| Best Reds Under $15.00 |
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NV Penfolds Wines Club Port
Red Blend; Other Australia; | $11.99 | |
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"Very spicy, sporting caramel, cinnamon and tarry flavors, sweet and silky on the long finish." -- Wine Spectator (89 points)
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NV Taylor Fladgate Special Tawny Porto
Port Blend; Portugal; | $13.99 | |
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"Reddish-tawny color. Nut skin and earth on the nose. Then spicy, firm and expressive in the mouth, with nicely defined flavors and solid underlying structure. Finishes with a lingering flavor of dried cherry. Would have scored higher but for a slight dankness on the nose." -- Steve Tanzer (86 points)
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| Best Whites Under $15.00 |
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NV Chambers Rosewood Winery Muscat Rutherglen (half bottle)
Muscat; Victoria; | $14.99 | |
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"Sweet and focused, centering on stewed prune and pepper flavors, with pretty orange peel and clove overtones as the finish lingers nicely. Drink now. 1,000 cases imported. " -- Wine Spectator (89 points)
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NV Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs Carneros
Pinot Noir; Sonoma; | $14.49 | |
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"Festive and fun to drink, with fresh and floral strawberry and graham cracker aromas and juicy raspberry, watermelon and spicy vanilla flavors. Drink now through 2012. 33,845 cases made. " -- Wine Spectator (88 points)
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NV Gloria Ferrer Brut Sonoma County
Champagne Blend; Sonoma; | $14.49 | |
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"Fresh, crisp and fruit-forward, with green apple and pear aromas and lively lemon and mineral flavors. Drink now through 2012. 86,000 cases made. " -- Wine Spectator (87 points)
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NV Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut Columbia Valley
Champagne Blend; Columbia Valley; | $9.99 | |
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"Crisp and peppery, with a spicy note mingling with lime marmalade and toast flavors, lingering gently. Drink now. 32,640 cases made. " -- Wine Spectator (87 points)
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NV Cristalino Cava Brut
other white varietal; Other Spain; | $6.49 | |
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" Subtle, leesy aromas of apple, spices, flowers and nuts. Dry, racy and perfumed, with intense ginger and apple flavors complicated by nutty and floral nuances. Finishes quite dry and restrained. Unusually subtle, fresh, clean Cava." -- Steve Tanzer (87 points)
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NV Segura Viudas Brut Cava Reserva
other white varietal; Other Spain; | $6.99 | |
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"Pungent aromas of minerals, apple and ginger. Slightly perfumed floral flavor of good intensity; finer and more intense than the Segura Viudas Aria cuvee. Just a hint of heat on the finish. (Freixenet U.S.A., Sonoma, CA)" -- Steve Tanzer (86 points)
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