $180 $210 $175 $150 $89 $145 $245 $350 $140 $200 $390 $174 $57 $57 $75 $150

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Stags Leap Wine Cellars

1974 Stags Leap 1998 Stags Leap

A friend, Jim Willenborg of San Francisco, introduced us to Garen and Shari Staglin a few years back. The Staglins property was originally planted by Andr Tschelistcheff in 1966 and was a favorite for producing BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet. Today the flavor of Rutherford Dust shines in the Staglin Family Vineyard Cabernets.

1988 Philip Togni 2003 Philip Togni 2004 Philip Togni

Philip Togni

Stags Leap Vineyard CA Fay Vineyard, Estate, Napa CA Estate, Napa Valley Estate, Napa (magnum) Estate, Napa Cliff Vineyard, Napa Cliff Vineyard, Napa CA CA CA CA CA

Tulocay

2000 Tulocay 2001 Tulocay

Used Automobile Parts Zellerbach

1978 Stephen Zellerbach

2002 Used Automobile Parts Napa Valley, Cab./Merlot CA Alexander Valley CA

Illinois New York Virginia

2000 Galena Cellars

Galena Cellars

Proprietors Reserve Cupola, Long Island Long Island Reserve

IL NY NY VA VA

$49 $67 $65 $75 $65

Long Island Wines

1999 Bedell Cellars 1987 Bridgehampton

Virginia

2001 Barboursville Vineyards Octagon V tion 2004 Pearmund Cellars Ameritage Reserve

Petite Sirah
1974 Callaway Vineyard Estate, Temecula CA $90

California. Boasting enormous concentration, extraordinary complexity (roasted coffee notes intermixed with blueberry, blackberry, jus de viande, subtle smoky oak, and a wealth of spice), it possesses terrific fruit, extraordinary intensity, and an amazingly pure, rich, long (over 50 seconds), blockbuster finish. This brilliant, uncompromising expression of Cabernet Sauvignon clearly demonstrates this vineyards potential as well as the enormous, multi-million-dollar effort Stuart Sloan has put into both the winery and the vineyard. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2020+. Talk about coming out with a Big Bang! Stuart Sloan, the Seattle businessman, has hit both gold and home runs with his extraordinary vineyard perched high on a hill above the renowned restaurant/hotel complex of Auberge du Soleil. A 60-acre estate only partially planted in vines, with David Abreu handling the viticulture and Martha Levy (wife of Harlan Estates Bob Levy) making the wine, this is as impressive a new operation as I have ever witnessed. 100 points. Robert Parker

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Hard to believe, but until just a few years ago, Syrah was one of our Other Reds. My, how times have changed. Syrah may yet become Washington States best red varietal. Amalie Robert
2008 Amalie Robert Syrah, Satisfaction 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2006 2006 2007 2006 2008 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

$70 $130 $125 $119 $230 $115 $220 $115 $109 $100 $220 $92 $85 $190 $82 $120 $119 $230 $115 $115 $109 $220 $100 $250 $215 $199 $189 $179 $169 $159 $149 $175 $160 $220 $189 $179 $169 $159 $149 $490 $435 $295 $390 $395

Betz Family Winery

Christophe Baron grew up in a French winemaking family and has studied and worked around the world. His Cayuse Vineyards in Walla Walla is producing some head-turning wines.

Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Betz Family Winery Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards Cayuse Vineyards

La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse (magnum) WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, (magnum) WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, Red Mt. WA La Cte Rousse, (magnum) WA WA Besoleil, S. Rhone Blend WA Besoleil, S. Rhone Blend WA Besoleil, (magnum) WA Besoleil, S. Rhone Blend La Serenne, Boushey V. WA La Serenne, Boushey V, WA WA La Serenne (magnum) La Serenne, Boushey V. WA La Serenne, Boushey V. WA La Serenne, Boushey V. WA WA La Serenne, (magnum) La Serenne, Boushey V. WA Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard Cailloux Vineyard En Cerise, Walla Walla En Cerise, Walla Walla En Chamberlin Vineyard En Chamberlin Vineyard En Chamberlin Vineyard En Chamberlin Vineyard En Chamberlin Vineyard En Chamberlin Vineyard Armada Vineyard WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

Ron Zimmerman

Cayuse Vineyards

2002 Cayuse Vineyards 2003 Cayuse Vineyards 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2000 2002 2003 2004
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2003 Cayuse Vineyards

Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog, Walla Walla Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog, Walla Walla Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog, Walla Walla Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog, Walla Walla Cayuse, Good Only Knows (see Grenache)
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Abacela
1998 1999 2001 2003 2004 2004 2005

Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Anderw Will

OR OR Oregon OR Southern Oregon OR Southern Oregon OR Umpqua Cuve OR Estate, Southern Oregon OR Seven Hills Vineyard Sheridan Vineyard Seven Hills Vineyard Annie Camarda Annie Camarda Estate, Lake Chelan Estate, Lake Chelan Walla Walla WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$70 $69 $63 $62 $62 $49 $65 $60 $60 $60 $100 $88 $65 $59 $59 $65 $59 $68 $78 $168 $80 $50 $65 $80 $150 $120 $290 $85 $85 $112 $120 $89 $180 $75 $180 $70 $51 $60 $79

Andrew Will
1999 2000 2001 2003 2006

Benson Vineyards Beresan

2005 Benson Vineyards 2007 Benson Vineyards 2002 Beresan

Bunnell Family Winery Buty Winery

2006 Bunnell Family, Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvdre WA 2007 Bunnell Family, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvdre, Grenache WA 2001 Buty Winery 2003 Buty Winery 2003 Buty Winery Rviva of the Stones WA Rviva of the Stones WA Rviva of the Stones (mag) WA Columbia Valley Crawford Vineyard Estate, Yakima Valley Opulence WA WA WA WA

Caon de Sol

2000 Caon de Sol

Chuckanut Ridge

2003 Chuckanut Ridge 2001 Chandler Reach

Chandler Reach Vineyards Coeur dlene Cellars

1988 1989 1989 1990 1991 1994 1995 1997 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 Coeur dlene Cellars

Columbia Winery
Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia

Red Willow WA Red Willow WA WA Red Willow (magnum) Red Willow WA Red Willow WA Red Willow WA Red Willow WA Red Willow WA WA Red Willow (magnum) Red Willow WA WA Red Willow (magnum) Red Willow, S. Chapel Block Walla Walla WA Walla Walla WA Reserve, Stellar Vineyard WA

Cougar Crest

2001 Cougar Crest 2002 Cougar Crest 2002 Cougar Crest

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McCrea Cellars
1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004

Doug McCrea founded the first winery in Washington dcated solely to Rhne varietals.

McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars McCrea Cellars

Boushey Vineyard Cuve Orleans Ciel du Cheval Boushey Vineyard Yakima Valley Boushey Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Amerique, Yakima Val. Cuve Orleans Ciel du Cheval Boushey Vineyard Cuve Orleans Boushey Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Cuve Orleans Ciel du Cheval Boushey Vineyard Boushey Vineyard Cuve Orleans

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

$65 $125 $85 $85 $50 $83 $83 $61 $105 $79 $79 $95 $79 $79 $88 $77 $75 $75 $80 $55 $60 $125 $115 $109 $104 $99 $185 $95 $89 $86 $90 $135 $60 $60

Ron Zimmerman

Chteau Faire Le Pont

2002 Chteau Faire Le Pont 2002 Chteau Faire Le Pont 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars DeLille Cellars

Yakima Valley WA Provence (syrah, cabernet, mer)WA Doyenne WA Doyenne WA Doyenne WA Doyenne WA Doyenne WA WA Doyenne (magnum) Doyenne WA Doyenne WA Doyenne WA Aix, Cab./Syrah/Mourvdre Doyenne, Grand Ciel WA

DeLille Cellars (Doyenne)

Descendants Liegeois Dupont (DLDHedges) Dominio IV

2003 Dominio IV Columbia Valley

2008 Descendants Liegeois Dupont, Les Gosses Vineyard WA WA/OR

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Dunham Cellars
2000 2001 2001 2002 2002
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Fidlitas
1995 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2005 2007 2007

Dunham Cellars Dunham Cellars Dunham Cellars Dunham Cellars Dunham Cellars

Columbia Valley Walla Walla Columbia Valley Frenchtown Vineyard Lewis Vineyard Eight, Columbia Valley Walla Walla Walla Walla Bacchus Walla Walla, Puncheon Walla Walla Basket Press, Lot 57, W.W. Columbia Valley Lagniappe, Col. Valley Lagniappe, Col. Valley Walla Walla John Lewis Walla Walla Deer Slayer Wild Alfalfa Wild Alfalfa Looking Glass

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA ID WA WA WA WA WA

$95 $90 $90 $120 $120 $89 $65 $55 $48 $62 $50 $62 $46 $79 $72 $100 $140 $112 $65 $85 $59 $49 $60 $77 $80 $80 $110 $65 $47 $70 $80 $70 $115 $85 $100 $55 $95 $94 $105 $126

2004 Fidelitas

Glen Fiona
Eric Dunham is showing
remarkable ability with Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon at his winery in Walla Walla.

Gramercy Cellars

Glen Fiona Glen Fiona Glen Fiona Glen Fiona Glen Fiona Glen Fiona Glen Fiona

Hells Canyon

Gramercy Cellars Gramercy Cellars Gramercy Cellars Gramercy Cellars Gramercy Cellars

2002 Hells Canyon

Isenhower Cellars Januik Winery

2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003

2002 Isenhower Cellars 2003 Isenhower Cellars 2003 Isenhower Cellars 1999 Januik Winery 2000 Januik Winery

K Vintners

Kestrel

K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners K Vintners

Morrison Lane WA Milbrandt, Wahluke Slope WA Morrison Lane, Walla Walla WA End of the Road WA Milbrandt WA Cougar Hills, Walla Walla WA Morrison Lane, W.W. WA Lucky No. 7, Seven Hills WA Estate Signature Chandler Reach Red Mountain Columbia Valley Columbia Valley WA WA WA WA WA

1999 Kestrel

Matthews Cellars Mystic Rasa

2001 Mystic 2007 Rasa

2001 Matthews Cellars 2002 Matthews Cellars

2008 Reynvaan 2008 Reynvaan 2008 Reynvaan

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Rockblock (Domaine Serene)

2001 2001 2003 2005 Rockblock Rockblock Rockblock Rockblock

Rulo Winery
Ron Zimmerman

Seven Hills, Josephs Clone OR Del Rio Vineyard, S. Oregon OR Del Rio Vineyard, S. Oregon OR Sven Hills Vineyard OR Columbia Valley Rogue Valley WA OR WA WA WA

$80 $74 $70 $70 $50 $120 $112 $106 $103 $59 $60 $55 $60 $79 $80 $80 $80 $66 $73 $42 $41 $60 $55 $52

2001 Rulo Winery

Sarah Powell
2003 Sequel 2004 Sequel 2005 Sequel

1999 Sarah Powell

Sequel (John Duval: Penfolds/Longshadows) Serience

Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Columbia Valley

Laurent Montalieu of Solena enjoys a glass of his Syrah at The Herbfarm.

2001 Zefina/Serience 2002 Zefina/Serience

Seven Hills

Rhone Red, Alder Ridge WA Rhone Red, Alder Ridge WA Columbia Valley Del Rio Vineyard Del Rio Vineyard WA OR OR

2000 Seven Hills

Silvan Ridge Solena

2001 Solena

2001 Silvan Ridge

Tyrus Evan

2001 Tyrus Evan 2001 Tyrus Evan 2003 Va Piano

Va Piano Vineyards Walter Dacon Waters

2006 Waters 2004 Walter Dacon

Del Rio Vineyard OR Seven Hills Vineyard OR/WA Lewis Vineyard WA

Cest Syrah Belle, Col. Val. WA Forgotten Hills Vineyard WA Stout Ranch Elephant Mountain WA WA

Wilridge

2000 Wilridge 2001 Wilridge

Woodinville Wine Company/Bear Creek Zerba Cellars Chateau Fou Kongsgaard Neyers Pax
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California Syrah
2006 Chateau Fou 2008 Chateau Fou 2000 Kongsgaard 2002 Neyers 2003 Pax 2003 Pax Santa Ynez Valley Santa Ynez Valley CA CA $90 $85 $200 $95 $125 $96

Hudson Vineyard, Napa CA Cuve dHonneur, Napa CA Cuve Christine, Sonoma CA Obsidian, Knights Valley CA

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Australian Shiraz
Henschke, Hill of Grace
1991 Henschke Hill of Grace, Eden Valley $550

Penfolds Grange
1965 1971 1976 1980 1985 1989 1994 1996 1997 1999 2001 Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Penfolds Grange Hermitage. Grange Hermitage. Grange Hermitage. Grange Hermitage Grange Hermitage. Grange Hermitage Grange Grange. Grange. Grange. Magill Estate Vineyard. $3,000 $1,250 charlie trotterS faV $1,000 Parker Perfect 100 $550 $550 $485 $650 $485 $400 $350 $95

Stephen Carl & Prue Henschke are the fifth

generation of winemakers at Henschke. Their Hill of Grace is generally regarded as Australias most soughtafter wine along with Grange. This single vineyard wine is produced from low-yielding, ancient 130-year-old vines across the road from a remote church. The wine is fullbodied and complex with optimum drinking ranging from 15 to 25 years.

Branson Coach House

2002 Branson Coach House Greenock Block Estate, Barossa 2004 Branson Coach House Greenock Block Estate, Barossa

$100 $105

Charles Melton dArenberg

Max Schubert went
against the instructions of his employers and created one of the worlds most famous wines, Penfolds Grange. Though Schubert died in 1994, the wine is still a monument to opulence from the deep, sandy soils of Australias Barossa Valley.

1999 Charles Melton

Nine Popes, Barossa Valley

$90

1998 2000 2005 2002

dArenberg dArenberg dArenberg dArenberg

The Dead Arm The Dead Arm The Dead Arm The Laughing Magpie, McLaren

$175 $139 $112 $49

Greenock Creek
1997 1998 1998 1999 1998 1999

Greenock Creek Greenock Creek Greenock Creek Greenock Creek Greenock Creek Greenock Creek

Seven Acre Vineyard, Barossa Seven Acre Vineyard, Barossa Cornerstone Grenache, Barossa Seven Acre Vineyard, Barossa Apricot Block, Barossa Cornerstone Grenache, Barossa

$110 $130 $80 $150 $130 $90

Rockford

1993 Rockford 1999 Rockford

Basket Press, Barossa Valley $125 Basket Press, Barossa Valley (375) $60

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Rolf Binder Estate

2001 Rolf Binder Estate 2002 Rolf Binder Estate

Heysen, Barossa Valley Heinrich, Barossa Valley

$70 $150

Ross Estate

2001 Ross Estate 2001 Ross Estate

North Ridge, Barossa Valley Barossa Valley

$37 $45

Torbreck

2002 Torbreck 2003 Torbreck 2003 Torbreck

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Run Rig, Barossa Valley The Factor, Barossa Valley Les Amis (old-vine Grenache)

$365 $188 $260

Yalumba

The old basket press at Rockford in Australias Barossa Valley.

1998 Yalumba 1999 Yalumba

The Octavius tion IX, Barossa The Octavius tion X, Barossa

$155 $140

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Barbera: also see Piemonte, Italy page 125
2007 Facelli Winery 2005 Lone Canary 2007 Traunche Cellars Sagemore Vineyard Milbrandt Vineyard Columbia Valley WA WA WA $48 $38 $48 $49 $59 $85 $70 $160 $42 $75 $55 $33 $33 $33 $35 $82 $78 $79 $42 $42 $48 $40 $55 $85 $44 $45 $42 $65 $50 $105 $60 $49 $53 $55 $55 $54 $110 $62 $39 $65 $275 $110 $47 $42 $40 $39 $39 $47

Dsigne was created by Buty Winery especially for The Herbfarm. It is designed to seamlessly complement many of the foods of the Pacific Northwest. 99% Cabernet Franc (Conner-Lee and Champoux Vineyards) and 1% Merlot and a 18-month elevage in top French oak make this a real beauty. 552 bottles produced.

2006 2003 2000 2004 2004 1999 1995 1996 2001 2002 2005 2007 2004 2005 2005 2002 2003 2002 2000 2006 2007 2002 2002 2004 2000 2001 2001 2002 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002

Cabernet Francs

Abacela Southern Oregon OR Barrister Columbia Valley WA Buty Winery Cab. Franc/Merlot WA Buty Winery Caballo Blanco, 91% CF WA Caballo Blanco, (magnum)WA Buty Winery Chaddsford Winery Brandywine Valley PA Chteau Ste. Michelle Ethos WA Chteau Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard WA Chinook Cab. Franc Ros WA Chinook Cab. Franc Ros WA Chinook Cab. Franc Ros WA Corvidae The Keeper WA Corliss Estate Cabernet Franc WA Corliss Estate Cabernet Franc WA Dsigne Columbia Valley WA DiStefano Ros of Cabernet Franc WA DiStefano Ros of Cabernet Franc WA DiStefano Sogno WA Facelli Bacchus Vineyard WA Green Creek Winery Rose, N. Carolina (500ml) NC Hillcrest Nonich OR Matthews Cellars Desert Ros WA Millbrook Hudson River Valley NY Millbrook New York State NY Owen Roe Rosa Mystica Block WA Poplar Grove Winery Benchmark, Naramata BC Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, Le Bourg FR Sakonnet Estate, Rhode Island RI Walla Walla Vintners Spring Valley Vineyard WA Walla Walla Vintners Spring Valley Vineyard WA Walla Walla Vintners Columbia Valley WA Walla Walla Vintners Columbia Valley WA Walla Walla Vintners Columbia Valley WA Walla Walla Vintners Columbia Valley (magnum)WA Whitestone, Lake Roosevelt Shores Vineyard WA Carmeere, Walla Walla WA CA CA

Carmeere
2001 Colvin Vineyard

Charbono
2005 Robert Foley Vineyards Charbono, Napa Valley 1959 Inglenook Charbono, Napa Valley 1997 Turley Wine Cellars
1959 was an outstanding Napa Valley vintage. Now less than 100 acres of this variety remain planted in California. Absolutely perfect fills and condition. A monumental time capsule.

Tofanelli Vineyard, Napa CA

Counoise
2006 McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval Vineyard WA Dolcetto, Oregon, Rogue Dolcetto, Oregon Dolcetto, Southern Oregon Dolcetto, Southern Oregon Dolcetto, Umpqua Valley OR OR OR OR OR

Dolcetto
2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 Abacela Abacela Abacela Abacela Palotai

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Gamay Noir
2004 1999 2004 2005 2006 2007 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2007 1998 2002 2005 1995 2001 2001 2002 2002 2007 2005 2010 2002 2004

Amity Vineyards Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Brick House Chehalem

Willamette Valley Willamette, Organic Estate, Biodynamic Estate, Biodynamic Estate, Biodynamic Cerise, Ridgecrest V.

OR OR OR OR OR OR OR

$30 $85 $65 $60 $57 $54 $40 $48 $48 $45 $45 $78 $220 $85 $60 $60 $45 $32 $49 $57 $30 $30 $64 $40 $60 $30 $55 $50 $35 $49 $75 $39 $88 $85 $69 $62 $58 $49 $45 $65 $47 $60 $60 $42 $64 $59 $53 $49 $50

Grenache

Kadarka

Abacela Umpqua Estate OR Abacela Umpqua Estate OR Abacela Umpqua Estate OR Abacela Southern Oregon OR Betz Family Winery Bsoleil WA Cayuse, Good Only Knows (90% Grenache) WA Domaine du Mas Blanc Banyuls Vin Doux Naturel FR DiStefano Columbia Valley WA DiStefano Columbia Valley WA Glen Fiona WA McCrea Cellars Rhne Ros WA McCrea Cellars WA McCrea Cellars Sirocco (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvdre, Counoise) WA McCrea Cellars Sirocco (375) Lullaby Ros of Grenache (500) WA WA Tranche, Slice of Pape, Rhne Blend, Grenache Tranche, Pink Pape, Dry Rose, Blue Mt Vineyard WA Zefina Serience Rouge WA Zefina Ros of Grenache WA OR WA WA WA VA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA

2009 Palotai Vineyard, Estate, Umpqua Valley 1986 Mercer Ranch 1992 Thurston Wolfe Reserve 2007 La Toscano Cashmere Estate Nebbiolo: also see Piemonte, Italy page 125 2000 Barboursville Vineyards Reserve, Virginia 1998 Cascade Cliffs Columbia Valley 1987 Cavatappi Maddalena, Nebbiolo 1988 Cavatappi Maddalena, Nebbiolo 1993 Cavatappi Maddalena, Nebbiolo 1996 Cavatappi Maddalena, Nebbiolo 1998 Cavatappi Maddalena, Nebbiolo 1999 Wilridge Nebbiolo di Klipsun 2001 Wilridge Nebbiolo di Klipsun 2002 2001 2005 2006

Lemberger

The Norton grape (Vitis

aestivalis), is a true native American grape that was important to winemaking in the 19th century. It is the only native grape that makes wine that is not foxy.

Crown Valley Winery Limited Edition, Missouri MO Chrysalis Vineyards Estate Bottled, Virginia VA Horton Vineyards Orange County, Virginia VA Horton Vineyards Orange County, Virginia VA MV Stone Hill, Hermannsberg, Norton, Vincent, Chambourcin 2002 Stone Hill Estate Bottled MO 2006 Stone Hill Estate Bottled Hermann MO

Norton

Malbec

2002 Abacela 2003 Abacela 2004 Abacela

Oregon OR Southern Oregon OR Estate, Southern Oregon OR

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2005 2006 2006 2004 2005 2004 2001 2002 2003 2006 2004 2005 2006 2003 Abacela Southern Oregon Abacela Southern Oregon Maurice Columbia Valley Corliss Estates Columbia Valley Corliss Estates Columbia Valley Eden Vale, Pear House Reserve, Southern Oregon Kettle Valley, Okanagan Valley, Naramata Bench Kettle Valley, Okanagan Valley, Naramata Bench Kettle Valley, Okanagan Valley, Naramata Bench William Church Wahluke Slope Cheval des Andes Mendoza, Prop. Blend Cheval des Andes Mendoza, Prop. Blend Cheval des Andes Mendoza, Prop. Blend Catena Zapata, Mendoza (Cab., Malbec, Merlot) OR OR WA WA WA OR BC BC BC WA AR AR AR AR WA WA CA $50 $50 $59 $90 $85 $70 $55 $52 $49 $53 $180 $170 $160 $175 $48 $28 $60 $82f $69 $50 $75 $65 $46 $55 $55 $65 $65 $59 $56 $53 $50 $47 $45 $46 $55 $31 $48 $44 $49 $35 $40 $75 $210 $195 $190 $180 $175 $170 $165 $160 $155

Malbec: Argentina

2002 McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval 2002 McCrea Cellars Ciel du Cheval (375) 2000 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Beaucastel

Mourvdre

Petit Verdot
2005 2004 2005 2005 2007

Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon OR Januik Ciel du Cheval WA Permund Cellars Virginia Reserve VA Woodinville Wine Cellars, Odd Man Out (P.V./Mal) WA Woodinville Win eCellars, Odd Man Out (P.V/Mal) WA OR OR OR

Pinot Meunier
Ron Zimmerman

1999 WillaKenzie Estate 2009 Teutonic Wine Company, Borgo Pass Vineyard 2009 Amalie Robert Willamette Valley 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2007 2003 2007 2006 2001 2006 2000 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Chris Camarda of the

Andrew Will Winery has a particular knack for producing notable Sangioveses. Sangiovese is the principal red grape of Tuscany.

Sangiovese: also see Tuscany, page 129

Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Andrew Will Benson Vineyards Benson Vineyards Barnard-Griffin Cuneo Cellars Facelli Winery Five Star Cellars Greenbank Cellars Mannina Cellars Napadan Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars Leonetti Cellars

WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA OR/WA WA WA WA WA Napa, Heidi Peterson Barrett CA Sangiovese WA Sangiovese WA Sangiovese WA Sangiovese WA Sangiovese, Walla Walla WA Sangiovese, Walla Walla WA Sangiovese, Walla Walla WA Sangiovese, Walla Walla WA Sangiovese, Walla Walla WA

Ciel du Cheval Pepper Bridge Pepper Bridge Ciel du Cheval Ciel du Cheval Ciel du Cheval Ciel du Cheval Ciel du Cheval Estate, Lake Chelan Estate, Lake Chelan Ros of Sangiovese Two Rivers Columbia Valley Walla Walla Yakima Valley Walla Walla Valley

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2008 2004 2005 2000 2005 2006 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2006 2006
NV NV NV

Leonetti Cellars Saggi Saggi Three Rivers Walter Dacon Walter Dacon

Sangiovese, Walla Walla Columbia Valley Red Columbia Valley Red Pepper Bridge Red Mountain Red Mountain

WA WA WA WA WA WA OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR WA WA OR

$145 $99 $79 $77 $60 $54 $72 $69 $65 $60 $75 $55 $49 $47 $45 $49 $73 $70 $47 $47 $75 $43 $41 $39 $65 $106 $99 $70 $39 $50 $79 $77 $92 $90 $57 $49

Tempranillo: also see Spain, page 135

Dr. Earl and Hilda Jones

(here with Rastus) have planted the Tempranillo grape on a very geologically diverse, warm site in the Umpqua Valley near Roseburg, Oregon. Earl believes that the climate at Abacela is similar to that of the finest Tempranillogrowing regions of Spain.

2003 2006 2007 2006

Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Southeast Block Reserve Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Roseburg Estate, Umpqua Abacela Umpqua Valley Cuve Abacela Estate Abacela Umpqua Valley Cuve Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon Abacela Umpqua Cuve Abacela Umpqua Cuve Abacela Estate, Southern Oregon Abacela, Vintners Blend #6, 13 grape varieties Abacela Vintners Blend #7 Abacela Vintners Blend #8 Eden Vale, Pear House Reserve, Southern Oregon Gramercy Cellars Walla Walla Gramercy Cellars Walla Walla Red Lily Rogue Valley

Paul Draper introduced the single-vineyard Zinfandel to America in 1972.

Ron Zimmerman

Tempranillo: Argentina
2003 Zuccardi 2003 2003 2005 1999 2003 2003 2001

Q Tempranillo, Mendoza Columbia Valley WA Proprietors Reserve WA Columbia Valley WA Old Vines, Pines V. OR Old Vines, Pines Vineyard OR Wooldridge Creek Vine. OR Alder Ridge Vineyard WA

Northwest Zinfandel
Maryhill Winery Maryhill Winery Owen Roe Sineann Sineann Solena Columbia Winery

The Zinfandels of Ridge Vineyards are a tribute to a great winery and the continued brilliance of Paul Draper. Collection of Ridge Zinfandel
1974 1976 1976 1990 1991 1992 1993 Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Sonoma Lytton Springs, Sonoma Central Coast Lytton Springs, Sonoma Lytton Springs, Sonoma Lytton Springs, Sonoma Lytton Springs, Sonoma $250 $195 $150 $100 $110 $125 $115

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1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2005

Lytton Springs Lytton Springs, Sonoma Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Sonoma Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Sonoma Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Sonoma Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Sonoma Ridge Vineyards, Geyserville Proprietary Red, Sonoma (375)

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White Burgundy & Chablis (France) . . . . . . . . 91 Riesling from Germany, Alsace, and Austria 94, 96, 97 Grner Veltliner (Austria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Loire Valley Whites: Muscadet to Sancerre (France)99 White Rhne (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Red Burgundy (France). Bordeaux (France) . . . Rhne (France) . . . . . Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . Spain & Portugal . . . . South Africa . . . . . . .

Old-World White: 91-102

Old-World Red: 106-136

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White Burgundy: Le Montrachet

There are those who believe there is no finer white wine on the face of the earth than that of the vineyard of Le Montrachet. The plot of earth that produces this wine is tiny. The world is large. The price is astronomical. The Holy Grail of Chardonnay may just be Le Montrachet. Le Montrachet, Grand Cru
2000 1961 2000 1998 1998 2000 2001 1999 2003 2000 2002 1976 1978 2000 1978 1988 1994 Amiot Guy et Fils Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Domaines du Chteau de Beaune, Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Henri Boillot Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Bouchard Pre & Fils Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Bouchard Pre & Fils Le Montrachet, Grand Cru (375 ml) Bouchard Pre & Fils Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Colin-Delger Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Joseph Drouhin Le Montrachet, Marquis de Laguiche (mag) Joseph Drouhin Le Montrachet, Marquis de Laguiche Vincent Girardin Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Louis Latour Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Leroy Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Leroy Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Romane-Conti Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Ramonet Le Montrachet, Grand Cru Ramonet Le Montrachet, Grand Cru tienne Sauzet Le Montrachet, Grand Cru (magnum) $625 $600 $745 $695 $350 $695 $695 $1,400 $740 $475 $800 $1,200 $1,200 $3,500 $3,500 $2,250 $1,200

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More Grand Cru White Burgundy
1985 1996 2001 1998 1999 2003 1998 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne, Grand Cru Ren Fleurot Btard-Montrachet, Grand Cru Jean-Nol Gagnard Btard-Montrachet, Grand Cru Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne, Grand Cru Albert Morey Btard-Montrachet, Grand Cru Paul Pernot, Bienvenue-Btard-Montrachet, Grand Cru Ramonet, Bienvenue-Btard-Montrachet, Grand Cru $395 $128 $275 $150 $290 $240 $240

bourgogne blanc
2008 Remoissenet Pere & Fil Bourgogne Blanc $45

Aloxe-Corton, Auxey-Duresses & Beaune

1991 J.F. Coche-Dury 2000 Leroy 2001 Leroy Auxey-Duresses Blanc Auxey-Duresses Blanc Auxey-Duresses Blanc $200 $90 $115

Meursault
2005 2005 2002 1997 2002 2005 1996 1969 1973 1996 2000 2001 1996 Arnaud Ente Buisson-Charles Yves Boyer-Martenot J.F. Coche-Dury Vincent Girardin Remi Jobard Michelot Leroy Leroy Leroy Guy Roulot Guy Roulot Michel Tessier Meursault, Les Petits Charrons Meursault, Bouches-Cheres Meursault, En LOrmeau Meursault Meursault, Les Charmes Meursault, Sous la Velle Meursault, Les Genevrires Meursault, Les Perrires Meursault, Les Charmes Meursault Meursault, Les Tessons Meursault, Les Charmes Meursault, Les Genevrires $205 $129 $107 $230 $120 $109 $148 $415 $515 $225 $160 $225 $140

Puligny & Chassagne Montrachet

2003 2003 2003 1995 1996 2001 1996 1998 2000
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2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2003 1999 2008 Leflaive Leflaive Leflaive Bernard Morey Bernard Morey Paul Pernot Paul Pernot Ramonet Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet AOC Puligny-Montrachet, Les Pucelles, 1er Puligny-Montrachet, Clavoillon Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Embrazes Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Morgeots Puligny-Montrachet, Les Pucelles Puligny-Montrachet, Les Folatires Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Chaumes Puligny-Montrachet $148 $320 $208 $114 $114 $140 $160 $225 $84

Chablis
2002 2002 2002 2000 1997 2001 2001 2002 Joseph Drouhin Joseph Drouhin Christian Moreau R&V Dauvissat R&V Dauvissat R&V Dauvissat R&V Dauvissat R&V Dauvissat Chablis Les Clos, Grand Cru Les Clos, Grand Cru Chablis La Forest, 1er Cru La Forest, 1er Cru La Forest, 1er Cru (375 ml) La Forest, 1er Cru $35 $159 $189 $59 $99 $70 $42 $105

The village of Chablis

Chablis of Franois Raveneau Raveneaus Chablis estate is so blessed with good sites that it produces no generic Chablis at all. The wines age well.
1999 2000 1997 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 2000 2000 Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Franois Raveneau Les Clos, Grand Cru Blanchots, Grand Cru Butteaux, 1er Cru Butteaux, 1er Cru Butteaux, 1er Cru Chapelot, 1er Cru Fret, 1er Cru Monte de Tonnerre, 1er Cru Mont Mains, 1er Cru Mont Mains, 1er Cru Vaillons, 1er Cru $300 $220 $130 $120 $120 $120 $120 $140 $120 $120 $130

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Germany
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer 2005 Adams, A.J. Dhron Hofberg Reserve $109 1996 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Auslese $72 1997 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Sptlese $55 1999 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen, Kabinett $74 2001 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Auslese (375) $62 2002 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Auslese $69 2002 Dr. Loosen Graacher Himmelreich, Sptlese $83 2003 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen, Auslese $67 2003 Dr. Loosen Erdener Pralat, Auslese $75 2003 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Auslese $70 2004 Dr. Loosen Berkasteler Lay, Kabinett $43 2005 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Sptlese $52 2005 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Auselese (375) $74 2005 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese $92 2005 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese (1500 ml) $199 2006 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese $57 1994 Fritz Haag Brauneberger-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Sptlese $60 2002 Fritz Haag Brauneberger-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Kabinett $40 2002 Fritz Haag, Brauneberger-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Auslese $68 2005 Fritz Haag, B.-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Auslese Goldkapsel 9 (375) $78 2005 Fritz Haag, B.-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Auslese Goldkapsel 9 (750) $125 2000 Mnchhof rziger Wrzgarten, Kabinett $35 2001 Mnchhof rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese $55 2001 Mnchhof Estate $37 2002 Mnchhof rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese $60 2006 Mnchhof rziger Wrzgarten, Sptlese $49 1976 Christoffel-Prm Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Auslese $170 1976 Christoffel-Prm rziger Wrzgarten, Auslese $170 1998 J.J. Prm Wehlen Sonnenuhr, Sptlese $60 2001 J.J. Prm Graacher Himmelreich, Sptlese $95 2001 J.J. Prm Wehlen Sonnenuhr, Sptlese $65 2001 J.J. Prm Wehlen Sonnenuhr, Auslese $85 2003 J.J. Prm Wehlen Sonnenuhr, Auslese $79 2001 J.J. Prm Graacher Himmelreich, Sptlese $87 2005 J.J. Prm Estate, Sptlese $65 2005 J J Prm Graacher Himmelreich, Sptlese $72 2005 J.J. Prm Wehlen Sonnenuhr, Auslese $92 2001 S.A. Prm Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Auslese $72 2005 S.A. Prm Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Auslese $65 2005 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Schloberg, Sptlese $49 2005 St. Urbans-Hof Piesporter Goldtrpfchen, Sptlese $59 2005 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich, Sptlese $63 2001 von Hovel Oberemmeler Hutte Sptlese $48 2005 Van Volxem Kanzemer Altenberg, Alte Reben, Qualittswein $70 2002 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Grnhauser Herrenberg Kabinett (375) $34 2002 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Grnhauser Abtsberg Sptlese (375) $39 2003 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, QbA $29 2005 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Grnhauser Abtsberg Sptlese $63 2006 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Grnhauser Abtsberg Superior $79 2006 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Grnhauser Herrenberg Kabinett $45 Rheingau 1996 Georg Breuer Rdesheim Berg Schlossberg $145 1996 Georg Breuer Rdesheim Berg Schlossberg (mag) $400 2001 Schloss Schnborn Erbacher Marcobrun, Sptlese $59
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Elegant, vibrant, and racy are

descriptions of top-notch German Riesling. If you havent tried these wines, there is no question that you have been missing something special. Since 2001, a continuing fine string of vintages make this a great time to explore this noble varietal. If you love older Rieslings, the famous 1976 vintage may be just the thing for you. Getrnk Riesling, gefhl Gemtlichkeit!

Dr. Carl von Schubert

is an eloquent interpreter of Riesling terroir in Germany.

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2005 Schloss Schnborn 2001 Schloss Vollrads 2001 Schloss Vollrads 2005 Robert Weil Rheinhessen 2001 Gunderloch 2002 Gunderloch 2005 Gunderloch Pfalz 1997 Dr. Brklin-Wolf 1999 Dr. Brklin-Wolf 2001 Mller-Catoir 1976 August Ziegler Nahe 1989 Schlogut Deil 2001 Schlogut Deil 2001 Schlogut Deil 2006 Schlogut Deil 2006 Schlogut Deil 2006 Schlogut Deil 2006 Schlogut Deil 1999 Dnnhoff 2003 Dnnhoff 2003 Dnnhoff 2004 Dnnhoff 2005 Dnnhoff 2005 Dnnhoff 2006 Dnnhoff 2007 Dnnhoff 2008 Dnnhoff 2005 Emrich-Schnleber 2005 E.-Schnleber Franken 2001 Georg Mosbacher 2006 Hans Wirsching Erbacher Marcobrun, Sptlese Sptlese Auslese (500 ml) Kiedrich Grf,enberg Auslese (375 ml) Nachenheim Rothenberg, Sptlese Nachenheim Rothenberg, Sptlese Riesling Kabinett, Jean-Baptiste $56 $49 $89 $129 $60 $55 $40

Wachenheimer Pechstein Forst, Sptlese $42 Wachenheimer Gaisbhl-Ruppertsberg (375) $50 Gimmeldinger Schlel Rieslaner Sptlese $90 Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten Goldene Kammerpreismunze, Aus. $195 Dorsheimer Goldloch, Sptlese Dorsheimer Burgberg, Goldkap Auslese (375) Dorsheimer Pittermnnchen, Sptlese Dorsheimer Scheurebe, Sptlese Dorsheimer Goldloch, Sptlese Dorsheimer Goldloch, Grosses Gewchs Dorsheimer Pittermannchen, Auslese Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (magnum) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Auslese (375) Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Sptlese Niederhuser Hermannshhle, Sptlese Monziner Halenberg, Sptlese Monziner Frhlingspltzchen, Sptlese (375) Forster Ungeheuer, Riesling, Sptlese Trocken Julius-Echter-Berg, Riesling, Grosses Gewchs (Bocksbeutel) $125 $110 $110 $77 $79 $115 $137
$130 $105 $95 $105 $115 $445 $95 $159 $145

$79 $39

$77 $80 $320 $185 $135 $139 $315 $180 $240 $525 $399 $250 $345

Beerenauslese 2005 Fritz Haag Brauneberger-Juffer Sonnenuhr, Beerenauslese (375) 2005 Dr. Loosen rziger Wrzgarten, Beerenauslese (375) 2005 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst, Riesling, Beerenauslese (375) Eiswein 2002 Werner Ansemann Chardonnay, Edesheimer Rosengarten, Pfalz (375) 1998 von Schubert/Maximin Grnhaus, Abtsberg Riesling Eiswein (375) (label stain) 2002 Dr. Loosen Bernkasteler Lay (375) 2002 Weingter Wegeler Bernkasteler Doctor (375) Trockenbeerenauslese 2004 Gunderloch Nachenheimer Rothenberg, Trockenbeerenauslese (375) 2001 Toni Jost Bacharacher Han, Trockenbeerenauslese (375), Mittelrhein 2005 Mller-Catoir, Gimmeldinger Schlel, Rieslaner Trockenbeerenauslese (375), Pfalz
1989 Peter Nicolay rziger Wrzgarten, Trockenbeerenauslese (750) Also see Dessert Wines, pages 139 and 144 for additional selections

Rieslaner is a cross of the Silvaner and Riesling grape that was first produced in Veitshcheim, Franconia, Germany in 1921. It is a late ripening grape that is fairly high in acidity and can produce vivid wines. Today it is mostly grown in the Franconia (Franken) region and in the Palatinate (Pfalz) region of Germany where the grape is often affected by botrytis.

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Alsatian Riesling

2002 Marcel Deiss, Grand Cru Grand Vin Altenberg de Bergheim (cuve of varietals) $165 2002 Marcel Deiss, Grand Cru, Schoenenbourg (varietal cuve) $157 2002 Marcel Deiss Bergheim, Grasberg $85
Alsace is one of the
worlds most charming wine regions. Spotless half-timbered villages are tucked every two kilometers along the Route de Vin at the base of the Vosges Mountains. The best are powerful and dramatic and can be enjoyed by themselves or even with red meat.

Alsace (also see gewurztraminer & Dessert wines) Domaine Marcel Deiss

Domaines Schlumberger
1997 Domaines Schlumberger, Les Princes Abbes $35 $45 $220 $79 $200 $150 $575 $300 $225 $122 $112 $170

Domaine Schoffit
2000 Domaine Schoffit Gewurztraminer, Cuve Alexandre 1976 1987 1988 1990 1989 1989 1990 1997 1998 1996

Domaine Trimbach
Trimbach Trimbach Trimbach Trimbach Trimbach Trimach Trimbach Trimbach Trimbach Trimbach

Cuve Frdric Emile Cuve Frdric Emile (375) Clos Ste. Hune Clos Ste. Hune (375) Clos Ste. Hune V.T. Cuve Frdric Emile V,T. (375) Cuve Frdric Emile S.G.N. Cuve Frdric Emile Cuve Frdric Emile Clos Ste. Hune

1998 2002 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002

Domaine Weinbach

Gewurztraminer Gewurztraminer Gewurztraminer Gewurztraminer Domaine Weinbach Domaine Weinbach Domaine Weinbach Domaine Weinbach Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht Zind-Humbrecht

Altenbourg, Cuve Laurence (750) $125 Altenbourg, Cuve Laurence (750) $125 Altenbourg, Cuve Laurence (375) $70 Altenbourg, Cuve Laurence (750) $120 Schlossberg, Clos des Capucins, G.C. (375) $50 Schlossberg, Grand Cru $75 Schlossberg Cuve Ste. Catherine (375) $67 Schlossberg Cuve Ste. Catherine $110 Heimbourg, Turckheim Heimbourg, Turckheim Heimbourg, Turckheim Heimbourg, Turckheim Brand, Grand Cru, Turckheim Clos St. Urbain, Rangen, Grand Cru Clos St. Urbain, Rangen (375 ml) $100 $95 $95 $90 $115 $150 $80

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht
1997 1998 1999 2000 1999 2000 2000
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Kamptal Kremstal Wachau Lower Austria

Vienna

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Styria

Austrian Rieslings are among the best in the world. Think the weight of Alsacebut with a flower and minerality all their own.

Austrian Riesling Leo Alzinger

2001 Alzinger 2001 Alzinger

Smaragd Drnsteiner Liebenberg $80 Smaragd Loibner Loibenberg $85

Willi Brndlmayer
2002 Brndlmayer

Zobinger Heiligenstein

$65

Ludwig Hiedler
1998 2001 2001 2002 Hiedler Hiedler Hiedler Hiedler

Maximum Gaisberg Maximum Thal

$95 $60 $80 $50

Josef Hirsch
2001 2001 2001 2006 Hirsch Hirsch Hirsch Hirsch

Zbinger Heiligenstein Zbinger Gaisberg Alte Reben (mag) Gaitsberg Alte Reben Heligenstein

$65 $155 $60 $55

Familie Nigl
2000 Nigl 2001 Nigl 2000 Nigl

Kremser Kremsleiten Privat (Nigls best wine of vintage) Rehberger Goldberg

$60 $85 $70

Nikolaihof-Wachau
1993 1999 2000 2000 2001 2000 2001 Nikolaihof Nikolaihof Nikolaihof Nikolaihof Nikolaihof Nikolaihof Nikolaihof

Smaragd Trocken Vom Stein Smaragd Im Weingebirge Junglernwein Im Weingebirge Smaragd Im Weingebirge Smaragd Im Weingebirge Steiner Hund Reserve Federspiel Vom Stein

$90 $85 $80 $85 $80 $80 $50

Erich Salomon
2001 Salomon 2000 Salomon 1990 Salomon

Hochterrassen Kogl Reserve Pfaffenberg

$35 $65 $80

2002 Schloss Gobelsburg

Schloss Gobelsburg

Riesling vom Urgestein (375 ml)

$40

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Austrian Grner Veltliner Franz Hirtzberger
2001 Hirtzberger

Smaragd Rotes Tor, Wachau

$100

Ludwig Hiedler
2002 Hiedler

Lss

$35

Josef Hirsch
In the spring of 2003,

former Herbfarm sommelier Christine Mayo

spent two weeks in Austria, tasting and studying the wines of that beautiful land. These wines are of themselves. They are not German wines in disguise, but distinctly Austrian crisp, snappy, dry, and vigorous.

2001 Hirsch 2002 Hirsch 2006 Hirsch

Heiligenstein, Kamptal Veltliner #1, Kamptal Heiligenstein, Kamptal

$49 $29 $45

Familie Nigl
1997 Nigl 2002 Nigl 2002 Nigl

Alte Reben Kremser Freiheit, Kremstal Privat (Nigls best wine of vintage)

$125 $35 $72

Grner Veltliner is Austrias biggest claim to fame. This is a grape that, like Chardonnay, can make wines that span the range from a zingy thirstquencher to a big, robust wine.

Nikolaihof-Wachau
2002 Nikolaihof

Hefeabzug

$45

2002 Schloss Gobelsburg 2002 Schloss Gobelsburg

Schloss Gobelsburg

Steinsetz Steinsetz (375 ml)

$40 $30

Erich Salomon
There are only about 500 acres of the Roter Veltliner grape in the world. It produces a slightly fuller wine with apple-skin characteristics.

2001 Erich Salomon 2006 Erich Salomon

Hochterrassen Lindberg

$30 $45

Mantlerhof

2004 Mantlerhof

Roter Veltliner, Reisenthal

$47

Italian White Wines Jermann: Venezia Giulia

2006 Jermann, Pinot Grigio, Venezia Giulia, IGT 2005 Jermann, Bianco, Were Dreams IGT 2005 Jermann, Vintage Tunina, IGT $49 $115 $112

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Loire Valley White
2004 Bellivire, Cteaux du Loire Blanc, VV, , LEffraie $38

Muscadet
2004 2005 2003 2003 2004 Ppire (Marc Ollivier), S&M Sur Lie V.V., Clos des Briords $29 Ppire (Marc Ollivier), S&M Sur Lie V.V., Briords (1500ml) $64 Domaine de lEcu Muscadet S&M Cuve Orthogneiss $32 Domaine de lEcu Muscadet S&M Expression de Granite $32 Domaine de lEcu (Guy Bossard) Muscadet Svre et Maine, Sur Lie, Expression de Granit $32 $49

Anjou
The Loire River Valley
hosts some of the greatest white wines in the world, stunning, thrilling wines that should be much better known. The leading white grapes are Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc. Both are grapes that produce unique examples of themselves in only a tiny number of other places in the world.

2004 Dom. Sansonnire (Mark Angli), Anjou Blanc, La Lune

Cteaux-du-Layon
2004 Domaine des Baumard, Carte dOr $42 NV Baumard, Cuve Ancienne (15 vintages: 1967-1988) $65 02002 Philippe Delesvaux $35 2001 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500) $135 2002 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500) $145 2003 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500) $115 1995 Ch. Soucherie/Tijou, C.d.L., Beaulieu Cuve de la Tour (500) $89 1959 Moulin Touchais, Cteaux du Layon, Melleux $300 1970 Moulin Touchais, Cteaux du Layon, Melleux $240 1971 Moulin Touchais, Cteaux du Layon, Melleux $149 1989 Moulin Touchais, Cteaux du Layon, Melleux $93 1993 Moulin Touchais, Cteaux du Layon, Melleux $73

Savennires
2003 1986 1988 2000 2002 2002 1999 2002 1988 1990 1991 1997 1998 2001 2002
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2003 Domaine des Baumard, Quarts de Chaume

$99

Saumur-Champigny & Saumurois

2004 Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur Blanc, Insolite $55 2001 Clos Rougeard, Saumur Blanc, Brze $105 2001 Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, Le Bourg (rouge) $105

Chinon (Blanc)
2008 Couly-Dutheil, Chinon Blanc, Les Chanteaux $59 $110 $37 $37 $290 $32 $34 $140 $45 $47 $36 $130 $32 $1,100 $1,600 $750 $400 $335 $125 $78 $70 $75 $155 $230 $38 $109 $95 $89 $130 $45 $65
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Florent Baumard, head of Domaine des Baumard, says that 80% of wine is made in the vineyard but the 20% that takes place at the pressing in the winery can ruin the 80% if not handled properly. The fresh press juice is blanketed with CO2 to prevent oxidation. Baumards grape pressing is so gentle that each batch takes six hours to complete.

Vouvray-Montlouis
2003 2004 2005 1959 2001 2003 1989 2003 2003 2004 2003 2003 1924 1947 1959 1971 1989 1997 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2005 2000 2000 2004 2004 2003 Aubuisires, Vouvray, Cuve Alexandre Aubuisires, Vouvray, Cuve de Silex Aubuisires, Vouvray, Cuve de Silex Bourillon-dOrlans, Vouvray Melleux Bourillon-dOrlans, Vouvray Sec, Vieilles Vignes Bourillon-dOrlans, Demi-Sec V.V., La Bourdonnerie Champalou, Vouvray, Cuve CC Champalou, Vouvray, La Cuve des Fondraux Champalou, Vouvray, Cuve Melleuse Franois Chidaine, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Clos du Breuil Franois Chidaine, M.-sur-L., Liquoreux Les Lys (500) Patrice Colin, Cteaux du Vendomois Huet, Vouvary, Le Haut Lieu, Melleux Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut Lieu, Melleux Huet, Vouvray, Clos Du Bourg Melleux Huet, Vouvray, Clos Du Bourg Melleux Huet, Vouvray, Clos Du Bourg Melleux, 1er Trie Huet, Vouvray, Clos Du Bourg Melleux, 1er Trie (375) Huet, Vouvray, Clos Du Bourg Demi Sec Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut Lieu Demi Sec Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut Lieu 1er Trie, Melleux (375) Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut Lieu 1er Trie, Melleux (750) Huet-Pinguet, Cuve Constance, (dessert wine) (500) dOrfeuilles, Vouvray, Silex de Ladoucette au Chteau du Nozet, Baron de L Didier Dagueneau, En Chailloux Didier Dagueneau, Blanc Fum de Pouilly Didier Dagueneau, Buisson Renard Domaine Herv Seguin
(Considered by some the greatest white wine ever made. We agree.)

Loire Valley Chenin Blanc

Expect a varying cocktail of racy flavors and aromas: honey, flowers, perfume, peach, apple, quince, lemon, wax, oil, limestone, and straw. As the worlds greatest and most exciting Chenin Blancs, expect those of the Loire to exhibit layers of unfolding flavors.

Decoding the Label

Sec=dry Demi-Sec=a little sweet and richer, a bit fleshier than sec. Melleux=pretty darn sweet, but usually offset with lively acidity. Wonderful with spicy food. Or pair it with blue cheese or not-toosweet desserts. Trie=a picking pass through the vineyard. Chenin Blanc doesnt ripen all of its grapes at the same time. The pickers are usually looking for ripe grapes touched with botrytis. Tries are usually 7 to 10 days apart.

Pouilly-Fum

Quincy
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Sancerre
2002 2004 2005 2001 2004 2002
Sancerre and PouillyFum are perfect with
goat cheeses, in particular the pairing of Sancerre and Crottin de Chavignol is considered a French classic.

Hippolyte Reverdy Hippolyte Reverdy, Reine Blanche Hippolyte Reverdy Lucien Crochet, La Croix du Roy Henri Pelle, La Croix au Garde Philippe Raimbault, Apud Sariacum

$49 $42 $44 $47 $46 $45

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Moulin Vent. A picturesque wind mill near

Savenniers.

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White Hermitage

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Chapoutier
1997 Chapoutier 1998 Chapoutier Ermitage de lOre Chante-Alouette Hermitage Blanc. Hermitage Blanc. $320 $110 $135 $300 $120

J.L. Chave
White Hermitage can be a massive wine redolent of its place of birth. It expresses an intriguing sense of oil, resin, and earth. For some, the more you drink it, the more you want.

1993 Jean-Louis Chave 2001 Jean-Louis Chave

Paul Jaboulet
2000 Paul Jaboulet, Hermitage, Le Chevalier de Sterimberg

Chteau-Grillet

Chteau-Grillet
1974 Chteau-Grillet 2001 Chteau-Grillet Cuve Renaissance Tirage Limit $240 $169

Condrieu

Guigal
2002 E. Guigal Condrieu $125

Other White Rhne

Chteau Rayas
2000 Chteau Rayas Chteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Rserv $185 Ctes-du-Rhne Blanc Ctes-du-Rhne Blanc Ctes-du-Rhne Blanc $35 $35 $42

Auguste Clape
1998 Auguste Clape 1999 Auguste Clape 2000 Auguste Clape

Jura

Domaine Tissot
2004 Domaine Stphane Tissot, Arbois, Savagnin $70

Vin de Pays des Ctes de Gascogne

La Hitaire
2008 La Hitaire Blanc, Les Tours $35 Les Tours is a cuve made from 65% Ugni Blanc, 30% Colombard and 5% Gros Mansang. All of the vines used in this cuve are 50+ years old. This is a delicious, forward wine with intense orchard fruit scents and flavors. 10.5% abv.

Savoie: Roussette de Savoie

2007 Domaine Edmund Jacqin, Roussette de Savoie Marestel $47
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B
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Chablis Chablis

BURGUNDY
Dijon Nuits-St. Georges Beaune

Cte de Nuits

Cte de Beaune Cte Chalonnaise

Cte de Nuits and the Cte de Beaune together make the Cte dOr

Chalon-Sur-Sane

urgundy, the wine and the Sane Mconnais region, is quite likely the finest and most intriguing areas in the Beaujeu wine kingdom. Thanks to the Beaujolais French Revolution and to Napoleonic law, France the vineyardsand hence the winesof Burgundy (Bourgogne in French) are also among the worlds most complicated. But dont let that stop you. Arguably no other wines so express a sense of place as those of Burgundy. Though Pinot Noir and Chardonnay dominate the region, the wines are not about Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. Burgundy is about what a particular site has to say about Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. They are the voices through which the message is expressed. Burgundy is produced in small quantities. Please enjoy our selections of Burgundy wines.

Leading burgundy appeLLations

CHABLIS CTE DE NUITS Chablis Marsannay Fixin Gevrey-Chambertin Morey-St.-Denis Vougeot Chambolle-Musigny Vosne-Romanee Flagey-Echezeaux Nuits-St.Georges Savigny-les-Beaune Aloxe-Corton Pommard Beaune Volany Monthelie Auxey-Duresses Meursault Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet Santenay
Rully, Mercurey, Givry, Montagny
White Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red White White White White Red Red White

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Red Burgundy: Domaine

de la Romane-Conti

A fabulous thingmysterious, sensuous, transcendental, the greatest wine in the dukedom of Burgundy, once reserved for the table of princes, its origins blurred in the mists of timecannot help but spawn fabulists. For two centuries, no wineno vineyardhas so deeply and so consistently motivated mans mythologizing instinct as La Romane-Conti.
Richard Olney: Romane-Conti: The Worlds Most Fabled Wine

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Domaine de la Romane-Conti La Tche

1996 Romane Conti 1970 Romane Conti 1997 Romane Conti 1999 Romane Conti 1995 Romane Conti 1996 Romane Conti 1997 Romane Conti La Tche (MONOPOLE), Grand Cru Richebourg, Grand Cru Richebourg, Grand Cru Richebourg, Grand Cru $6000 $2000 $1350 $4000

Richebourg

Romane-St.-Vivant

Romane-St.-Vivant, Grand Cru $1900 Romane-St.-Vivant, Grand Cru $3000 Romane-St.-Vivant, Grand Cru $1900

1996 Romane Conti 1997 Romane Conti

Grands-chzeaux

Grands-chzeaux, Grand Cru Grands-chzeaux, Grand Cru

$4000 $2200

The Domaine de la Romane-Conti makes a single Grand Cru white wine of great rarity. Romane-Conti Le Montrachet
2000 Romane Conti Le Montrachet, Grand Cru $7000

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Cteaux Champenois

A few hundred years ago, Champagne was famous for its red wines. The most coveted of these came from the best vineyards of A. La Cte aux Enfants is a superb vineyard of fewer than two acres in the heart of the famous grand cru of A. Bollinger uses this Pinot Noir to make a red Cteaux Champenois, a still red wine of the Champagne region. Only a tiny quantity is produced in the very best years. 1997 Bollinger A Rouge, La Cte aux Enfants $155

Bourgogne Rouge, Marsannay, Chalonnaise, Fixin

2002 2002 2005 1998 1996 1998 1997 1998 2001 2005 2003 Charles Audoin, Marsannay, Cuve Marie Ragonneau Bernard Dugat-Py Bourgogne Rouge Bertagna Hautes Ctes du Nuits Leroy Bourgogne Rouge Louis Jadot Cte de Nuits-Villages, Vaucrains Alex Gambal Fixin, Vieilles Vignes Dominique Laurent Fixin, Cuve Tradition Dominique Laurent Bourgogne Rouge Mo-Camuzet Bourgogne Rouge Taupenot-Merme Bourgogne Rouge Jacky Truchot-Martin Bourgogne Rouge $68 $65 $52 $79 $60 $70 $89 $47 $99 $98 $98

Gevrey-Chambertin
2002 Domaine Arlaud 1999 Alex Gambal Aux Combottes, 1er Cru $165 Chambertin-Clos-de-Bze, Grand Cru $195

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1997 1997 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 1995 2002 2001 2001 2002 1985 1985 1990 1994 2002 1996 1997 1998 2001 1987 1997 2003 2003 Alain Burguet Gevrey-Chambertin, Vieilles Vignes $175 Bernard Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru $390 Bernard Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru $590 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin $350 Bernard Dugat-Py Mazis-Chambertin $665 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin, Vieilles Vignes $210 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin, Coeur de Roi $275 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru $390 Dupont-Tisserandot Les Cazetiers, 1er Cru $102 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin $122 Frdric Esmonin Mazy-Chambertin, Grand Cru $135 Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos Saint Jacques $325 Leroy Gevrey Chambertin, Corbeaux $700 Leroy Charmes Chambertin $945 Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin, Combottes, 1er $895 Henri Perrot-Minot Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru $150 Harmand-Geoffroy,Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Bossire $135 Joseph Roty, Gevrey-Chambertin, La Brunelle $110 Joseph Roty, Gevrey-Chambertin, La Brunelle $89 Joseph Roty, Gevrey-Chambertin, Cuve Champs Chenys $107 Joseph Roty, Gevrey-Chambertin, Cuve Champs Chenys $90 Joseph Roty, Charmes-Chambertin, Trs Vieilles Vignes $380 Joseph Roty, Charmes-Chambertin, Trs Vieilles Vignes $300 Jacky Truchot-Martin, Charmes-Chambertin, Vieilles Vignes $265 Jacky Truchot-Martin Gevrey-Chambertin, Combottes $229

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Cyril Audoin, son of the

founders, has been on board at Domaine Charles Audoin since 2000.

Morey-Saint-Denis
2002 1998 2000 2001 2002 1996 2002 2005 2005 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 Domaine Bertagne Clos-Saint-Denis, Grand Cru Domaine Dujac Morey-Saint-Denis Domaine Dujac Morey-Saint-Denis Domaine Dujac Clos-de-la-Roche, Grand Cru Vincent Girardin Clos-de-la-Roche, Grand Cru Louis Jadot Clos-Saint-Denis, Grand Cru Louis Jadot Clos-Saint-Denis, Grand Cru Clos des Lambrays Clos-des-Lambrays, Grand Cru Clos des Lambrays Morey-St.-Denis, Les Loups Philippe et Vincent Lcheneaut, Morey-Saint-Denis Jacky Truhcot-Martin Clos-de-la-Roche, Grand Cru Jacky Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis, Vieilles Vignes Jacky Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis, Blanchards Jacky Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis, Clos Sorbe Jacky Truchot-Martin Clos-de-la-Roche, Grand Cru $245 $110 $105 $440 $240 $210 $250 $279 $162 $95 $157 $97 $123 $123 $165 $119 $160 $75

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Didier Chevillon is now making the wine at Domaine DupontTisserandot.

Chambolle Musigny
1996 Alex Gambal-Maison Bigot Les Lavrottes, 1er Cru, V.V. 2001 Domaine Dujac Chambolle Musigny 1996 Labour-Roi Chambolle Musigny, 1er
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2001 1995 1996 2003 2005 2005 2005 1989 2001 2002 1970 2000 1997 1999 2001 2000 1997 2000 1997 1997 1990 1993 1995 1998 2003 2001 2005 2005 Perrot-Minot, Chambolle Musigny, La Combe DOrveau Robert Groffier Chambolle Musigny, Les Amoureuses Robert Groffier Bonnes-Mares, Grand Cru Jacques Prieur Musigny, Grand Cru Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle Musigny, Fuees Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle Musigny, Noirots Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle Musigny, Sentieres Comte Georges de Vog, Chambolle Musigny, 1er Cru Comte Georges de Vog, Chambolle Musigny, 1er Cru $140 $260 $295 $405 $149 $149 $175 $1000 $255

Vougeot
Bertagna, Clos de Vougeot, Clos de la Perrire, Grand Cru $245 Daniel Chopin Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $220 Anne Gros, Clos de Vougeot, Le Grand Maupertui, Grand Cru $200 Louis Jadot Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $175 Louis Jadot Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $175 Louis Jadot Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $158 Leroy Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $550 Mo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $190 Mo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $240 Robert Arnoux Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru $180 Alex Gambal-Maison Bigot Bouchard Pre et Fils Bouchard Pre et Fils Bouchard Pre et Fils Joseph Drouhin Bernard Dugat-Py Michel Gros Emmanuel Rouget Emmanuel Rouget Les Malconsorts, 1er Cru $165 La Romane (magnum) $1,200 La Romane $390 La Romane (magnum) $700 Romanee-St. Vivant, Grand Cru $295 Vosne Romane, Vieilles Vignes $279 Aux Brles $145 Vosne-Romane $190 Vosne-Romane, Cros-Parantoux $820
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Vosne-Romane

Flagey-chzeaux
2002 1998 1996 1997 1969 2002 2005 2001 1995 1996 2000 2001
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Bruno Desaunnay-Bissey Grands chzeaux, Grand Cru, V.V. Jayer-Giles chzeaux du Dessus Louis Jadot chzeaux, Grand Cru Vincent Girardin chzeaux, Grand Cru Leroy chzeaux, Grand Cru Dominique Mugneret chzeaux, Grand Cru Emmanuel Rouget chzeaux, Grand Cru Domaine de lArlot Robert Chevillon Robert Chevillon Robert Chevillon Robert Chevillon

$205 $300 $230 $140 $400 $190 $425

Nuits-St.-Georges
Clos-des-Forts-St.-Georges $120 Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Chaignots $190 Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Pruliers $173 Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Bousselots $145 Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Cailles $165
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Robert Chevillon
is known for the consistent excellence of his Nuits-St.-Georges vintage after vintage.

Vougeot continued from page 107 2001 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Pruliers $135 2001 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Roncires $135 2001 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Vaucrains $165 2002 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges $99 2002 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Pruliers $137 2002 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Bousselots $137 2005 Chevillon-Chezeaux Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Bousselots $109flambra 2003 Henri Gouges Nuits-St.-Georges, Chanes Carteaux $119 2000 Leroy Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Bousselots $210 1997 Dominique Laurent Nuits-St. Georges, Les Saint Georges $115 1996 Dominique Laurent Nuits-St.-Georges $80 1995 Hudelot-Nollat Nuits-St.-Georges, Les Murgers $125 1996 Daniel Rion Nuits-St.-Georges, Clos des Argillires $115 2002 Daniel Rion Nuits-St.-Georges, Vieilles Vignes $97 1996 Emmanuel Rouget Nuits-St.-Georges $170 1997 Emmanuel Rouget Nuits-St.-Georges $145 1998 Emmanuel Rouget Nuits-St.-Georges $125

Michel Gros made his first vintage in 1975. His wines are the pure essence of Pinot Noir.

Aloxe Corton
1994 Ambroise 2002 Bouchard Pre & Fils 1999 Louis Jadot Corton Le Corton Corton, Pougets, Grand Cru $175 $120 $125

Beaune
1976 Louis Latour Beaune, Vignes Franches, 1er cru $125

Savigny-les-Beaune
1990 Simon Bize et Fils 1996 Simon Bize et Fils 1996 Simon Bize et Fils Savigny-les-Beaune, Aux Vergelesses $134 Savigny-les-Beaune, Serpentires $120 Savigny-les-Beaune, Vergelesses $124

Pommard
1989 1996 1998 1999 2001 2002 1992 1998 1990 1999 1998 1997 2001
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Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Epeneaux, 1er Cru Clos-des-Chnes, 1er Cru Pommard, 1er Cru Les penotes, 1er Cru Clos-des-Chnes, 1er Cru Pommard, Les Pozerolles Pommard, Grands penots Pommard, penotes,1er Cru

$197 $210 $140 $200 $170 $160 $130 $140 $150 $120 $110 $110 $99

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Volnay, Chassagne & Santenay

2000 2004 1996 1999 1999 1997 1985 1996 1992 2001 2001 1976 1988 2002 2003 Marquis dAngerville Volnay, 1er Cru $74 Marquis dAngerville Volnay, Clos-des-Ducs 1er Cru $185 Ren Lequin-Colin Santenay, Le Passe Temps $60 Michel Colin-Delger, Chassagne Montrachet Morgeots Rouge $75 Joseph Drouhin Volnay, Clos-des-Chnes $130 Vincent Girardin Volnay, Champans $80 Jean-Nol Gagnard Santenay, Clos-des-Tavannes, 1er $105 Jean-Nol Gagnard, Chassagne Montrachet Morgeots Rouge $97 Michel Lafarge Volnay, Clos-des-Chnes $185 Michel Lafarge Volnay $83 Michel Lafarge Volnay, Clos-des-Chnes $170 Leroy Volnay $450 Pousse dOr Santenay, Clos de Tavannes, 2er $105 Pousse dOr, Volnay, Corton Bressandes, 1er Cru $165 Saint-Marc Santenay $57

Monthlie & Auxey-Duresses

2003 1990 1999 1990
Passetoutgrain is a
blend of Gamay and Pinot Noir.

Domaine de Comtes Lafon Louis Jadot Leroy Monthlie-Douhairet

Monthlie-Les-Duresses, 1er Cru Monthlie Les Duresses Monthlie

$116 $75 $150 $88

Bourgogne Passetoutgrain
2002 Robert Chevillon Passetoutgrain $40

Beaujolais
2001 Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2003 Pierre et Paul Durdilly Beaujolais Villages 2007 Terres Dores Beaujolais Nouveau $19 $24 $30

Austrian Pinot Noir

2003 Peter Schandl Pinot Noir, Burgenland Red Angel on Moonlight Pinot Noir, Krafuss $88 $64 $88

Italian Pinot Noir

2003 Jermann 2000 Alois Lageder

Swiss Pinot Noir

2000 Daniel Gantenbein Graubnden, Pinot Noir aus Flsch $199

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Red Bordeaux Les vins rouges du Bordeaux

Bordeaux derives from au bord de leau, meaning along the waters. The region of Bordeaux lies along the path of three important French riversthe mighty Gironde estuary and the two significant rivers that feed it, the Dordogne and the Garonne. The Atlantic Ocean is only an hour to the west.
Oak fermentation tanks at Chteau Mouton Rothschild

FRANCE Bordeaux

Bordeaux is both literally Leading bordeaux appeLLations See and psychologically a red Barsac White: dry & sweet Page 142 wine region. Eighty percent Graves Red White Page 118 of the wine is red. Five red Margaux* Red Page 117 wine grape varietals are Pauillac* Red Page 112 grown here, and they are Pessac-Lognan Red White Page 118 almost always blended Pomerol Red Page 119 together. The two dominant St.-Emilion Red Page 118 St.-Estphe* Red Page 112 and indigenous grapes are St.-Julien* Red Page 116 Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauternes White: dry & sweet Page 142 Merlot. Cabernet Franc, Petit *These appellations are within the region known as the Haut-Mdoc, itself within an ever larger region, the Mdoc. Verdot, and Malbec are also grown. Smillon and Sauvignon Blanc are the predominant white grapes of Barsac and Sauternes. See page 142 for the great dessert wines of Bordeaux. Unlike wines often made from these same grapes in places like California and Australia, Bordeaux wines are about elegance and intensity of flavor. The are rarely massive or powerful. Please enjoy our 250 selections of fine Bordeaux wines.
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Saint-Estphe Cos dEstournel is the leading estate in Saint-Estphe. Its high proportion of Merlot gives it a delicious plummy flavor and a more perfumed nose than most other wines on the clay soils typical of Saint-Estphe. Chteau Cos dEstournel
1966 1974 1995 1999 2000 2001 Chteau Cos dEstournel Chteau Cos dEstournel Chteau Cos dEstournel Chteau Cos dEstournel Chteau Cos dEstournel Chteau Cos dEstournel Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru $410 $185 $395 $250 $295 $240

Chteau Montrose
1970 Chteau Montrose 1986 Chteau Montrose Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru $450 $295

Pauillac
When Baron Philippe de Rothschild
purchased Chteau dArmailhac125 acres adjoining Chteau Mouton-Rothschildin 1956, he changed the name to Chteau Mouton-Baronne Philippe. The name was changed back in 1989.

Chteau dArmailhaq (a.k.a. dArmailhac)

1947 Chteau dArmailhaq, Cinquime Cru (stained label) 1970 Chteau Mouton Baronne-Philippe Cinquime Cru 1997 Chteau dArmailhaq Cinquime Cru $900 $195 $12mouton-Roth0

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Chteau Mouton-Rothschild
1967 Chteau Mouton-Rothschild 1970 Chteau Mouton-Rothschild
Moutons Baron Philippe de Rothschild died in 1988, ending a most remarkable life. For 65 years he managed the estate of Chteau MoutonRothschild, raising it from a run down second growth to one of the most famous wines in the world.

Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru

$450 $500

1982 1985 1988 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003

Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Chteau Mouton-Rothschild

Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru

$1,850 Parker Perfect 100 $925 $690 Wine SPectator 100 PtS. $700 $850 $750 $750 $950 $1900 $990

Chteau Lafite-Rothschild
1975 1981 1985 1997 Chteau Lafite-Rothschild Chteau Lafite-Rothschild Chteau Lafite-Rothschild Chteau Lafite-Rothschild Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru (375 ml) $1200 $1600 $1700 $720

I hasten to renew my thanks and I take the liberty of asking for a favour. The excellent wines called La Fite are produced by your people. If you have some of the 1784 vintage, and if you could accommodate me with 250 bottles, I would be infinitely grateful. If it is possible to have them bottled at your place, this would be a guarantee that the wine is natural and well drawn.Will you then allow me sir, to call on you directly anytime I need wines produced by your house? Thomas Jefferson
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Chteau Latour is a model of excellence in great as well as mocre vintages. When mature, it shows powerful, yet-balanced black currant, leather, cedar, and mineral scents and flavors.

Impressively situated on the Pauillac-St.-Julien border, Chteau Latours vineyard can be identified by its creamcolored, fortress-like tour, or tower. The tower was used in the exciting 15th century to fend off marauding pirates. In these slightly more civilized days, Latour is better known for producing consistently superb wines, whether in great, average, or so-so vintages. is an impeccable wine of great power. Latour is also one of the most concentrated, rich, and full-bodied wines in the world. For these reasons many feel that Chteau Latour is the Mdocs finest wine. Chteau Latour
1937 1950 1964 1967 1975 1982 1983 1988 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Chteau Latour Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru $3,400 $1,900 $1,250 $750 $1100 $2950 Parker Perfect 100 $900 $1050 $1950 $800 $950 $1100 $1900 Parker 99 PointS $1100 $1500

Chteau Latour keeps separate the harvest of its young vines and other vineyard sites within its property that it deems not grand enough. These are used to create the Chteaus second label, Les Forts de Latour. The character of Les Forts de Latour is very similar to the First Growth Latour, only lighter and quicker to mature.
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Chteau Lynch-Bages
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Chteau Lynch-Bages Chteau Lynch-Bages Chteau Lynch-Bages Chteau Lynch-Bages

Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru

$395 $545 $295 $350

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Chteau PichonLalande is situated next to

Chteau Latour. Under the directorship of May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, PichonLalande has produced a run of wonderful offerings, the wines being at once glamorous and opulent!

1970 1978 1979 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Chteau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Lalande

Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru (375)

$500 $500 $450 $240 $500 $425 $250 $270 $400 $400 $240 $220 $215 $250 $400 $475 $150 $219 $220 $500

Chteau Pontet-Canet
1970 1995 1996 1998 2000

Chteau Pontet-Canet Chteau Pontet-Canet Chteau Pontet-Canet Chteau Pontet-Canet Chteau Pontet-Canet

Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru Cinquime Cru

$320 $295 $290 $175 $400

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1970 Chteau Beychevelle 1975 Chteau Beychevelle 2000 Chteau Beychevelle

Quatrime Cru Quatrime Cru Quatrime Cru

$400 $265 $350

Chteau Branaire

1996 Chteau Branaire

Quatrime Cru

$150

1966 1967 1975 1985 1985 1998

Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou
Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Deuxime Cru $425 Deuxime Cru $210 Deuxime Cru $380 Deuxime Cru $450 Deuxime Cru (cut capsule) $405 Deuxime Cru (375) $250

Chteau Gloria

1982 Chteau Gloria 1990 Chteau Gloria 1995 Chteau Gloria

St. Julien St. Julien St. Julien

$425 $300 $140

Chteau Gruaud-Larose
1982 1986 1988 1989 1997 1999 2000

Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose Chteau Gruaud-Larose

Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru (magnum) Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru

$800 $1000 $300 $390 $150 $170 $350

Chteau Loville-Las-Cases
1966 1970 1980 1982 1983 1985 1995 1996 1998 1999 2001
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$475 $450 $150 $950 Parker Perfect 100 $500 $550 $425 $600 $315 $390 $700

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Chteau Talbot Margaux

1986 Chteau Talbot

Quatrime Cru

$325

Chteau Giscours

1970 Chteau Giscours 1971 Chteau Giscours

Third Growth Third Growth

$290 $125

Chteau Palmer

1978 Chteau Palmer 2000 Chteau Palmer

Deuxime Cru Deuxime Cru

$400 $825

Chteau Prieure-Lichine Chteau Margaux

1980 1983 1985 1990 1994 1996 1999 1999 2000 2001

2000 Chteau Prieure-Lichine

Deuxime Cru

$225chate

Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Chteau Margaux Premier Cru Pavillon Rouge du Chteau Margaux Pavillon Rouge du Chteau Margaux Pavillon Rouge du Chteau Margaux

$700 $1200 $950 $1800 $750 $1400 $825 $300 $419 $350

Chteau Rauzan-Sgla
1988 1989 1995 1998 1998

Chteau Rauzan-Sgla Chteau Rauzan-Sgla Chteau Rauzan-Sgla Chteau Rauzan-Sgla Chteau Rauzan-Sgla

Deuxime Cru $300 Deuxime Cru $400 Deuxime Cru $300 Deuxime Cru $240 Deuxime Cru (magnum) $500

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Red Bordeaux: Pessac-Lognan, St. Emilion & Pomerol Pessac-Lognan/Les Graves Chteau Haut-Bailly
1970 Chteau Haut-Bailly Cru Class

$325 $1900 $925 $900 $950 $1050 $1600 $500 $320

Chteau Haut-Brion
1982 1985 1986 1996 1998

Chteau Haut-Brion Chteau Haut-Brion Chteau Haut-Brion Chteau Haut-Brion Chteau Haut-Brion

Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru Premier Cru

Chteau La Mission Haut Brion

1955 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion Cru Class (375 ml) 1998 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion Cru Class 1999 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion Cru Class

St. Emilion & Libournaise Chteau Ausone Chteau Canon-La-Gaffelire

1983 Chteau Ausone, Premier Grand Cru Class 1999 Chteau Ausone, Premier Grand Cru Class 1966 Chteau Canon-La-Gaffelire, Grand Cru Class 1998 Chteau Canon-La-Gaffelire, Grand Cru Class 2000 Chteau Canon-La-Gaffelire, Grand Cru Class

$890 $900 $370 $275 $265

1964 Chteau Cheval Blanc Premier Grand Cru (mid-shoulder) $1250 1979 Chteau Cheval Blanc Premier Grand Cru $750 1999 Chteau Cheval Blanc Premier Grand Cru $875

Chteau Cheval Blanc

Chteau Figeac

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1982 Chteau Figeac 2000 Chteau Gracia

Premier Grand Cru St. Emilion Grand Cru

$590 $325 $325 $410 $400 $190 $150 $150

St. Emilion is a charming wine village with many good restaurants and accommodations.

Chteau Gracia

Chteau Pavie & Pavie-Decesse

1989 Chteau Pavie St. Emilion Premier Grand Cru 2001 Chteau Pavie St. Emilion Premier Grand Cru 2000 Chteau Pavie-Decesse St. Emilion Grand Cru

Chteau Quinault

1998 Chteau Quinault 1999 Chteau Quinault 2001 Chteau Quinault

LEnclos, St. Emilion Grand Cru LEnclos, St. Emilion Grand Cru LEnclos, St. Emilion Grand Cru

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1994 Chteau Clinet 1995 Chteau Clinet 1998 Chteau Clinet

$250 $400 $300 $350 $225 $570 $165 $129 $125 $390 $265 $1300 $1900
(375 ml) $3000

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Chteau La Conseillante

1998 Chteau La Conseillante 1999 Chteau La Conseillante 2000 Chteau La Conseillante

Chteau la Croix de Gay

1994 La Croix de Gay

Chteau Clos Ren

1982 Chteau Clos Ren 1983 Chteau Clos Ren

Chteau Lvangile Chteau Ptrus

1983 Chteau Lvangile 1994 Chteau Lvangile 1977 Chteau Ptrus 1978 Chteau Ptrus

Vieux Chteau Certan

1928 Vieux Chteau Certan

Mdoc & Haut-Mdoc Chteau Cissac

1970 Chteau Cissac 1970 Chteau Cissac Cru Bourgeois Cru Bourgeois (magnum) Cru Bourgeois Cru Bourgeois $225 $570 $300 $55

Chteau Greysac

1982 Chteau Greysac 2000 Chteau Greysac

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Slovenian Merlot Blends from Simcic
Simcic, one of Europes greatest winemakers, calls his wines controversial. Just over the Italian border, in the nature-based zone of Gorika Brda in Slovenia, Simcic is turning traditional heads with his stunningly daring wines. Imagine Picasso in his time and you get the idea. His Duet is pure Simcic: bold, compelling, stirring. Its richness is like dessertchocolate, cherries, cheesecake, coffee. The silky tannins underscore a lush, ripe fruit of full body that goes on and on. The Riserva comes from extremely low yields and is richly layered with plum, dark tea, and woodsmoke, a combination that makes it a monumental achievement. 2001 Simi, Duet Basic, Gorika Brda 2000 Simi, Duet Riserva, Gorika Brda Slovenia Slovenia $79 $168

Chteau Musar, Lebanon Chteau Musar was founded in 1930, 15 miles north of Beirut. The grapes are grown at an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Bekaa Valley.
1980 Chteau Musar 1990 Chteau Musar

Chteau Musar

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

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Red Rhne
northern rhne cte Rtie

1997 E. Guigal 1998 E. Guigal

Guigal Ampuis Chapoutier

Cte-Rtie, Ampuis Cte-Rtie, Ampuis Cte-Rtie, La Mordore. Cte-Rtie,

$195 $153 $245 $85

1998 Chapoutier

Eric Texier

2004 Eric Texier

Marcel Guigal is known as a

perfectionist and the superstar of the Cte Rtie (the Roasted Slope), the most northerly vineyard in the Rhne.

Hermitage
1984 Chapoutier 1985 Chapoutier 1997 Chapoutier

Chapoutier

Hermitage, La Sizeranne. Hermitage, La Sizeranne. Hermitage, La Sizeranne. Hermitage Hermitage Hermitage Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle. Hermitage, La Chapelle.

$175 $175 $100 $425 $400 $300 $2,500 $900 Parker Perfect 100 $245 fantaStic Wine $180 $225 $275 $230 $240

J.L. Chave

1991 Domaine J.L. Chave 1998 Domaine J.L. Chave 2001 Domaine J.L. Chave Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An Paul Jaboulet-An

Paul Jaboulet-An
1952 1990 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001

Crozes-Hermitage
2004 Domaine des Hauts Chssis, Cuve les Galets 1990 Paul Jaboulet-An, Domaine de Thalabert 2006 Yann Chave Crozes-Hermitage $59 $265 $62

From his minute cellars in the middle of Cornas, Auguste Clape produces some of the finest wines in the appellation. He has 11 acres of vineyards, the majority being superbly well-sited on the steep hillside surrounding the village. The average vine age is high, with some being more than 100 years old. These wines need cellar time for full enjoyment.
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1997 Domaine J.L. Chave 2000 Domaine J.L. Chave St.-Joseph, Offerus. St.-Joseph. $70 $55

Cornas

Auguste Clape
1984 1998 1999 2000 2005 2005

Auguste Clape Auguste Clape Auguste Clape Auguste Clape Auguste Clape Auguste Clape

Cornas Cornas Cornas Cornas Cornas, Renaissance (20-yr. vines) Cornas

$140 $169 $175 $145 $145 $220

Michael Chapoutier, who took over his family firm in 1989, has produced a run of brilliant wines from his biodynamic vineyards.

Alain Voge

1995 Alain Voge

Cornas, Vieilles Vignes

$150

Southern Rhne Chteauneuf-du-Pape

1989 1989 1990 1998 1998 2001

Chteau de Beaucastel

Chteau de Beaucastel Chteau de Beaucastel Chteau de Beaucastel Chteau de Beaucastel Chteau de Beaucastel Chteau de Beaucastel

Chteauneuf-du-Pape Chteauneuf-du-Pape, lower fill Hommage Jacques Perrin. Chteauneuf-du-Pape (375 ml) Chteauneuf-du-Pape Chteauneuf-du-Pape

$299 $265 $1,200 Parker Perfect 100 $90 $175 $145 $150 $85 $350 $70 $61 $280 $135

2001 Domaine Bois de Boursan, Cuve des Flix, C-d-P

Bois de Boursan

Andr Brunel

2001 Andr Brunel, Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Les Cailloux. 2001 Andr Brunel, Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Cuve Centenaire. 2003 Andr Brunel, Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Les Cailloux 2001 Domaine Charvin, Chteauneuf-du-Pape (375 ml). 1961 Chteau Fortia

Domaine Charvin Chteau Fortia

Chteauneuf-du-Pape.

2003 Dom. de la Janasse Caupin, Chteauneuf-du-Pape.

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Domaine de Mont-Redon Chteau Rayas

1957 Domaine de Mont-Redon , Chteauneuf-du-Pape. 1961 Domaine de Mont-Redon, Chteauneuf-du-Pape. 1998 Chteau Rayas 1999 Chteau Rayas Chteauneuf-du-Pape. Chteauneuf-du-Pape. Chteauneuf-du-Pape.

$450 $450 $500 $220 $135

Pignan

2000 Pignan Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe Vieux Tlgraphe

Vieux Tlgraphe
1986 1995 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2006 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $125 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $170 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $95 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $145 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau. $119 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $79 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau $89 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau (1500) $250

Ctes du Rhne

Chapoutier
1999 Chapoutier Ctes du Rhne, Belleruche $35

Chteau de Fonsalette
1990 1992 1995 1997 1999 2000 Ch. de Fonsalette Ch. de Fonsalette Ch. de Fonsalette Ch. de Fonsalette Ch. de Fonsalette Ch. de Fonsalette Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. Ctes du Rhne, Rserv. $160 $135 $130 $105 $00 $105

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J.L. Chave
2000 J.L. Chave Ctes du Rhne, Mon Coeur. $46

Gigondas

Chateau St. Cosme

2001 Chateau St. Cosme Gigondas, Cuve Valbelle. (mag) $220

Ctes de Provence
1999 Chteau de Mauvanne Cru Class, Ctes de Provence

Chteau de Mauvanne

$45

Vin de Pays dOc

Robert Skalli

1999 Robert Skalli

Syrah, Vin de Pays dOc

$45

Vin de Pays de lHrault

Mourvdre and Syrah 2001 Domaine de le Grange des Pres, Vin de Pays de lHrault $150 2002 Domaine de le Grange des Pres, Vin de Pays de lHrault $137

Grange des Pres

Bandol (Mourvdre)

1999 1999 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002

Domaine Tempier

Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier Domaine Tempier

Bandol Rouge Cuve Spciale, Bandol Bandol Rouge Bandol La Tourtine Bandol Rouge Bandol La Migoua Bandol La Tourtine Bandol Ros (3 liter)

FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

$89 $75 $75 $105 $69 $105 $105 $325

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Trentino-Alto Adige
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Florence

Tenuta Fontodi

Abbazia di Novacella

1999 Abbazia di Novacella 2000 Abbazia di Novacella 2005 Abbazia di Novacella

Praepositus, Lagrein-Dunkel Riserva $81 Praepositus, Lagrein-Dunkel Riserva $75 Kerner $45

Piemonte
Abruzzo Campania

Umbria
Rome

Marziano Abbona
1999 Abbona 1999 Abbona

Barbaresco, Faset Barolo, Pressenda Barolo (La Morra) La Perucca, Nebbiolo Barolo, Lu Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva Barolo Classico Riserva

DOCG $69 DOCG $105

DOCG $98

Elio Altare
Sicily

2000 Elio Altare

Eugenio Bocchino

2004 Eugenio Bocchino 2003 Eugenio Bocchino 1961 1967 1971 1978 1982 1989 1990 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 1998 Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno Giacomo Borgogno

$75 $120
DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC

Giacomo Borgogno & Figli

$440 $359 $340 $340 $320 $309 $279

Bruno Ceretto
Ceretto Ceretto Ceretto Ceretto Ceretto Ceretto

Barolo, Zonchera DOCG $95 Barbaresco, Bricco Asili, DOCG $120 Barbaresco, Bricco Asili, DOCG $290 Barbaresco, Bricco Asili, DOCG $200 Barbaresco, Bricco Asili, DOCG $270 Barolo, Bricco Rocche Bricco Rocche $405 Barbaresco, Rabaj DOCG Barolo, Sperss, DOCG Barolo, Sperss, DOCG Barbaresco, Sori Tilden, DOC Barbaresco, DOCG Barbaresco, Sori Tilden, DOC Barbaresco, DOCG Barbaresco, DOCG Barbaresco, Sori Tilden, DOC $80 $500 $335 $400 $295 $500 $298 $150 $590

2001 Giuseppe Cortese

Giuseppe Cortese
Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja Angelo Gaja

Angelo Gaja
1994 1998 1995 1999 1998 2001 2003 2003
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in Red
Bruno Giacosa

Bruno Giacosa
is a third-generation winemaker. He respects tradition yet believes that the wines of the Piedmont are better today than ever. Giacosas wines are marvelously perfumed on the nose; meaty and full-bodied on the palate. They have a suppleness and elegance that few wines in the region can match.
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Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa Bruno Giacosa

Barbaresco, Rabaj, DOCG $250 Barolo, Le Rocche del Falletto $340 Barbaresco Santo Stefano, DOCG $225 Barolo, DOCG $170 Barolo, Le Rocche del Falletto $270 Barolo, Le Rocche-Falletto (mag) $500 Barbaresco, Santo Stefano, DOCG $237 Barolo, Falletto di Serralunga $240 Barbaresco, Rabaj, DOCG $210 Barbera dAlba, Falletto DOCG $50 Barbaresco, Santo Stefano di Nieve $187

1974 1979 1987 1993 1997

Grasso

Ernesto & Figlio Grasso Barbaresco, Cascina Vecchia Vallegranda DOC $200 Ernesto & Figlio Grasso Barbaresco, Cascina Vecchia Vallegranda DOC $175 Ernesto & Figlio Grasso Barbaresco, Cascina Vecchia Vallegranda DOC $165 Giulio Grasso Barbaresco, Ca del Baio Asili DOCG $150 Giulio Grasso Barbaresco, Ca del Baio Asili DOCG $160

2000 Bruno Rocca

Bruno Rocca

Barbaresco Rabaj DOCG

$205

Marchesi di Gresy
1985 1995 1995 1995 1997 1998 2000 2000

Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy Marchesi di Gresy

Barbaresco, Camp Gros DOCG Barbaresco, Martinenga DOCG Barbaresco, Camp Gros DOCG Barbaresco, Gaiun DOCG Barbaresco, Martinenga DOCG Barbaresco, Gaiun DOCG Barbaresco, Martinenga DOCG Barbaresco, Martinenga (375)

$225 $99 $105 $150 $105 $140 $75 $43

Mario Marengo
1997 M. Marengo

Barolo, Brunate

DOCG $125

Fratelli Monchiero
1999 Monchiero

Barolo, Rocche

DOCG $94

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The accommodations at the Castello di Verduno put you in the heart of Piemontese wine touring.

Produttori del Barbaresco

1990 Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco, DOCG (magnum) 1999 Produttori del Barbaresco, Torre DOCG

$250 $60

1961 Sizzano

Sizzano

Ghemme, DOC

$225

Travaglini

1995 Travaglini 1996 Travaglini 1998 Travaglini

Gattinara Riserva, DOCG Gattinara, DOCG Gattinara, DOCG Barbaresco, Rabaj, DOCG Barbaresco, DOCG

$90 $70 $47 $124 $70

1999 Castello di Verduno 2000 Castello di Verduno

Castello di Verduno

1997 Gianni Voerzio

Gianni Voerzio

Langhe Rosso, Serrapi, DOC

$70

Roberto Voerzio

See next page for the Roberto Voerzio Collection

I TA LY
PieVeneto Tuscany
Florence

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Rome

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Roberto Voerzio is among the brightest stars of Piedmont. Yields from his vineyards are fantastically lowa bottle (or less) per vine. Roberto Voerzio
1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1993 1993 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001

Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Brunate, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Brunate, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Brunate, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Nebbiolo Vignaserra, DOC Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Brunate, DOCG R. Voerzio, Barolo, Rocche dellAnnunziata Torriglione Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Cerequio, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, La Serra, DOCG Roberto Voerzio Barolo, Brunate, DOCG Roberto Voerzio, Barolo, Sarmassa di Barolo, DOCG (mag.) R. Voerzio, Barolo, Rocche dellAnnunziata Torriglione

$260 $240 $325 $260 $260 $220 $220 $210 $240 $240 $550 Wine Spectator 100 ptS. $290 $250 $250 $250 $250 $250 $99 $350 $450 $590 $390 $390 $390 $960 $425

The village and castle of Barolo in the Piemonte.

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Toscana
Altesino
1974 1977 1990 1993 1995 1997 1998 1999 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, DOC Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, DOC Altesino, Brunello di Montalcino, Montosoli, DOCG Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG Altesino, Brunello di Montalcino, Riserva DOCG Altesino, Brunello di Montalcino, Montosoli, DOCG Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG Solaia Solaia Tignanello Tignanello Tignanello Tignanello Tignanello Tignanello Antinoi Toscana Rosso Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT Toscana, IGT (37t ML) Terre di Sandro, IGT Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG $240 $250 $690 $179 $190 $295 $125 $126 $390 $270 $395 $240 $200 $175 $160
$159

Marchese Antinori
1997 2000 1990 1996 1997 1998 1999 2005 2003

$32 $120 $135

2003 Bocelli

Bocelli

Badia a Coltibuono Casanova di Neri

1965 Badia a Coltibuono

1999 Casanova di Neri, Brunello di Montalcino, Tenuta Nuova $175 2001 Casanova di Neri Pietradonice, IGT $217 2001 Casanova di Neri, Brunello di Montalcino, Tenuta Nuova $225

Fattoria Carobbio Castello di Bossi

1999 Fattoria Carobbio

Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, Rancia Chianti Classico, DOCG Chianti Classico, DOCG Fontalloro, DOCG Fontalloro, DOCG

$69 $49 $47 $69 $47 $47 $79 $79

2000 Castello di Bossi

Fattoria di Felsina
1999 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 Felsina Felsina Felsina Felsina Felsina Felsina
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Gallo nero, the black rooster, is the sign of Chianti Classico.

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Italian RedToscana La Fiorita

1998 La Fiorita Tenuta Fontodi Tenuta Fontodi Tenuta Fontodi Tenuta Fontodi Tenuta Fontodi Tenuta Fontodi

Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT Flaccianello della Pieve, IGT

$132 $155 $149 $142 $145 $149 $200

Tenuta Fontodi
1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2001

Tenuta Fontodi is near Panzano in the epicenter of Toscanas viticulture. Fontodis vines enjoy a southern aspect, a position in a natural amphitheatre, and marl soil.

Ron Zimmerman

Marchese de Frescobaldi

1997 Frescobaldi, Brunello di Montalcino Castelgiocondo (mag) $325 1998 Frescobaldi, Brunello di Montalcino Castelgiocondo DOCG $120 1999 Frescobaldi, Brunello di Montalcino Castelgiocondo DOCG $120 1997 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG $125 $87 $47 $390 $300 $190 $104 $130 $115 $87 $600 $350 $390 $215 $108 $87 $325 $250 $270 $350 #1 Wine Spectator top 100 01 $250 $175

Mastrojanni Melini

1969 Melini, Chianti Classico Riserva, DOC (375) 1999 Melini, Selvanella, Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG

1968 1977 1980 1993 1997 1999

Castello di Monsanto
Il Poggio Il Poggio Il Poggio Il Poggio Il Poggio Il Poggio

Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva, DOCG Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG

Palmucci

1994 Poggio di Sotto

1985 1995 1997 1999 2001 2002

San Giusto a Rentennano

San Giusto a Rentennano, Percarlo, Rosso della Toscana, IGT San Giusto a Rentennano, Percarlo, Rosso della Toscana, IGT San Giusto a Rentennano, Percarlo, Rosso della Toscana, IGT San Giusto a Rentennano, Percarlo, Rosso della Toscana, IGT San Giusto a Rentennano, Percarlo, Rosso della Toscana, IGT San Giusto a Rentennano, La Ricolma (Merlot) IGT Ornellaia, DOC Ornellaia, DOC Ornellaia, DOC Ornellaia, DOC Ornellaia, DOC Ornellaia, DOC

Tenuta dellOrnellaia
1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia

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1999 2001 1997 2000 2001 Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Tenuta dellOrnellaia Masseto, IGT Le Volte, IGT Le Serre Nuove, DOC Le Serre Nuove, DOC Le Serre Nuove, DOC Brunello di Montalcino, DOCG $490 $65 $110 $100 $70 $98

1999 Ciacci Piccolomini

Ciacci Piccolomini

Tenuta San Guido

1998 Sassicaia 2001 Sassicaia Bolgheri, DOC Bolgheri, DOC Oreno $355 $325 $150

Tenuta Sette Ponti

2001 Sette Ponti

Lombardia Rainoldi
2000 Rainoldi, Valtellina, Sfursat, Fruttaio Ca Rizzieri, DOCG $85

Veneto Allegrini
1998 1999 2000 1999 Allegrini Allegrini Allegrini Allegrini La Poja, IGT (100% Corvina Veronese) $165 La Poja, IGT (100% Corvina Veronese) $140 La Poja, IGT (100% Corvina Veronese) $140 Amarone Classico, DOCG $120 Capitel Foscarino, IGT (white wine) $40

Ron Zimmerman

Roberto Anselmi
2002 Anselmi

Bertani

1985 Bertani, Amarone, Recioto della Valpolacello Classico, DOC $425

Tommasi

1998 Tommasi, Amarone della Valpolacello Classico, DOCi (375) $64 1998 Tommasi, Amarone della Valpolacello Classico, DOCi (3000) $450
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico $907

Tommaso Bussola Giuseppe Lonardi

2001 Tommaso Bussola

2003 Lonardi, Recioto della Valpolacello Classico, DOC (500ml)

$85

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Italian Red
Masi

Italian Pinot Noir, see page 109

1988 Masi 1999 Masi

Amarone Classico, DOC $125 Amarone Classico, Costasera, DOCG$125

Dal Forno Romano

1995 Dal Forno Romano 1997 Dal Forno Romano 1998 Dal Forno Romano

Valpolicella Superiore, DOC Valpolicella Superiore, DOC Valpolicella Superiore, DOC

$200 $180 $170

1995 Quintarelli, Recioto della Valpolicella Classico, DOCG 1997 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico, DOCG

Giuseppe Quintarelli

$640 $150

Tommasi

1998 Tommasi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, DOC (375) $56 1998 Tommasi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, DOC $110 1998 Tommasi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, DOC (3 liter) $385 Gemola (Merlot-Cab. Franc), IGT $69 Alpianae, Colli Euganei Fior dArancio $47

Vignalta

2000 Vignalta 2001 Vignalta

Zenato

1998 Zenato, Amarone Classico della Valpolicella Riserva, DOC $127 More Italian red wines on the next page

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Riccardo Cotarella

Italian Red

Winemaker of the YeargamBero roSSo 2001 Winemaker of the YearWine enthuSiaSt 2002 One of the best hired guns in Italian winemakingWine Spectator Winemaking genius S. tanzer, international Wine advocate

Wines of Riccardo Cotarella

Sicilia
Morgante
Dr. Riccardo Cotarella may not yet be a household name in America. But this immensely talented enologist from a prominent winemaking family has almost single-handedly put the wine of Umbria, Campania, and southern Italy on the world map. Cotarella is a pioneer, an advocate for many traditional Italian grape varieties, and a proponent of winemaking techniques that elevate the quality of wines. His expertise spans every aspect of winemaking and the telling results are wines that often rant among the best in the world.

1999 Morgante

100% Nero dAvola, the best native grape of Sicily. The vineyards were planted in 1970 and 1975. Don Antonio is a reserve-level wine from the estates finest fruit and shows scents of herbs and wild flowers. The wine is rich, delicious, and full of fruit and spicy tannins. 92 points, Wine Advocate.

Nero dAvola, Don Antonio, IGT

$67

2001 Morgante

Nero dAvola, Don Antonio, IGT

$60

Campania
Montevetrano
2001 Montevetrano
Silvia Imparato employed Riccardo Cotarella to enhance the quality of her family vineyards in Montevetrano in the hills not far from Salerno. Cotarella is particularly fond of this wine, which is blended from 60% Cabernet, 30% Merlot, and 10% Aglianico. The nose is intense, with red berry, tobacco, and leather. Very full, structured, and elegant.

Montevetrano, Colli di Salerno, IGT

$125

Abruzzo
Antonio & Elio Monti
2001 Monti Montepulciano dAbruzzo, Pignotto, IGT $79 Pignotto is a single-vineyard, 100% Montepulciano dAbruzzo wine. The crop load is dropped in August to intensify the ripening of the remaining grapes picked in October. Pignotto is huge and intense, with notes of dark cherry, cassis, and jam. Black fruit flavors coat the palate, rounded with hints of leather and licorice. A tremendous wine.

Umbria/Lazio
Falesco
I TA LY
PieVeneto Tuscany
Florence

2000 Falesco

Montiano, IGT $75 Riccardo Cotarella founded Falesco in 1979 with the aim of improving Lazios traditional varietals. The winery is about 50 miles outside of Rome. This single-vineyard Merlot is full-bodied, round, soft on the palate, and has an elegant, lingering finish.

Umbria
Rome

Abruzzo Campania

Sicily

Italian Pinot Noir, see page 109

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Spanish Red

Bodegas Alejandro Fernndez Ribera del Duero Pesquera

1990 1994 1995 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera Pesquera

pesquera In 1972, Alejandro Fernndez initiated the replanting of Spains Ribera del Duero appellation with the areas first modern wire-trained vineyard. His Tinto Pesquera demonstrated to the world the greatness of a longneglected terroir and created an international wine that revitalized an entire district not to mention the whole lethargic Spanish wine scene.

Reserva, Ribera del Duero $170 Janus Gran Reserva, (torn labels) $400 Reserva, Ribera del Duero $140 Janus Gran Reserva, Ribera del Duero $350 Reserva, Ribera del Duero $130 Reserva, Ribera del Duero $120 Reserva, Ribera del Duero (magnum) $175 Reserva, Ribera del Duero $85

Condado de Haza
Condado de Haza In the mid-1980s, Alejandro spied a neglected slope along the Duero River that appeared to be the most ideal vineyard site in the region, if not in all of Spain. After years of negotiating with dozens of land owners, he planted 100,000 vines in 1989. Entirely within the area once controlled by the fortified meval hilltop village of Haza high above, the vineyard estate became known as Condado de Haza. Haza always reflects the bold and brilliant winemaking style of Alejandro Fernndez, master of Spains Tempranillo grape.

1995 Condado de Haza 1996 Condado de Haza

Alenza, Ribera del Duero Alenza, Ribera del Duero

$100 $100

Dehesa La Granja
eL VnCuLo is Alejandro Fernndezs latest exploration. He renovated an old winery in Campo de Criptana in La Mancha and uses only isolated patches of scarce, old-vine La Mancha Tempranillo. Nothing quixotic about this suave masterpiece.

deHesa La granja The product of ungrafted old Tempranillo vines and new planting, the Dehesa La Granja shows sappy black raspberry, dark chocolate, and nutty oak flavors.

1999 Dehesa la Granja

D.O., Zamora

$45 $75

El Vnculo

1999 El Vnculo

Reserva, La Mancha

Ribera del Duero Dominio de Pingus

2002 Flor de Pingus

Ribera del Duero

$89

Jerez / Sherry and Monastrell

2003 Altos de la Hoya, Hoya de Santa Ana, Monastrell $30 2004 Alvear, Pedro Ximenez de Anada (375) $35 NV Pedro Domecq, Sibarita, Palo Cortado, 30 Years $245 NV Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe $32 NV Gonzalez Byass, Matusalem, Oloroso Dulce, 30 years (500) $88 NV Emillio Lustau, Palo Cortado, Vides, Almancenista $90 NV Emillio Lustau East India Solera $50 Many other assorted sherries and Monastrells: ask our sommeliers
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Spanish & Portugese Red

Vega-Sicilia
1981 1987 1989 1990 1998 1999 2000

Vega-Sicilia Unico is

Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Unico, Ribera del Duero Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Unico, Ribera del Duero Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Unico, Ribera del Duero Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Unico, Ribera del Duero Bodegas y Viedos Alin, Ribera del Duero Bodegas y Viedos Alin, Ribera del Duero Bodegas y Viedos Alin, Ribera del Duero

$650 $550 $500 $475 $129 $120 $115

one of the most majestic wines of Spain, and was among the first to demonstrate that the wild and fierce Ribera del Duero held such promise. Flavors pour from the bottle and the texture is rich and silky.

Ron Zimmerman

Rioja Bodegas Muga

1999 Muga

Rioja Reserva, DOC

$40

Bodegas Faustino

1993 Bodegas Faustino 1994 Bodegas Faustino 1996 Bodegas Faustino

Faustino 1, Tinto Gran Reserva Faustino 1, Tinto Gran Reserva Faustino V, Tinto Reserva

$66 $60 $47

1999 San Vicente

San Vicente

Rioja, Tempranillo Reserva, DOC $60

Priorat lvaro Palacios

1995 1996 1997 1998 2002 2002

lvaro Palacios lvaro Palacios lvaro Palacios lvaro Palacios lvaro Palacios lvaro Palacios

Finca Dof Finca Dof Finca Dof Finca Dof Finca Dof LErmita, Velles Vinyes

$130 $120 $120 $119 $110 $550

Mas Igneus

2001 Mas Igneus

FA 112, Organic

$89

Pasanau Germans
Rias Baixas Rioja Ribera del Priorato Duero
Madrid

1999 Pasanau

La Planea, La Morera de Montsant $75

Penedes

Portugal/Douro
2001 Chryseia
Chryseia is a joint venture between the Symington family of Port-wine fame and Bruno Prats, formerly of Bordeauxs Chteau Cos-dEstournel.

S PA I N
Jerez

Douro

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South Africa
Reds Anwilka Vineyard
A joint venture between Bruno Prats, former owner of Chteau Cos-dEstournel, Hubert de Board de Laforest, co-proprietor of Chteau Anglus in Bordeaux, and Lowell Jooste of Klein Constantia Estate. This is the first release of this wine.

2005 Anwilka

2003 Boekenhoutskloof, The Chocolate Block, Franschhoek 2006 Boekenhoutskloof, The Chocolate Block, Franschhoek 2006 Bouchard Finlayson 2002 de Trafford 2001 de Trafford 2002 Fairview 2005 Fairview

Boekenhoutskloof

Stellenbosch, 63% cab., 37% syrah $77 $76 $65 $49 $120 $120 $34 $27 $62

Bouchard Finlayson de Trafford

Pinot Noir, Walker Bay Shiraz, Stellenbosch Elevation 393, Stellenbosch Goat Roti, Shiraz Pinotage, Paarl Pinot Noir, Walker Bay

Fairview

Hamilton Russel Vergelegen Vilafont

2001 Vergelegen 2004 Vilafont 2004 Vilafont 2005 Vilafont

2004 Hamilton Russell

Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch $60 Series M, Merlot/Malbec, Paarl Series C, Cabernet blend, Paarl Series M, Merlot/Malbec/Cab. $79 $89 $89

Whites Bouchard Finlayson Ken Forrester Mulderbosch Dessert de Trafford

2002 Ken Forrester 2005 Mulderbosch

2005 Bouchard Finlayson

Chardonnay, Sans Barrique Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc, Stellenbosch

$39 $45 $45

2006 de Trafford

Chenin Blanc, Straw Wine

$85

Klein Constantia
This legendary wine was sought after in the 18th and 19th centuries by European aristocracy. It was the worlds most famous wine from the southern Hemisphere.

2000 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance (500 ML) 2001 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance (500 ML)

$105 $99

Comes in an antiqueshaped bottle

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Explore an array of wines with

Samplers and Tasting Flights

or fun and education at the same time, try one or more of these ever-changing samplers and tasting flights.

Samplers offer a taste of a special wine along with a thematic card explaining the wine.

Our wine-tasting flights introduce two, three, or four wines united by a common theme. Each glass allows you to fully experience the wine and to share, if you like. The tasting mats are yours to take home as a souvenir and reference. Enjoy an array of wines while you learn and sample...

Muscat Love offers a smorgasbord of this orgiastic grape. Though they are dessert-style wines, we recommend them with rich cheese. The extraordinary 100-point Chambers Rosewood Rare Muscat dates from 1890. It is a legendary wine. $37

Styles of SherrySommelier Sherry Mark Du Mez is big on sherry. Spanish sherry is the greatest under-appreciated wine in the world. And, the various styles of sherry play to a whole range of foods during a meal. Mark has assembled a set of four wines that lets you explore the major styles of this Spanish specialty: dry Manzanilla, nutty Amontillado, rich Oloroso, and the rare and mysterious Pedro Ximnez. $20

Wine with Chocolate Everyone has his or her opinion about which kind of wine best accompanies the worlds favorite flavor. Do some wines go better with chocolate? Try four of the best candidates, along with bites of chocolate. Explore Ruby Port, Tawny Port, Banyuls, and a Framboise. $25

Favorites with the Cheese Course

Herbfarm sommelier Tysan Pierce loves sweet wines with cheeses. People automatically assume that red wine and cheese work best, but in reality, for more cheeses than not, a selection of dessert wines does the job. Washington Ice Wine SamplerThree ice wines showcasing Riesling, Gewrztraminer, and Smillon. $25 Trio of European Dessert WinesThree wines including the perfect 100-point 2001 Chteau Rieussec Sauternes. $37

Flight of MadeirasThree very different styles of this wine from the island of Madeira: 1937 Sercial, 1976 Terrantez, and 1900 Malvazia. $35

The antithesis of pleasure! Learn about wine flaws...

Feeling daring? Not quite sure what wine flaws such as corked, oxidized, or bret mean? Therell be no doubt if you ask to try our Awful, Stinky Wines educational sampler! $8

Mature BordeauxTuck into a pair of fabulous 1989 French Bordeaux: GruaudLarose and Lynch-Bages. Two 3 oz. glasses, $90 Noble NebbioloExperience the complexity of Italian Barolo & Barbaresco from Bruno Giacosa and Marchesi di Gresy. Two 3 oz. glasses, $40 Washingtons 1st 100 Point Wine2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. Celebrate with a taste of our first 100-point Cabernet from Washington (sorry, but due to huge demand, this taster is presently by the bottle only.$355)

Magestic Reds

As politically incorrect as Borat

Hold the calls, we support hunger relief and homeless causes. For those who missed them in college, a sampler of MD 20/20, Thunderbird, and Wild Irish Rose. Now youll know why you moved on to varietal table wines. $8

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Taste the past:

Historic Wines

In the 1700s and 1800s the sweet, luscious and excellent wine called Contstantia, so highly esteemed in Europe was This wine was harvested in the only wine in the Southern the autumn of 1863, the Hemisphere to achieve international year that President Lincoln acclaim. proclaimed Thanksgiving a Napoleon, the King of France, national holiday. Charles Dickens, and Frederick The nation was in the grips the Great all demanded it. The of a terrible civil war. Brother English novelist Jane Austen was beset against brother and recommended it as a cure for Lincoln had a terrible course a broken heart. to steer. No one alive then Klein Constantias Vin de could have imagined that the Constance is a gorgeous, latetaste of the summer of 1863 So proclaimed Winston Churchill on the grave harvest Muscat de Frontignan. could be preserved for you to It is loaded with mango, blood taste many generations later. Fewer day when France fell to Nazi Germany. orange, smoke, persimmon, But on Armistice Day in 1945, he than 6 days after these grapes ginger, date, and fig flavors with toasted the end of the war with his favorite were harvested, Lincoln gave his immortal Gettysburg Address, the Champagne, Pol Roger. Taste the wine dcated well-imbedded acidity. Taste history in the glass. 2000 Vin de speech of his life. to the great man: 1990 Cuve Sir Winston Constance, $18 1863 Barbeito Madeira, $75 Churchill, $49

The Abraham Lincoln Wine: A taste of the year 1863

The worlds most famous wine: 250 years ago

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Bubble Flights
The Widows of ReimsThree women shaped the course of Champagne. Taste the house styles of Clicquot, Bollinger, and Roederer. Three 2 oz. glasses, $35 Ros ChampagnesCapture the romance of Ros Champagne from Billecart-Salmon, Gosset, and DuvalLeroy. Three 2 oz. glasses, $35

Drink Your Age! Birthday Wines

Celebrate a significant birthday with molecules of fine wines from your birth year. The wines we offer change from year to year.
30th1976 Madeira from the nearly extinct Terrantez grape, $25 40th1966 tawny-style Port, $25 50tha dry 1956 Sercial from the Island of Madeira, best before dinner, with soup, or with cheese. $25 60tha complex, nutty cream sherry from a 1946 Solera, $15

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American Dessert Wines

Late Harvest Dessert Wines (Ice Wines, next page) Riesling 1990 Apex
1991 2000 2008 1993 2001 2007 2005 2002 2005 1987 1982 1987 2007 1994 1998 2000 2004 1989 1993 2005 1999 2002 2003 2005 2003 2002 2007 2007 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2006 2009 2005 2008
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Chardonnay Muscats Sauvignon Blanc Smillon Gewrztraminer

Black Hamburg Madeleine Sylvaner Huxelrebe Scheurebe Roussanne Viognier

Red Grapes

Late-Harvest Riesling WA Apex Finale (L.H. Smillon) WA Dr. Loosen-Ste. Michelle, Single-Berry Select WA Dunham Late-Harvest Riesling WA Hogue Late Harvest Riesling WA Lemelson L.H. Riesling, Adria V. OR Olsen Estates, Golden Berry Select, LH Riesling WA Poets Leap Botrytis Riesling WA Quails Gate, Special Select Late Harvest Riesling BC Terra Blanca L.H. Riesling (750) WA Montinore Ultra-late Harvest OR Bainbridge Island Late-Harvest Chardonnay WA Thurston Wolfe Black Muscat WA Barnard-Griffin Late Harvest Muscat Can. WA Silvan Ridge Ultra-late Muscat OR Cave Spring Indian Summer, Select ON Anna Maria Late-Harvest Sauvignon Blanc OR Eola Hills Vin dOr, barrel fermented OR Blackwood Canyon Penumbra WA Blackwood Canyon Late-Harvest Smillon WA Francis Tannahill LH Gewrz. Passito WA Three Rivers Winery Late-Harvest Gewrz. WA Silvan Ridge, Late Harvest Gewurtraminer, Bing Vineyard OR Terra Blanca, Late Harvest Gewurtztraminer (750) WA Terra Blanca, Late Harvest Gewurtztraminer (750) WA Kiona Late Harvest, Red Mt. WA Philip Togni, Ca Togni, Napa Sweet Red Wine CA Quails Gate Estate Optima, Botrytis TBA BC Venturi Schulze Brandenburg No. 3, Estate BC High Pass Late-Harvest Huxelrebe OR High Pass Late-Harvest Scheurebe OR High Pass Late-Harvest Scheurebe OR High Pass Late-Harvest Scheurebe OR Bonny Doon, Vol des Anges, LH Rousanne CA McCrea Cellars Late-Harvest Roussanne WA McCrea Cellars Late-Harvest Roussanne WA Abacela, L.H. Viognier, Blanco Dulce Estate Res. OR Northwest Totem Cellars, Late-Harvest Viognier WA Syncline Late-Harvest Viognier WA RoxyAnn Winery Night Harvest Viognier OR Sineann, Old Ball & Chain, Late Harvest Syrah OR Lake Crest Cabernet/Merlot WA Green Creek, L.H. Cab. Franc, N. Carolina Estate (500ml) Sineann, Sweet Sydney, Late Harvest Zinfandel WA

$40 $40 $365 $42 $40 $45 $105 $145 $150 $39 $66 $45 $42 $42 $80 $140 $48 $44 $45 $42 $68 $42 $46 $45 $45 $24 $125 $190 $89 $40 $40 $40 $40 $58 $48 $42 $70 $39 $39 $70 $55 $75 $60 $45

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Apex Gewrztraminer WA Benson Estate Vineyard Viognier Ice Wine, Chelan WA Argyle, Minus Five, Pinot Noir, Cryo-Cluster OR Argyle, Minus Five, Pinot Noir, Cryo-Cluster OR Chteau Faire le Pont Smillon, Vin de Glace WA Chteau Ste Michelle, Eroica Riesling Ice Wine WA Covey Run Smillon Ice Wine WA Dunham Cellars Smillon Ice Wine WA Elk Cove Ultima, Riesling (750ml) OR Girardet Gewrztraminer OR Kiona Chenin Blanc Ice Wine WA Kiona Riesling/Chenin Blanc WA Kiona Riesling Ice Wine WA LEcole No 41 Smillon Ice Wine WA Sokol Blosser White Riesling Ice Wine OR Ste Chapelle Riesling, Ice Wine, Reserve ID Terra Blanca, Chenin Blanc, Cherry Hill Vineyard WA Terra Blanca, Riesling, Cherry Hill Vineayard WA Vin du Lac of Chelan Gewrztraminer/Riesling WA Vin du Lac of Chelan Gewrztraminer/Riesling WA Gehringer Brothers Rieslingr Ice Wine BC Gehringer Brothers Cabernet Franc Ice Wine BC Reif Estate Winery Vidal Ice Wine ON Hillebrand Estates Vidal, Trius Ice Wine ON Inniskillin Sparkling Vidal Canadian Ice Wine ON Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Ice Wine ON Inniskillin Riesling Ice Wine, Silver ON Inniskillin, Riesling Ice Wine, Dark Horse BC Jackson-Triggs, Vidal Ice Wine, Proprietors R. 187ml ON NkMip, QWAM QWMT Riesling Ice Wine BC W W NkMip, Q AM Q MT Riesling Ice Wine BC Peller Estates Ice Wine, Barrel Ferment ON Quails Gate Estate Riesling Ice Wine BC Quails Gate Estate Late Harvest Riesling BC Sumac Ridge Pinot Blanc, Okanagan BC

$58 $59 $70 $70 $70 $145 $46 $85 $62 $50 $54 $44 $69 $45 $55 $40 $88 $88 $109 $109

Vin du Lac winery on Lake Chelan is making some spectacular wines, including this true ice wine from estate Gewrztraminer and Riesling.

Larry Lehmbeckers

German Eiswein see

1998 2000 1998 1998 2002 2007 2002 2007 2004 2003 2007 1998 2000 2002 1996

Canadian Ice Wine

(half BottleS unleSS otherWiSe noted)

$145 $140 $150 $150 $150 $195 $145 $145 $105 $195 $168 $150 $120 $105 $125

German Rieslings The historic California Mission Grape (aka Angelica) on page 95 4th Vintage, Gypsy Canyon Winery, Ancient Vine, Dna Marcelinas Vineyard,
Santa Rita Hills, California. Made in the 18th-century style from ancient vines discovered on the property. Put up in a hand-blown bottle with a bees wax capsule. 375ml $225

Fruit and Nut Dessert Wines (half BottleS unleSS otherWiSe noted)
NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Bonny Doon Framboise Hood River Vineyards Oregon Blackcap Raspberry Hood River Vineyards Oregon Pear Hood River Vineyards Oregon Marionberry Perennial Vineyards, Raspberry Port, Bainbridge Samson Estates Winery Oro Hazelnut White Oak Pommeau Apple Dessert

OR OR OR OR WA WA OR

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Australian Dessert Wines (375 ml sizes) R.L. Buller
NV NV NV

R.L. Buller & Son R.L. Buller & Son R.L. Buller & Son

Premium Fine Muscat, Rutherglen $99 Premium Fine Tokay, Rutherglen $89 Calliope, Rare Muscat, Rutherglen $245

Parker Perfect 100

Campbells
NV

Campbells

Muscat, Rutherglen

$40

Chambers
NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood Chambers Rosewood

Muscat, Rutherglen Muscadelle (Tokay), Rutherglen Special Rutherglen Tokay Special Rutherglen Muscat Grand Rutherglen Muscat Grand Rutherglen Muscadelle Rare Rutherglen Muscat

$40 $40 $140 $140 $300 $230 $495

Parker Perfect 100

Mount Horrocks

2000 Mount Horrocks 2001 Mount Horrocks

Riesling, Cordon Cut, Clare Valley Riesling, Cordon Cut, Clare Valley

$95 $55

Seppelt
NV

Seppelt

D.P. 90 Show Tawny (500 ml)

$190

Also see Port, (page 146) and Port-Style Wine, (page ???)

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French Dessert Wines Rhne Vin de Paille Vin de Paille

1990 Domaine J.L. Chave 1994 Chapoutier Hermitage Vin de Paille Hermitage Vin de Paille
(375 ml) $625 (375 ml) $440

Vin de Paille (Straw Wine) The grapes are harvested in October or November, then dried on straw mats for two months prior to vinification. These are extraordinary, nectar-like wines. They exhibit an orange marmalade, truffled, honeyed comb, super-sweet richness that is almost too intense to have with dessert. The wines will last 50+ years. Young folks, stock up for retirement!

Sauternes & Barsac

Chteau dYquem
1983 1986 1988 1989 1990 1994 1998 1998 2001 2001 2002 2005 1988 1988 1997 1999 2001 2001 Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau dYquem Chteau Rieussec Chteau Rieussec Chteau Rieussec Chteau Rieussec Chteau Rieussec Chteau Rieussec Sauternes Sauternes Sauternes Sauternes (375) Sauternes (375) Sauternes Sauternes (375) Sauternes (magnum) Sauternes (375) Sauternes Sauternes Sauternes (375) Sauternes (375) Sauternes. Sauternes (375) Sauternes (375) Sauternes (375). Sauternes Wine Spectator Wine of Year 2004 $910 $750 $750 $590 $650 $370 $375 $1040 $800 $1,650 Wine SPectator 100 PtS $600 $425 $119 $225 $70 $70 $155 $320 Wine SPectator 100 PtS $650 $180 $400 $1,500 $245 $450

Chteau Rieussec

Chteau Doisy-Dane
1953 Chteau Doisy-Dane, Barsac

Chteau de Fargues
1990 Chteau de Fargues Sauternes Crme de Tte, Sauternes

Chteau Gilette
1967 Chteau Gilette

Chteau de Rayne-Vigneau
1916 Chteau de Rayne-Vigneau, Sauternes (rebottled 1952)

Chteau Suduiraut
2001 Chteau Suduiraut Sauternes (750) Sauternes (750)
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French Dessert Wines

Vouvray, Dessert
2003 Domaine Huet, Cuve Constance, Vouvray (500)
FR

$235 $240 $190 $115 $150 $64 $110 $99 $135 $145 $115 $85 $135 $85 $85 $200

Quarts de Chaume
1988 Domaine des Baumard 1990 Domaine des Baumard 1997 Domaine des Baumard 1998 Domaine des Baumard 2001 Domaine des Baumard 2002 Domaine des Baumard 2003 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume (750) Quarts de Chaume (750) Quarts de Chaume (375) Quarts de Chaume (750) Quarts de Chaume (375) Quarts de Chaume (375) Quarts de Chaume (750)

Ron Zimmerman

Botrytis on the grapes skin causes the skins to shrink and the juice to become concentrated and high in sugar and extracts. The botrytis above was on grapes at Chateau dYquem in Sauternes. During harvest the 75 to 150 pickers will pick grapes each day that yield just 1 to 6 barrels of wine.

Cteaux du Layon

Banyuls

2001 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500) 2002 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500) 2003 Philippe Delesvaux, Cteaux du Layon, S.G.N. (500)

1993 Christian Reynal Banyuls Grand Cru 1981 Parc Domaine du Mas Blanc Banyuls, Cuvee St. Martin 1998 Parc Domaine du Mas Blanc Banyuls Vin Doux Naturel 2000 Parc Domaine du Mas Blanc Banyuls, Vin Doux Naturel

Juranon
2004 Didier Dagueneau, les Jardins de Babylone (500)
The Loires great winemaker shrivels Petite Manseng grapes down in Basque country. Incredible!

Muscat Beaumes de Venise

1993 Domaine Coyeux, Muscat Beaumes de Venise 2000 Domaine Coyeux, Muscat Beaumes de Venise 2002 Domaine Coyeux, Muscat Beaumes de Venise $40 $38 $37 $47 $45 $45 $30 $60 $45 $45 $125

Muscat de Rivesaltes

2005 Domaine Gardis

NV NV NV

Spanish Dessert Wine

Muscat de Rivesaltes Flor

2001 2000 2004 1971 1998 2000 1995 2004 1995

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Italian Dessert Wine

Anselmi I Capitelli (750 ml) $95 Anselmi I Capitelli (375 ml) $62 Capezzana, Reserva Vin Santo di Carmignano (375) $60 Colosi,, Malvasia Delle Lipari, Sicily DOC (375) $58 Felsina Vin Santo, Chianti Classico (375 ml) $75
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Dessert Wines

1998 1997 2000 2001 2002 2001

Felsina Vin Santo, Chianti Classico (375 ml) $77 Maculan Acininobili (375 ml) $152 Maculan Torcolato Breganze, Veneto DOC $62 La Selva, Vin Santo, Vigna del Papa Chianti Classico (500 ml) $78 La Selva, Vin Santo, Vigna del Papa Chianti Classico (500 ml) $73 Vignalta Alpianae, Colli Euganei Fior dArancio $47

Austria
Extraordinary dessert wine
Alois Krachers exotic late-harvest wines defy description. Alas, Kracher has himself been harvested. While Austria has many supremely talented producers of sweet wines, Krachers stood above them all.
Photo: Herbert Lehmann

Austrian Dessert Wine

2003 Nigl Grner Veltliner Eiswein $82 2004 Schloss Gobelsburg Gruner Alois Kracher Veltliner Beerenauslese $59 1995 Grande Cuve, TBA, Nouvelle Vague, No. 12 $260 2003 Heidi Schrock, Ruster Ausbruch, 1998 Nouvelle Vague, Trokenbeerenauslese, No. 10 $300 On the Wings of Dawn $112 1999 Zwischen den Seen TBA, Scheurebe No. 4 $160 1999 Trockenbeerenauslese Grand Cuve Vague 6 $135 German Dessert Wine 1999 Zwischen den Seen TBA Welschriesling No. 8 $162 1976 Vereinigte Hospitien Sanctus Jacobus (Mosel-Saar-Ruwer) 1999 Muscat Ottonel TBA, Zwischen den Seen 4 $142 Piesporter Schubertslay 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese, No. 2 $175 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese Grand Cuve No. 6 $135 Riesling Beerenauslese (700) 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese, Traminer $150 $295 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese Grand Cuve Vague $150 2004 Gunderloch Nackenheimer 2001 Nouvelle Vague, ZdS TBA, No. 7 $200 Rothenberg Riesling, TBA 2001 Nouvelle Vague, Grande Cuve No. 6 $290 $525 2002 Nouvelle Vague, Zweigelt, TBA, No. 1 $147 2001 Toni Jost, Bacharacher Hahn TBA 2002 Nouvelle Vague, Chardonnay, TBA, No. 2 $154 $399 2002 ZdS, Welschriesling, TBA, No. 3 $124 2002 ZdS,, Muskat Ottonel, TBA, No. 4 $134 South Africa 2002 ZdS, Scheurebe, TBA, No. 5 $144 2000 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance (500 ml)$109 2002 ZdS, Scheurebe, TBA, No. 6 $167 2002 Nouvelle Vague, Grande Cuve, TBA, No. 7 $194 2002 ZdS, Welschriesling, TBA, No. 8 $247 2002 Nouvelle Vague, Chardonnay, TBA, No. 9 $263 2002 ZdS, Scheurebe, TBA, No. 10 $261 2002 Nouvelle Vague, Welschriesling, TBA, No. 11 $263 Vin de Constance is also available 2002 TBA, No. 12 $268 as a sampler, page 138
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Alsatian Late-Harvest Wines

Domaine Weinbach occupies a 300-year-old Capucin monastery in Kaysersberg in the fairy-tale region of Alsace, France. The domaine is owned and run by three women, Madame Colette Faller and her two daughters Catherine (marketing) and Laurence (winemaking). These wines are among the most expressive, powerful, and elegant in all of Alsace.
2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002

Domaine Weinbach: Exceptional Late-Harvest Wines

Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Furstentum, Vendages Tardives (375) Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Mambourg, Slection de Grains Nobles (375) Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Furstentum, Quintessence S.G.N. (375) Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg, Slection de Grains Nobles (375) Pinot Gris Altenbourg, Quintessence de Grains Nobles (375) Pinot Gris Altenbourg, Slection de Grains Nobles (375)

$100 $269 $440 $350 $440 $99

Zind-Humbrecht is one of the greatest domaines of Alsace. Winemaker Oliver Humbrecht was the first Frenchman to become a Master of Wine.
1999 1999 2000 1999 2001

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Late-Harvest Offerings

Pinot Gris, Clos Jebsal, Slection de Grains Nobles (750) Pinot Gris, Clos Saint Urbain, Rangen, Vendages Tardives (750) Pinot Gris, Herrenweg, Vendages Tardives (375) Gewurztraminer, Heimbourg, Vendages Tardives (750) Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Furstentum, Vendages Tardives (375)

$245 $115 $48 $95 $100

Other Dessert Wines from Alsace

2001 Albert Mann, Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Furstentum, S.G.N. 1998 Domaine Schoffit Tokay Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen, Clos Ste. Thobald, Slection de Grains Nobles (500) 1989 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune, Vendages Tardives 1994 Trimbach Gewurztraminer, Slection de Grains Nobles $123 $150 $575 $225

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Vintage Port
Vintage Port
Dow
1896 Dow Vintage Port $4,500
A Victorian-era bottle from the cellar of Prime Minister Gladstone of England. Gladstone was Prime Minister four different times.

The Last Audience. Britains greatest politician of the 19th century, Prime Minister Gladstone, is received by Queen Victoria in 1901. Gladstone was a great fan of Port. The 1896 Dow Port was once a part of Gladstones cellar.

1963 1970 1975 1977 1980 1983 1985 1986 1997

NV NV

Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow

Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port

$500 $200 $155 $240 $175 $145 $140 $98 $135 $105 $105 $750 $190 $150 $850 $155 $175 $250 $225 $225 $325 $105 $130 $185 $58 $2,200 $1,950 $220 $160

Ferreira Fonseca

Ferreira, 20-year Tawny, Duque De Baganca 20-Year Tawny Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Colheita, bottled in 2006 Colheita Colheita, bottled in 2000 Colheita Vintage Port 30-year Tawny Black (Reserve Ruby Port) Nacional Nacional (100 points) Vintage Port Vintage Port
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Fonseca 1963 Fonseca

Gould Campbell Graham

1927 1983 1985 1994

1977 Gould Campbell 1994 Gould Campbell Graham Graham Graham Graham

Krohn

1966 Wiese & Krohn 1967 Wiese & Krohn

Moreira

1950 Moreira

Niepoort

1984 Niepoort 2000 Niepoort NV Niepoort

Quinta do Noval

NV Quinta do Noval 1962 Quinta do Noval 1994 Quinta do Noval

Quinta do Vesuvio

1994 Quinta do Vesuvio 2000 Quinta do Vesuvio

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Port & Port-Style Wines

About Port
The English word Port, covers a number of diverse styles of this fortified wine of Portugal. True Port is always from Portugal.

Sandeman

1994 Sandeman 1997 Sandeman

Vintage Port Vau Vintage Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port Vintage Port 10 Year Old Tawny Porto 20 Year Old Tawny Porto 40 Year Old Tawny Porto Quinta de Vargellas Optima, 20-year Tawny

$95 $95 $209 $345 $295 $200 $59 $90 $400 $99 $83

Smith Woodhouse Taylor Fladgate

1960 Taylor Fladgate 1977 Taylor Fladgate 1994 Taylor Fladgate Taylor Fladgate Taylor Fladgate Taylor Fladgate 2001 Taylor Fladgate

Port Styles
White=Made from white grapes aged one to two years. Some are aged longer for a nutty quality. Ruby=Named for the color. Very fruity. Meant to be enjoyed young. LBV=Late-bottled vintage. Red Port of a single vintage, vat-aged four-six years for smoothness with fruit. Reserve/Vintage Character Young Port of multiple vintages with three-five years of wood aging. Tawny=Young Port finished in a semi-sweet style. Tawny with Age=The age (10 year, 20 year etc.) is the minimum time the wine has spent in barrel. Smooth with caramel notes. Colheita=Single vintage Port aged in barrel until bottled. Very smooth. Single Quinta Vintage=Red Port from a single estate and vintage. Vintage: Top reds of a single vintage kept in cask for up to two years before bottling. Meant to be aged in the bottle and best when they are at least 15 years old; though they can age for decades. Vintage Port must be decanted to rid it of the bottle sment.

1977 Smith Woodhouse

Warres
NV

Warres

Wood Ports, Tawny Ports, Colheitas

Ramos-Pinto 1880 Porto Rocha 1937 Porto Kopke
NV

Quinta do Bom-Retiro, 20-Yr. Tawny $120 Millennium $1,000 Colheita (375 ml) $420 Fine Ruby Porto (Portugal) Siroco, Dry White Porto Porto White Fine Selected White (Portugal) $35 $45 $39 $35

Ruby Port
NV NV NV NV

Cockburn Fonseca Ramos Pinto Warres

White Port

Port-Style Wines not from Portugal

(half BottleS unleSS otherWiSe noted) 2003 Abacela Estate Oregon, Tinta Roriz/Bastardo $95 2006 Abacela Estate Oregon, Tinta Roriz/Bastardo $85 2007 Abacela Estate Oregon, Tinta Roriz/Bastardo $75 Circa 1973 Christian Brothers Zinfandel Port, CA (750 ml), signed by Brother Timothy $450 1997 David Hill Oregon Tawny Port (500 ml) OR $50 NV Yalumba Antique Tawny, 15 years (Australia) $40 NV Yalumba Antique Tawny, 50 years (Australia)$95 NV Yalumba Clocktower (Australia) $35 NV Yalumba Galway Pipe (Australia) $40 NV Seppelt Show Tawny, DP90 (500 ml) Au. $175 $35 1999 Whidbeys Vintage Port, Washington

Brother Timothy took over the winemaking duties at the Christian Brothers winery in Napa Valley in 1935. He died at 94 on November 30, 2004.

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Tokaji
Hungarian Tokaji and Eszencia Disznk
1988 Disznk

Asz Essencia (500 ml)

$109

Dobog

1997 Dobog

Tokay Asz, Six Puttonyos (500 ml) $125

Kereskedhz
Ron Zimmerman

1993 Kereskedhz

Tokay Asz, Six Puttonyos (500 ml) $179

Tokaji Essencia is the liquid gold that oozes, drop by drop, viscous as oil, from a pile of grapes raisined by botrytis. The conditions for making Essencia occur on the average just two or three times per decade. Two hundred pounds of shriveled grapes produces only a single bottle, the quintessence of the very ripest grapes. Fermentation is barely possible, as the juice is nearly three-quarters complex grape sugars. Fermentation of the 1999 Royal Tokaji Essencia took six years to reach 2.8 percent alcohol. The wine has astonishing flavors with offthe-chart acidity. As one wine critic said, It is so different from other wines that it is like seeing a new primary color.

1993 Chateau Pajzos 1993 Chateau Pajzos

Chateau Pajzos

Tokaji Essencia (500 ml) Tokaji Essencia (100ml)

$600 $125

Royal Tokaji

1995 Royal Tokaji 1996 Royal Tokaji 2003 Royal Tokaji

6 Puttonyos, Birsalmas (500 ml) 6 Puttonyos, Betsek (500 ml) Asz, Five Puttonyos (500 ml)

$179 $169 $144

1996 Stanza Tokaji

Stanza

Eszencia (100 ml)

$250

Tokaj Oremus

1999 Tokaji Oremus

Asz, Five Puttonyos (500 ml)

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our collection of rare old Madeiras

offered by the ounce

any years have gone into securing our collection of fine old Madeira. Bottles have come from auction houses, rare wine dealers, great European cellars, and in some cases directly from private library collections of the producers on the Portuguese island of Madeira. A fire at The Herbfarm on the night of January 6, 1997 destroyed much of what had been one of Americas largest collections of vintage Madeira. Among these were many century-old bottles and some irreplaceable rarities. But, fortunately, other bottles were stored offsite and survived . . . and through the good graces of friends and wine dealers we are making progress in restoring

the collection of these fascinating bits of vinous history.

The Six Grapes of Madeira

Four principal grape varieties are grown on Madeira. The original, the Malvazia or Malmsey, makes the richest; the Bual a less rich, more elegant but equally fragrant wine; Verdelho a soft, much drier wine with a faintly bitter finish; and the Sercial, a fine light wine with a distinct acid cut. Sercials make fine pre-dinner apritifs. Two other very rare varieties were also grown: Terrantez and Bastardo. Both of these varieties were shy bearers that were not replanted when the vineyards were devastated by the root louse phylloxera in the mid- to late-19th century. Bastardo is closest in style to Malmsey; Terrantez tends to be between Bual and Verdelho.

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Madeiras by the ounce

1977 1976 1957 1957 1955 1954 1948 1944 1942 1941 1937 1934 1929 1927 1927 1927 1926 1926 1926 1924 1922 1922 1920 1916 1916 1914 1914 1913 1912 1912 1912 1910 1910 1910 1907 1901 1900 1900 1890 1890 1885 1880 1875 1863 1863 1862 1845 1834 1834 1832 1827 1795 1795 1795 producer grape per oz. DOliveiras Terrantez, Reserva $26 Blandys Terrantez $27 Barbeito Bual $37 DOliveiras Old Wine $28 Barbeito Moscatel $67 Barbeito Malvazia $39 Barbeito Malvazia $47 Barbeito, Malvazia, Quinta da Piedade $76 Barbeito, Malvazia, Quinta Me dos Homens $87 Barbeito, Verdelho, Reserva Velha (bottle only) $695 Barbeito Sercial, Reserva $42 Quinta do Noval Malmsey $80 Barbeito Verdelho $40 Leacock Bastardo $60 DOliveiras Bastardo, Reserva $55 DOliveiras, Bastardo, Reserva (bottle) $900 Barbeito Verdelho $22 Barbeito Verdelho (bottle) $750 Cossart Gordon Malmsey, Solera $47 DOliveiras Sercial, Reserva $28 DOliveiras Boal, Reserva $54 DOliveiras, Boal, Reserva (bottle) $750 Cossart Gordon Malmsey $175 Barbeito Malvazia $72 Barbeito Malvazia (bottle) $1100 Barbeito Bual, Reserva Velha $50 Barbeito, Malvazia, Quinta da Piedade $60 Barbeito Malvazia, Reserva Velha $69 Barbeito Bual $47 Barbeito Bual (bottle) $1100 DOliveiras Verdelho, Reserva $58 Cossart Gordon Malmsey $55 Barbeito Bual $57 Barbeito Bual (full bottle) $900 DOliveiras Malvazia, Reserva $80 Barbeito Malvazia $77 Barbeito Malvazia $71 DOliveiras Moscatel, Reserva $109 Justino Henriques Boal (by bottle only) $3,200 DOliveiras Verdelho, Reserva $87 Barbeito Verdelho, Reserva $70 Blandys Verdelho, Solera $50 Barbeito Malvazia $108 Barbeito Bual $89 Barbeito Bual (bottle) $1250 DOliveiras Sercial, Reserva $101 Cossart Gordon Bual, Solera $115 Barbeito Malvazia $124 Barbeito Malvazia (bottle) $1900 Acciaioly Terrantez $200 Quinta do Serrado Boal $300 Barbeito Terrantez $365 Barbeito, Terrantez, stencilled bottle, was capsule $8000 Companhia Vinicola do Madeira, Terrantez, bottle $10000
The oldest bottles in our cellar, and one of only a handful of this vintage remaining in the world. Fewer than two dozen bottles are known to exist. Think of it . . . George Washington was still president when this wine was made!

$15
Ron Zimmerman

Ron Zimmerman

Note the 19th-century hand-woven closure over the cork on the 1890 Justino Henriques Boal Madeira. The 1795 Terrantez probably all derived from one source originally and was then bought by different people on the island during the 19th century. At some stage it was transferred from cask into glass demi-johns and thence to bottle. Because the different stockholders treated their holdings in various ways (i.e., held the wine in wood or glass longer or shorter), the flavor of the bottlings vary. The 1795 Compania Vinicola do Madeira was bottled between 1890 and 1930. As of the summer of 2005, five bottle were known to still exist in the world.

Ron Zimmerman

not a Solera, but an actual wine of the vintage of 1863, the year President Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.

1863 Barbeito Bual Madeira

A Madeira for Madeira lovers. A wonderful wine for your cellar, too.

ld Madeiras are among the planets most intellectually and hedonistically satisfying wines. Virtually all other wines count their life spans in years. Madeiras count theirs in decades or even centuries, often surviving 150 years or more, becoming ever more sensual and complex. Madeira enjoys a unique bond with the United States, having been the wine of America from the early 1700s until the end of the 19th century. Still, few Americans know what Madeira is all about. Vintage Madeira is too rare to be widely experienced. And the 5- to 10-year-old blends that are commonly available seldom offer the magic of the vintage wines. Even expensive 15- and 20-year-old blends often bear little resemblance to Vintage Madeira. Fortunately our friends and Madeira sleuths, Manny Berk and Paul Costigan, have spent years working to discover how to create an affordable Madeira with the flavors of a Vintage. After seemingly endless blending experiments with Ricardo Freitas, managing director of Vinhos Barbeito on the island itself, they discovered some superb but small lots of 30-, 40-year-old, and even older Madeiras that they put in the wine. Suddenly the wines changed completely, acquiring the aromatic fingerprint and tangy, velvety palate of great Vintage Madeira. Even veteran Madeira lovers and cognoscenti will love this wine. The nose is classic cask-aged with vanilla, burnt sugar, toffee, and exotic overtones of cinnamon and clove. The wines have excellent weight and richness, classic tanginess, and a marvelous balance of sweetness and acidity. The beautiful mouthfeel leads to a long, refreshing finish. Rare Wine Historic Series Boston Bual, $75 per bottle Rare Wine Historic Series New York Malmsey, $75 per bottle Rare Wine Historic Series Charleston Sercial, $75 per bottle
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Kosher Wine

Sparkling

Kosher Wine
Bartenura-Kosher Laurent Perrier 1990 Nicolas FeuillatteM
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Moscato DAsti Blue Bottle Brut (France) Cuve Palmes dOr

$38 $125 $200

White 2000 Herzog Selections

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NV

GamalaM BatenuraM Baron HerzogM Baron HerzogM

Chablis, Dom. de la Tortue (France) $65 Sauvignon Blanc (Golan Heights) $28 Pinot Grigio (IGT, Veneto, Italy) $30 Chardonnay, Russian River (CA) $40 Chardonnay, Special tion (CA) $62

Red

Cacher BokobsaM Ctes-du-Rhne, Cuve du Centenaire $35 M 2001 Baron Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa/Sonoma) $40 2000 Baron Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon Special Ed. $130 NV RecanatiM Cabernet Sauvignon $40 2001 Capanes Grenache, Peraj Haabib Flor de Primavera/ Montsant $100 M symbol indicates Mevushal

Thomas Hardys Vintage Ale

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Beer

The word lager derives from the German word lagern that means to store. Lagers are indeed stored, though only after completing a slow and cool (34 F) bottom fermentation. They are then usually kept at cool temperatures to allow proper maturation. Lager yeasts tend to ferment clean without adding other elements to the brews. Aldergrove Brewery, Czecko Pilsner, Tulalip, WA 12 fl. oz.
A beautiful straw-colored Pilsner with that telltale grassy note on the finish.

Lagers

$5 $3

Pabst Brewing Company, Blue Ribbon, Milwaukee, WI 12 fl. oz. can

The classic American lager, Pabst was established in 1844, though some of their beers have been brewed since 1775. Blue Ribbon was selected as Americas Best way back in 1893 and continues to win the hearts and minds of Wisconsinites huddled around ice-fishing holes all over the northern Wisconsin. Founded in 2003 by Mike Baker and Jeff Smiley, the Baron Brewing Company focuses on classic renditions of German beer styles. A wonderful and clean beer with a long, dry finish. Brewed according to the German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) of 1516 from ingrents imported from Germany. Baron Brewings first doppelbock, which is a German lager style that is extra strong with names that typically have -ator as a suffix. The Liberator is quite a wonderful beer - rich and delicious. . Brewed in the village of ywiec for nearly 150 years, this European styled pilsner represents the essence of Polish brewing.

Baron Brewing Company, Pilsner, Seattle, WA 22 fl. oz.

$7

Baron Brewing Company, Liberator Doppelbock, Seattle, WA 22 fl.oz. ywiec, Poland 12 fl. oz.

$7

$5

Ales

Ales utilize a type of yeast that works at the top of the fermentation vessel at higher temperatures than lager yeast (60-75 F). Ale yeast strains produce unique byproducts, esters, that lend the characteristic fruity, floral notes to the finished beer.

DomeStic Ale
Elysian Brewing Company, Avatar Jasmine IPA, Seattle, WA 22 fl.oz. Elysian Brewing Company, Wise ESB, Seattle, WA 12 fl. oz. Pike Brewing Company, Pike Pale Ale, Seattle 12 fl. oz.
Dick Cantwells ingenious India Pale Ale, brewed with dried jasmine flowers, is unique, delicious, and a little quirkya must try.

$7 $5

Founded in 1996, the Elysian Brewing Company has been turning out world class brews at its Capitol Hill location. The Wise Extra Special Bitter is copper-red ale that is both hoppy and malty.

This classically defined Pale is one of Seattles best kept secrets. The brewery was founded by Charles Finkel. It is brewed just steps from the famous Pike Place Market. Presidents Washington and Jefferson both home-brewed pale ales. Quickly approaching classic status.

$5

New Belgium Brewing, Fat Tire Amber Ale, Colorado 12 fl. oz. Brewery Ommegang, Three Philosophers, New York 12 fl. oz. Deschutes Brewery, Black Butte Porter, Oregon 12 fl. oz.
A combination of strong malty ale and authentic Kriek Lambic brewed in Belgium comprise this unique brew.

$5 $7 $5

One of the most delicious porters this side of the Atlanticrich and lush with tons of character.

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Hood Canal Brewery, Dabob Bay IPA, Kingston, WA 22 fl.oz.

Founded in 1996 just north of Poulsbo, the Hood Canal Brewery produces a complex and diverse selection of ales named after locations around the Hood Canal. A wonderful, multi-dimensional ale sporting a golden color and hopped-out flavors.

$7

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Indian Brown Ale, Delaware

A Scotch ale, IPA, American Brown hybrid, this amply hopped beer is brewed with aromatic barley and caramelized brown sugar. Dogfish Head is a hop-head-friendly brewery.

$5

Imported Ale
De Dolle Brouwers, Arabier, Belgium 11.6 fl. oz.
A strong Belgian ale. Big and robust with red fruit notes, rather hardy at 8%. A top-fermented specialty brewed since 1862. The 6.5% strength is indicated by sticke, as guests would whisper (stickum) that the brewmaster had been a little too generous when weighing out the ingrents. Rich and complex. An eclectic brew made by adding salt and coriander into the boil. Unique aroma and flavor to this copper-colored masterpiece. Brewed in the heart of the Suffolk countryside, this true porter is made by combining a younger light beer with a mature old ale.

$8 $7

Uerige, Sticke Dsseldorfer Alt, Germany 11.2 fl. oz.

Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei, Leipziger Gose, Germany 25 fl. oz. St. Peters Brewery, Old-Style Porter, England 16.9 fl. oz. Kiuchi, Hitachino Nest Beer, White Ale, Japan 11.2 fl. oz.

$7 $6 $6 $5 $12 $8 $10 $5 $7

This delicious Belgian-styled ale is spiced with coriander, orange peel and nutmeg. Erdinger brews all of its wheat beers with water that has been pumped from a natural reservoir 157 meters below the ground.

Weissbru, Erdinger Weissbru, Hefe-Weizen, Germany 16.9 fl. oz. Brouwerij Bosteels, Tripel Karmeliet, Belgium 25.4 fl. oz. Hanssens Artisinaal, Oude, Gueuze Lambic, Belgium 12.7 fl. oz. Brouwerij Girardin, Gueuze Lambic, Belgium 12.7 fl. oz. Moortgat, Duvel Golden Ale, Belgium 11.2 fl. oz.
One of the greats, brewed since 1871.

Brewed with oats, barley, and wheat, this ale is impeccably balanced with a thread of sweetness. Gueuze is a style of lambic that blends young lambic with an older one to produce a wonderfully complex beer. Dry and light-bodied. Considered by many to be the finest lambic madenaturally sour. but ultimately refreshing.

Saison Dupont, Farmhouse Ale, Belgium 12,7 fl. oz. Schlenkerla, Rauchbeer, Urbock, Germany 25fl. oz.

One of the last farmhouse ales. Citrus with hop finish. The best beer in the world.

$5 First mentioned in 1405, the Schlenkerla brewery tavern is located in the heart of Bamberg beneath the Cathedral. The name means roughly: to not walk in a straight line. Rauchbeer is a Southern German style of beer with an intense smoky flavor, achieved by exposing the malt to the aromatic smoke (rauch) of burning beech-wood logs. A real trip, great with game!

St. James Gate Brewery, Guinness Draught, Ireland 14.9 fl. oz. (can)
The quintessential Irish brew.

$5

Specialty Beer
Paulaner, ThomasBrau, Germany 11.6 fl. oz., non-alcoholic Dragons Gold, Bards Tale, Gluten-free, lactose-free beer
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Soft Drinks
Colas (subject to availability)
French Coca Cola
Bottled in France. The original formula (sans cocaine!) with sugar instead of corn syrup. Slightly sweeter than American Coke.

French, 250 ml bottle (temp out) $7 $7 $7 $7 $3 $6 $6

Dutch Coca Cola Korean Coca Cola Korean Diet Coke Diet Coke Bennetts Hot Cola Dr. Pepper

Heat up the palate with a touch of habaero chili. A pleasant burn.

Dutch, 250 ml bottle Korea, 250 ml can Korea, 250 ml can USA, 12 oz. can Los Angeles, 12 oz. bottle

In the original 10-2-4 bottle and holding the Original Formula that made Dr. Pepper a favorite back in 1891. Made with imperial pure cane sugar and lightly carbonated, this smooth version is slightly different from todays Dr. Pepper.

Dublin, Texas, 8 oz. bottle

Ginger
Bundaberg Ginger Beer
When Herbfarm owners Ron and Carrie visited Queensland, Australia, they discovered this wonderful, real ginger beer in the heart of the world center of ginger farming. Bundaberg Ginger Beer is brewed with natural Buderim ginger root, fermented brewers yeast, and a small residue of ginger fiber. An unmistakable, traditional ginger beer taste that can only be produced by natural brewing.

Australia, 375 ml bottle

$7.50

Citrus
D&G Ting
Tingits a little island sunshine in a bottle. Crafted from real Jamaican grapefruit without preservatives.

Jamaica, 285 ml bottle

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Herbfarm Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Aril Brut Cuve
This de-alcoholized sparkling wine is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes. Cold, stainless-steel fermentation allows it to retain the floral characteristics of the grapes with just a hint of toast and vanilla to round out the mouth. This non-alcoholic wine is the only one to ever take a gold medal by beating out wines with alcohol! for a Bottle to go, $8.95

Wedding Tea Spritzer

Rosehips, cinnamon, clove, and dried citrus make up this blend that Herbfarm founders Ron and Carrie created for their own wedding. Rosehips have a long history of use for their vitamin C as well as in oils for their restorative properties and lovely fragrance. Combining this fragrance, fall spice, citrus, and some non-alcoholic sparkling wine makes this a perfect match with rabbit, duck, or any game meat. Wedding tea, $7.95

Stinging Nettle Spritzer

Years of experimentation in England created this combination of fresh stinging nettles and blackcurrant leaves. The concentrate is diluted with sparkling water. Bottle of Stinging nettle concentrate, $16.95

Norfolk Punch
In the 1970s, Eric St. John-Foti discovered a recipe in the Leet court records of Welle Manor, Upwell, Norfolk, England. The recipe was for a non-alcoholic herbal drink first made by Benctine monks 700 years ago. Made from a blend of dozens of herbs and spices, it is the perfect non-alcoholic digestif. Bottle, $14

Duch de Longueville Norman Cider

This artisanal-style French cider is created in the Norman tradition, where the use of a single type of apple dictates the individuality of the cru. Quite naturally high in acid, the French cider apples produce an off-dry beverage with the pure flavor components of fresh apples. Bottle, $9

Peppermint Infusion of the Moment

Using the concentrated flavor of herbal hydrosols and herbal goodies from our garden, we unearth flavors to marry with the refreshing qualities of peppermint. Often available: rose, chamomile, lime, cucumber, and passionfruit.

Elderflower Cordial
Blue Elder blooms with white pom pom flowers each June. In fact, some people do not consider it summer until the Elders heady scent fills the air. The unique flavor extracted by steepingis reminiscent of gooseberry and citrus. Elderflower is known for its restorative properties, and found its way into much European folklore and history. Though the Blue Elder grows in the Pacific Northwest, this particular and hard-to-get version is made in Austria by the famous winemaking team from Nikolaihof. The syrup concentrate should be diluted with sparkling water. Bottle of concentrate, $32
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Herbfarm Tea gets its garnet color and intoxicating aroma from the hibiscus flower. Hibiscus is a sign of love and fertility in Tahiti, and was the These beverages, and others, power symbol of the goddess are served nightly to guests Jagua in Caribbean lore. who prefer non-alcoholic A tea made from these drinks. beautiful flowers was the beverage favored by the Pharaohs of the ancient Nile Valley, an escape from the desert heat. In fact, Hibiscus Tea is still a popular beverage in China, Mexico, the Caribbean, and parts of Europe. Here it is made all the more refreshing with fresh lemon juice, and seltzer. herBfarm tea, $7.95

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World Mineral Waters of Terroir

WATER

MiCHaeL MasCHa has written

the definitive book on bottled waters. We are indebted to this seminal work, Fine Waters, for the way that hes categorized and clarified our most fundamental beverage. These are all natural waters: not distilled or bottled municipal water. Like wine, they express the place from which they come, their terroir. In lieu of wine, we are happy to do an all-water pairing for you to enjoy with our nine-course dinners. Wine drinkers may add a World of Waters pairing for a $15 supplement.

Still

Lynx

italy

Lynx is a prized (and expensive!) Italian water in a striking cobalt blue bottle. The source of the water is on the north face of Mount Pelpi at 4,900 feet. This low-mineral water has a faint sweetness to it.

Major Water Styles

Boldly Sparkling Classic Sparkling Light Sparkling Effervescent Still

750 ml, glaSS, $18 Sparkling, Bold

Perrier

france

Perrier has been imported to America for about a century. It is a high-acid water with big, bold, loud bubbles.

750 ml., glaSS, $4 efferveScent, light SWeden

A refreshing water with a hint of sour, mum minerals, and light carbonation.

Ramlsa

Still, claSSic

Ty Nant

WaleS

A delicious and very pure water from a Welsh aquifer.

efferveScent

Badoit Rouge

750 ml, red glaSS, $8 WaleS

The bubbles in this water are fairly loud and should be paired with food of substantial mouthfeel. Delicious and very pure.

france

750 ml., glaSS, $7 Sparkling, claSSic italy

Pronounced Ba-Dwah. A substantial water, but despite the high minerality, it tastes amazingly light. Very small bubbles make this a water for those who say they dont like sparkling mineral water.

Sparkling, claSSic

San Pellegrino

1 liter, red pet, $8 Still

Though widely exported, San Pellegrino is not common in its home country of Italy. It has a very high mineral content and very low nitrates, indicating an unspoiled source.

750 ml, Blue glaSS, $8 Still

Volvic

france

Evian

1 liter, glaSS, $5 france Still, light

Surely one of the worlds best-known brands, Evian spends 15 years filtering down from the French Alps. The water picks up minerals from glacial sands, giving it a distinctive taste.

Speyside Glenlivet

Scotland

As implied in the name, Volvic is of volcanic origin, evident in its level of silica. Volvic is very neutral and has a slightly soft taste.

1 liter, glaSS, $5 Still fiji, South pacific

Good water makes good whisky. The spring water at Speyside, Scotland, comes from quartzite that keeps high levels of minerals out of the water. A hint of sweetness.

1 liter, glaSS, $6 Still

Wattwiller

france

Fiji

1 liter, glaSS, $9 Sparkling, light Scotland 1 liter, glaSS, $9 Still, light

Fiji water started as rainfall 450 years ago. It filters down through volcanic rock, the remoteness of the South Pacific keeping it pure.

Tau

Wattwiller should be on any experts shortlist of the worlds greatest mineral waters. It is from an ancient and extremely pure source (zero nitrate) that delivers a fabled water with a faintly salty aftertaste.

.5 liter, glaSS, $8 WaleS

1 liter, pet, $6 Still, claSSic

Galvania Sparkling

italy

A low mineral content in a highconcept bottle. The almost neutral pH sometimes triggers a sweet perception. Elegant and pure.

The spring at San Lorenzo Monte bubbles with a water that was filtered by a slow trip under the Apennines. Mum weight and neutral pH make it a classic choice.

750 ml, glaSS, $7

33 oz., glaSS, $5
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wines to celebrate significant birthdays and anniversaries

t least once in everyones lifetime comes the opportunity to celebrate a really special occasion: The birthday of a spouse or partner A 25th or 50th wedding anniversary Recognition of a corporate achievement Your partners retirement celebration At times like these, you want to share something of particular personal significancea unique time capsule that conveys your care, and that can be treasured for years to come. For such occasions we have assembled some of the finest rare wines from the special year of birth or anniversary. Let us assist you in choosing a wine to celebrate a special year.

We offer wines from these vintage years

2005 2004 2003 5th 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 10th 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 15th 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 20th 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 25th 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 30th 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 35th 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 40th 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 45th 1962 1961 1959 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 55th 1952 1950 1949 1948 60th 1947 1944 1942 1941 1939 1937 1935 1934 1930 1929 1928 80th 1927 1926 1924 1922 1920 1916 1914 1912 1910 1907 1901 1900 1896 1890 1885 1880 1875 1864 1863 145th 1862 1845 1834 1832 1827 1795 213th

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Index of Wineries
Be aware that due to the way that this index is generated, it does not include all of the wines and wineries on the list. Abacela-26 Abacela-52 Abacela-65 Abacela-78 Abacela-83 Abacela-86 Abbazia di Novacella-125 Abeja-52 Abreu-71 Acciaioly-150 Adelsheim-16 Adelsheim-22 Adelsheim-24 Adelsheim-30 Adelsheim-65 Alain Voge-122 Albert Mann-145 Alenza-134 Alex Gambal-107 Allegrini-131 Alois Kracher-144 Altesino-129 lvaro Palacios-135 Amalie Robert-30 Amarone-130 Ambroise-107 Amity-24 Amity Vineyards-31 Andrake-52 Andr Brunel-122 Andrew Rich-26 Andrew Will-16 Andrew Will-26 Andrew Will-53 Andrew Will-65 Andrew Will-78 Angelo Gaja-125 Anne Gros-107 Anselmi-143 Antica Terra-30 Antonio & Elio Monti-133 Anwilka Vineyard-136 Apex-22 Apex-26 Apex-52 Apex-65 Apex-140 Apolloni Vineyards-30 Araujo Estates Wines-70 Archery Summit-27 Archery Summit-30 Argyle-viii Argyle-31 Argyle Chardonnay-16 Arterberry-16 Arterberry-30 Artisanal Cellars-30 Ash Hollow-65 Ata Rangi -51 Auguste Clape-102 Auguste Clape-122 Badia a Coltibuono-129 Baer-52 Barbadillo-143 Barbaresco-125 Barbeito-150 Barboursville-50

Barnard Griffin-16 Barnard Griffin-22 Barnard Griffin-52 Barolo-125 Baron Herzon-152 Bartenura-xiv Basel Cellars-52 Batenura-152 Baumard-143 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Collection-70 Beaux Frres-32 Benziger-71 Beresan-52 Beresan-78 Bergstrm-31 Beringer-71 Bertagna-107 Bertagne -107 Bertani-131 Bethel Heights-26 Bethel Heights-32 Betz Family Winery-56 Betz Family Winery-77 Bindi-50 Black Hills Estate Winery, British Columbia-56 Blackwood Canyon-65 Blandy-150 Bocelli-129 Bodegas Faustino-135 Bodegas livares-143 Bodegas Muga-135 Boedecker-32 Boekenhoutskloof-136 Bois de Boursan-122 Bollinger A-xi Bonair-16 Bond Estates-71 Bouchard Finlayson-136 Bouchard Finlayson-136 Bouchard Pre-107 Bouchard Pre-107 Boudreaux Cellars-16 Boudreaux Cellars-56 Boudreaux Cellars-65 Bourillon-dOrlans-26 Branson Coach House-82 Brian Carter-56 Brick House-32 Brick House-83 Broadley Vineyards-33 Brunello di Montalcino-129 Bruno Ceretto-125 Bruno Giacosa-126 Bruno Rocca-126 Bryant Family Vineyard-71 brklin-wolf-94 Buty Winery-16 Buty Winery-22 Buty Winery-56 Buty Winery-66 Buty Winery-78 Buty Winery-83 Cabernet Sauvignon from Penfolds-82 Cacher Bokobsa-152 Cadence-56 Callaway Vineyard-76 Cameron-16 Cameron-24 Cameron-33 Camille Giroud-107 Campbells-141 Camus-27 Canadian Ice Wine-140

Canoe Ridge-16 Canoe Ridge-66 Caon de Sol-57 Caon de Sol-78 Capezzana-143 Carter Cellars-71 Carter Cellars (Merlot)-69 Casanova di Neri-129 Castello di Bossi-129 Castello di Monsanto-130 Castello di Verduno-127 Cave B-22 Cayuse Vineyards-57 Cayuse Vineyards-77 Chaddsford Winery-18 Chaddsford Winery-50 Chaddsford Winery-83 Chalone-18 Chambers-141 Chandler Reach Vineyards-57 Chandler Reach Vineyards-78 Chapoutier-102 Chapoutier-121 Chapoutier-123 Chapoutier Vin del Paille-140 Charles Krug-72 Charles Melton-82 Chteau Ausone-118 Chteau Beychevelle-116 Chteau Branaire-116 Chteau Calon-Sgur-112 Chteau Canon-La-Gaffelire-118 Chteau Cheval Blanc-118 Chteau Cissac-119 Chteau Clerc-Milon-112 Chteau Clinet-119 Chteau Clos Ren-119 Chteau Cos dEstournel-112 Chteau dArmailhaq (a.k.a. dArmailhac)-112 Chteau de Beaucastel-122 Chateau de Calce-143 Chteau de Fargues-142 Chteau de Fonsalette-123 Chteau de la Gardine-122 Chteau de Mauvanne-124 Chteau de RayneVigneau-142 Chteau Doisy-Dane-142 Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou-116 Chteau dYquem-142 Chteau Faire Le Pont-79 Chteau Figeac-118 Chteau Filhot-142 Chteau Fortia-122 Chteau Gilette-142 Chteau Giscours-117 Chteau Gloria-116 Chteau Gracia-118 Chteau Grand-Puy Lacoste -113 Chteau Greysac-119 Chteau-Grillet-102 Chteau GruaudLarose-116 Chteau Haut-Bailly-118 Chteau Haut-Brion-118 Chteau La Conseillante-119 Chteau la Croix de

Gay-119 Chteau Lafite-Rothschild-113 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion-118 Chteau Latour-114 Chteau Loville-LasCases-116 Chteau Lvangile-119 Chteau Lynch-Bages-115 Chteau Margaux-117 Chateau Margauz-20 Chateau Montelena-74 Chteau Montrose-112 Chteau Mouton-Rothschild-113 Chteau Musar-120 Chteau Palmer-117 Chteau Pavie & PavieDecesse-118 Chteau Ptrus-119 Chteau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande-115 Chteau Pontet-Canet-115 Chteau PrieureLichine-117 Chteau Quinault-118 Chteau Rauzan-Sgla-117 Chteau Rayas-102 Chteau Rayas-123 Chteau Rieussec-142 Chateau Rollat-68 Chateau St. Cosme-124 Chateau Ste. Michelle-16 Chteau Ste. Michelle-26 Chteau Ste. Michelle-57 Chteau Ste. Michelle-66 Chteau Ste. Michelle-83 Chateau St. Jean-72 Chteau Suduiraut-142 Chteau Talbot-117 Chateau Woltner-18 Chatham Hill-50 Chehalem-16 Chehalem-24 Chehalem-34 Chehalem-83 Chester-Kidder-57 Chevillon, Robert-107 Chianti-129 Chinook-16 Chinook-22 Chinook-66 Chinook-83 Chr. Arnold-20 Christian Reynal-143 Chuckanut Ridge-57 Chuckanut Ridge-78 Ciacci Piccolomini-131 Clos du Val-72 Coche-Dury-109 Cockburn-148 Coeur dAlene-27 Coeur dlene Cellars-78 Coldstream Hills-50 Colgin Cellars-72 Col Solare-57 Columbia Crest-58 Columbia Winery-16 Columbia Winery-27 Columbia Winery-58 Columbia Winery-66 Columbia Winery-78 Colvin Vineyard-83 Comte Armand-109 Comte Georges de

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Vog-107 Condado de Haza-134 Conn Creek-72 Copain-66 Cossart Gordon-150 Cte Bonneville-58 Cougar Crest-58 Cougar Crest-66 Cougar Crest-79 Covey Run-16 Covey Run-26 Covey Run-58 Covey Run-66 Covey Run-140 Coyeux-143 Cristom-17 Cristom-34 Crocker & Starr-20 Crown Valley-27 Cuvaison-72 Daniel Chopn-107 Daniel Rion-107 dArenberg-82 Darighe (Woodhouse Family Cellars)-58 David Hill-148 D. Colin-107 Dehesa La Granja-134 Delesvaux, Philippe-26 DeLille Cellars-59 DeLille Cellars-66 DeLille Cellars (Doyenne)-79 Desert Wind-22 De Sousa-x de Trafford-136 de Trafford-136 Diamond Creek-72 Didier Dagueneau-20 DiStefano-59 DiStefano-67 DiStefano-83 Disznk-148 Dobog-148 DOliveiras-150 Domaine Charvin-122 Domaine de Comtes Lafon-109 Domaine de la Janasse Caupin-122 Domaine de lArlot-107 Domaine de la RomaneConti-104 Domaine de MontRedon-122 Domaine Drouhin Oregon-17 Domaine Drouhin Oregon-35 Domaine du Mas Blanc-83 Domaine Marcel Deiss-96 Domaine Meriwether-viii Domaine Schoffit-96 Domaines Schlumberger-96 Domaine Tempier-124 Domaine Tissot-102 Domaine Trimbach-96 Domaine Weinbach-96 Domaine Weinbach: Exceptional Late-Harvest Wines-145 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht-96 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht

Late-Harvest Offerings-145 Dominio de Pingus-134 Dominio IV-79 Dominique Laurent-107 Dominus-72 Donedei-59 Donedei-67 Dow-146 Dr. Konstantin Frank-50 Dr. Konstantin Frank-50 Dr. Loosen/Mosel-94 Duckhorn-20 Duckhorn Vineyards-69 Dujac-107 Dujac-107 Dunham Cellars-22 Dunham Cellars-59 Dunham Cellars-79 E. Barnaut-x Egly-Ouriet-x EIEIO-37 Elemental Cellars-24 Elemental Cellars-27 Elio Altare-125 Elio Perrone-xiv Elk Cove-36 Elk Cove-140 El Vnculo-134 Emmanuel Rouget-107 Erath-37 Erich Salomon-97 Erich Salomon-98 tienne Sauzet-93 Eugenio Bocchino-125 Evesham Wood-37 Eyrie-17 Eyrie-67 Eyrie Vineyards-37 Facelli-67 Fairview-136 Falesco-133 Familie Nigl-97 Familie Nigl-98 Fattoria Carobbio-129 Fattoria di Felsina-129 Fattoria Travignoli-143 Feather (Randy Dunn, Longshadows)-59 Felton Road-51 Fiddlehead Cellars-38 Fidelitas-60 Fidlitas-59 Fidlitas-80 Fielding Hills Winery-59 Five Star Cellars-67 Flegmann-148 Fonseca-146 Foris Vineyards-60 Forris Vineyards-26 Fort Walla Walla Cellars-60 Franciacorta Bellavista-xiv Franois Gros-107 Franois Raveneau-93 Franz Hirtzberger-98 Fratelli Monchiero-126 French Creek-17 Fritz Haag-94 Fruit and Nut Dessert Wines-140 Galena Cellars-76 Gallo of Sonoma-72 Gamala-152 Gantenbein, Daniel-50 Gaston Chiquet-x Gehringer Brothers-140

Gemello-Filice Winery-73 Georg Breuer-xiv Georg Breuer-94 German Eiswein see German Rieslings on page 95-140 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli-125 Gianni Voerzio-127 Giesen Estate-51 Girardet-140 Giuseppe Cortese-125 Giuseppe Quintarelli-132 Giuseppe Quintarelli-132 Glen Fiona-80 Glenn Fiona-83 Gould Campbell-146 Graham-146 Gramercy Cellars-80 Grands-chzeaux-104 Grange des Pres-124 Grasso-126 Gray Monk Cellars-26 Greenbank Cellars-60 Greenock Creek-82 Griffin Creek-27 Groffier, Robert-107 Gros Frre et Soeur-107 Guigal-102 Guigal Ampuis-121 Gunderloch-94 Gutirrez de la Vega-143 Gypsy Dancer-38 Hamacher-38 Hamilton Russel-136 Hargrave-50 Hargrave Vineyard-18 Harlan Estate-73 Hedges Cellars-61 Hedges Cellars-148 Hells Canyon-80 Henry Estate-38 Henschke, Hill of Grace-82 Herzog Selections-152 Hightower Cellars-61 Hillebrand Estates-140 Hinzerling-61 Hippolyte Reverdy-20 Hogue Cellars-61 Hood River Vineyards-140 Hoodsport-26 Hoodsport-61 Huert de Monthille-109 Huet-143 Hyatt-61 Ice Wines-140 Indigo-viii Inglenook-73 Inniskillin-140 International Pinot Noir Celebration-29 Isabel Estate-51 Isenhower Cellars-80 Jacky Truchot-Martin-107 Jacques Selosse-x Jadot-107 Jadot-107 Januik Winery-17 Januik Winery-61 Januik Winery-67 Januik Winery-80 Janus Gran Reserva-134 Jardin Winery-67 J. Bookwalter-56 J. Christopher-42

Jean-Nol Gagnard-109 Jermann: Venezia Giulia-98 J.J. Prm -94 JK Carriere-42 J.L. Chave-102 J.L. Chave-121 J.L. Chave-124 J.L. Chave-140 J.L. Chave-142 Jones Family Vineyards-73 Jordan-73 Jos Dhondt-x Josef Hirsch-97 Josef Hirsch-98 Jos Michel & Fils-x Joseph Drouhin-109 Joseph Phelps-73 Justino Henriques-150 Karl Lawrence Cellars-73 Ken Forrester-136 Ken Wright-24 Ken Wright Cellars-17 Ken Wright Cellars-39 Kestrel-80 Kettle Valley-61 King Estate-40 Kistler-18 Klein Constantia-136 Kongsgaard-81 Kosher Wine-152 Kracher-143 Kracher, Alois-99 Kramer-17 Krohn-146 K Vintners-80 La Bte-26 Labour-Roi-107 Lachini Vineyards-42 Ladera-73 La Fiorita-130 Lamoreaux Landing-50 Lange-42 La Spinetta (Giorgio Rivetti)-127 La Tche-104 Latah Creek-17 Latah Creek-67 Late Harvest Dessert Wines-139 Laura Volkman Vineyards-42 Laurent Perrier-152 Lawsons Dry Hills-51 Le Caudeau-33 Lcheneaut-107 LEcole No 41-22 LEcole No 41-61 LEcole No 41-67 Leeuwin-18 Lemelson Vineyards-17 Lemelson Vineyards-42 Leo Alzinger-97 Leonetti Cellars-60 Leonetti Cellars-67 Leroy-107 Leroy-107 Leroy-109 Les Forts de Latour-114 LHerbe Sauvage-42 Livingston-Moffett-73 Long Island Wines-76 Louis Martini-74 Lucien Crochet-20 Ludwig Hiedler-97 Ludwig Hiedler-98

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Lynch Vineyards-74 Maison Bigot-107 Mantlerhof-98 Marchese Antinori-129 Marchese de Frescobaldi-130 Marchesi di Gresy-126 Mario Marengo-126 Mark Ryan-61 Marquis dAngerville-109 Maryhill-86 Marziano Abbona-125 Masi-132 Mas Igneus-135 Mastrojanni-130 Matthews Cellars-22 Matthews Cellars-61 Matthews Cellars-80 Matthews Cellars-83 McCrea Cellars-17 McCrea Cellars-27 McCrea Cellars-79 McCrea Cellars-83 McKinlay-43 Melini-130 Mo-Camuzet-107 Mercer Ranch-62 Merus-74 Michel Lafrage-109 Millbrook-83 Mionetto-xiv Mission Hill (British Columbia)-62 Mission Mountain-50 Miura Vineyards-48 Momokawa/Sake-27 Mnchhof-94 Moncuit-x Mongeard-Mugneret-107 Mongeard-Mugneret-107 Monmousseau-xiv Montevetrano-133 Monthelie-Douhairet-109 Monthelie-DouhairetMorgante-133 Morningside Vineyard-50 Moulin Touchet-26 Mount Horrocks-141 Mud House-51 Mulderbosch-136 Mystic-80 Neudorf Vineyards-51 Neyers-74 Neyers-81 Nicholas Cole Cellars-62 Nicolar Potel-109 Niebaum-Coppola / Rubicon Estate-74 Niepoort-146 Nikolaihof-Wachau-97 Nikolaihof-Wachau-98 NkMip-140 Northstar-68 Northwest Ice Wine -140 Nota Bene Cellars-68 Nyetimber-xiv Ochoa-143 Olssens of Bannockburn-51 Opus One-74 Orofino-68 Osoyoos Larose-62 Owen Roe-17 Owen Roe-62 Owen Roe-68 Owen Roe-83

Owen Sullivan Winery-62 Palmaz Vineyards-74 Palmucci-130 Panther Creek-17 Panther Creek-24 Panther Creek-43 Parc-143 Paris Wine Olympics -29 Pasanau Germans-135 Patrice Colin-26 Patricia Green Cellars-17 Patricia Green Cellars-41 Patz & Hall-18 Patz & Hall-48 Paul Jaboulet-102 Paul Jaboulet-An-121 Paul Thomas-68 Pax-81 Pedestal-68 Pegasus Bay-51 Peller Estates-140 Penfolds-18 Penfolds-22 Penfolds Grange-82 Penner-Ash-43 Pepper Bridge-62 Pepper Bridge-68 Pernot, Paul-93 Pesquera-134 Petaluma-18 Peter Michael-18 Peter Michael-74 Philippe Delesvaux-143 Philippe Raimbault-20 Philip Togni-76 Pignan-123 Pinot Noir Finds and Esoterica-38 Pipers Brook-50 Pirouette (Agustin Huneeus & Philippe Melka ) -62 Ponzi-26 Ponzi Vineyards-43 Poplar Grove-69 Poplar Grove-83 Porto Rocha-148 Pousse dOr-109 Preston-68 Preston Premium Wines-62 Pride Mountain Vineyards-75 Priv-43 Produttori del Barbaresco-127 Prunotto-127 Quails Gate-140 Quilceda Creek-62 Quilceda Creek-64 Quilceda Creek-68 Quinta do Noval-146 Quinta do Serrado-150 Quinta do Vesuvio-146 Rainoldi-131 Ramey-18 Ramey Wine Cellars-75 Ramonet-93 Ramos-Pinto-148 Raptor Ridge-17 Raptor Ridge-43 Ravenswood-69 Red Car-48 Red Sky Winery-62 Reif Estate-140 Ren Lequin-Colin -109

Rex Hill-44 Richebourg-104 Ridge Vineyards-75 R.L. Buller-141 Robert Arnoux-107 Robert Karl-62 Roberto Anselmi-131 Roberto Voerzio-127 Roberto Voerzio-128 Robert Skalli-124 Rochioli-48 Rochioli -75 Rockblock (Domaine Serene)-80 Rockford-83 Rolf Binder Estate-83 Romane-St.-Vivant-104 Ross Estate-83 Royal Tokaji-148 R Stuart-44 Rubicon see NiebaumCoppola, page 74-75 Rulo Winery-27 Rulo Winery-81 Sakonnet-27 Salmon Bay-62 Samson Estates-140 Sandeman-147 San Giusto a Rentennano-130 San Vicente-135 Sarah Powell-81 Sassicaia-129 Sbragia-18 Scherrer-48 Schloss Gobelsburg-97 Schloss Gobelsburg-98 Schlumberger-96 Schoffit-26 Schoffit-96 Schoffit-145 Scott Paul-44 Sea Smoke-48 Seppelt-141 Seppelt-148 Sequel (John Duval: Penfolds/Longshadows)-81 Seresin Estate-18 Seresin Estate-51 Serience-81 Seven Hills-27 Seven Hills-63 Seven Hills-68 Seven Hills-81 Shea Wine Cellars-17 Shea Wine Cellars-44 Siduri-48 Silvan Ridge-viii Silvan Ridge-81 Silver Oak-75 Simon Bize-107 Sineann-44 Sineann-63 Sineann-68 Sineann-86 Sirita (Larry Stone)-75 Sizzano-127 Skewis-48 Sloan (see background on page 76)-75 Smith Woodhouse-147 Sokol Blosser-27 Sokol Blosser-44 Solaia-129 Solena-81

Sonoma Creek-75 Soos Creek-63 Soter-viii Soter Vineyards-45 Spring Valley-63 Staglin-18 Staglin-76 Stags Leap Wine Cellars-76 Stangeland-17 Stangeland-45 Stanza-148 Staton Hills-68 Ste. Chapelle-17 Ste. Chapelle-63 Stefano Lubiana-50 Sterling-20 St. Innocent-45 Stoller-45 Sumac Ridge-26 Syren-51 Syzygy-63 Tablas Creek-27 Talley-48 Taylor Fladgate-147 Tenuta dellOrnellaia -130 Tenuta Fontodi -130 Tenuta San Guido-131 Tenuta Sette Ponti-131 Terra Blanca-26 Testarossa-48 Thibert-Parisse-93 Thomas Winery-45 Three Rivers-26 Three Rivers-86 Tignanello-129 Tokaj Oremus-148 Tommasi-131 Tommasi-132 Tommaso Bussola-131 Torbreck-83 Torii Mor-45 Travaglini-127 Trey Marie-63 Trimbach-96 Trimbach-145 Tsillan Cellars-69 Tulocay-48 Tulocay-76 Tyrus Evan-63 Tyrus Evan-81 Used Automobile Parts-76 Van Duzer-46 Va Piano Vineyards-81 Vega-Sicilia-135 Venturi-Schultze-27 Vergelegen-136 Vickers-17 Vieux Chteau Certan -119 Vieux Tlgraphe-123 Vignalta-132 Vignalta-143 Vilafont-136 Vincent Girardin-107 Vincent Girardin-109 Virginia-76 von Hovel-94 Wagner Vineyard-18 Walla Walla Vintners-63 Walla Walla Vintners-69 Walla Walla Vintners-83 Walter Dacon-81 Warres-147 Weinbach-96 Westrey-46 Whidbeys-148

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White Oak-140 Whitestone-69 W.H. Smith-48 Wild Goose Vineyard-26 WillaKenzie-24 WillaKenzie Estate-46 Willamette Valley Vineyards-46 Willamette Valley Vineyards-63 Willamette Valley Vineyards-69 Williams-Selyem-48 Willi Brndlmayer-97 Wilridge-81 Wilridge Winery-63 Wineries to Watch-36 Witness Tree-46 Woodinville Wine Company/Bear Creek-81 Woodward Canyon-17 Woodward Canyon-63 Woodward Canyon-64 Woodward Canyon-69 Yalumba-83 Yalumba-148 Yamhill Valley Winery-46 Youngberg Hill Vineyard-46 Zefina-83 Zellerbach-76 Zenato-132 Zerba Cellars-81 Zind-Humbrecht-96

Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the worlds great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
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Wine Sensory evaluation tools

Wine Bottle Sizes
Wine Color Guide White roS
Colorless Green tinged Greeny straw Straw Straw yellow Yellow Yellow gold Orange pink Pink Salmon Amber Brown Champagne Rose Violet rose Yellow rose Orange rose

The Names & Sizes of Wine Bottles

Split 187 ml Half-Bottle 375 ml Bottle 750 ml Magnum Two bottles (1.5 liters) Double Magnum 4 bottles (3 liters) Imperial 6 liters, still wine only These Larger Sizes Only Apply to Sparkling Wine & Burgundy. They are named for the ten ancient, breakaway tribes that became Israel. Jeroboam Rehoboam Methuselah Salmanazar Balthazar Nebuchadnezzar 4 bottles or 3 liters 6 bottles or 4.5 liters 8 bottles or 6 liters 12 bottles or 9 liters 16 bottles or 12 liters 20 bottles or 15 liters

red
Purple Violet Ruby Garnet Red Brick red Tile red Orange red Mahogany Amber Brown

Gold Old gold Amber Brown

Color variation may occur

Temperature Serving Guide

19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 C 66 65 63 61 59 57 55 53 52 50 48 46 44 F
Brandy/Armagnac/Cognac Full-bodied reds, vintage port Tawny port, Oloroso sherry Dessert wines Mum-bodied reds Amontillado sherry Light-bodied reds Full-bodied whites Mum-bodied whites Light-bodied whites, ros Vintage sparkling wine Fino sherry Non-vintage sparkling

Wine Aroma Wheel

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Latitudes of World Viticulture

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