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 Nov./Dec.,
2003 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
 Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
1995 Muscat "Goldert" (Zind-Humbrecht);
1998 Riesling "Schlossberg Cuvée L'Inédit"
(Weinbach); 2000 Pinot Gris "Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind-Humbrecht);
1989 Gewurztraminer Selection des Grains Nobles Cuvée
"S" (Hugel); 1998 Gewurztraminer
"Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind-Humbrecht)
Argentina (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 Malbec (Tikal)
Australia (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Shiraz "Adelaide
Hills" (Petaluma); 2003 Riesling "Hanlin Hill"
(Petaluma); 2002 Shiraz "Shotfire
Ridge" (Thorn-Clarke)
Austria (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 Gruner Veltliner "Alte
Reben" (Brundlmayer); 2002 Riesling Smaragd Ried Klaus
(J. Jamek)
Belgium (except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 "Cuvée Pur
Sang" (Domaine Twee Eiken); 1999 Chardonnay "Cuvée Goud"
(Genoelseldere)
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateau L'Angelus; 1983
Chateau Margaux; 1986 Chateau Lagrange; 1950
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion;
Trilogie (Chateau Le Pin); 2000
Chateau Talbot; 2000 Chateau Troplong-Mondot; 1982 Chateau Talbot;
1986 Chateau Talbot; 2000 Chateau Calon Segur; 2000 Les Carmes Haut
Brion; 1982 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion; 1986
Chateau Gruaud Larose; 1989 Chateau Monbrison;
1975 Chateau Petrus; 2000 Chateau Cheval Blanc; 1986 Chateau
Rausan-Segla
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Hautes Cotes de Nuit
Blanc (B. Ambroise); 1997
Pouilly-Fuissé "Clos des Petits-Croux" (Domaine
Guffens-Heyen); 1997
Meursault-Narvaux (Domaine d'Auvenay); 1990 Corton (Meo-Camuzet);
1990 Chambertin Clos de Beze (A. Rousseau)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Charbono
(Foley); 1993 Cabernet "Lamb Vineyard" (Fisher); 1996
"Reserve" (Von Strasser); 1999 Cabernet "Beckstoffer"
(Behrens & Hitchcock); 1993 Cabernet (Abreu); 1988 Cabernet
(Forman); 2000 Petit Verdot (Behrens & Hitchcock); 2001 White
Zinfandel (Sutter Home); 2001 Zinfandel "O.V.O.C. (old vines,
old clones) (Alderbrook); 1999 Cabernet
(Harlan Estate); 1994 Cabernet "Anniversary" (La Jota);
2001 Syrah "Maximus--Blackjack Ranch
Vineyard" (Blackjack); 1997 "Alexis" (Swanson); 1996
Petite Sirah (Rockland); 2000 Syrah (Justin)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
2001
Torrontés Santa Julia Tardio (Zuccardi); 1998 Tokay Pinot Gris
Selection des Grains Nobles (Schoffit); 1994 Port (Warre's);
1995 Coteaux du Layon "Beaulieu Les Rouannières" (Pierre
Bise); 1994 Gewurztraminer "Rangen Selection des Grains Nobles
Clos Saint Théobald" (Schoffit); 1977 Port (Quarles Harris);
NV Blancs de Blanc Champagne "Montre-Cul" (Delot et Fils);
2000 Chardonnay #7 "Nouvelle Vague" Trockenbeerenauslese
(A. Kracher); 1975 Chateau Yquem; NV Chardonnay Champagne
"Premium Extra Dry" (Barefoot Cellars); NV Chardonnay Champagne
"Brut Cuvée" (Barefoot Cellars); 1994 Sparkling Wine "Classic Cuvée" (Nyetimber);
1970 Port (Warres); 1975 Riesling Eiswein
"Wehlener Sonnenuhr"(J.J. Prum); 1976 Riesling
Trockenbeerenauslese "Wehlener Sonnenuhr"(S.A. Prum);
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1992 Riesling Auslese
** "Wehlener Sonnenuhr" (Kerpen); 1995 Riesling
Auslese "Brauneberger-Juffer-Sonnenuhr" (Fritz Haag);
2002 Riesling Spatlese "Rudesheimer Berg Rottland" (Johannishof);
1921 Riesling Auslese Cabinet "Rauenthaler
Huhnerberg" Naturrein (Staatsweinguter); 1953 Riesling
Spatlese "Durkheimer Michelsberg" (Vier Jahreszeiten);
1989 Riesling Auslese "Abtsberg" (Maximin Grunhaus); 1959 Riesling Feinste Auslese "Eitelsbacher
Karthauserhofberg Burgberg" Fuder No. 64 (Karthauser
Hof); 2001 Riesling Auslese "Leiwener Laurentiuslay" (St.
Urbans-Hof); 1990 Riesling Auslese "Wehelener Sonnenuhr Goldkap"
A.P. No. 2 582 038 1491 Fuder 14 (Meulenhof)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001
"Pin" (La Spinetta); 1999 "Granato" Teroldego
Rotaliano (Foradori); 2002 Erbaluce di Caluso (Ferrando); 1997
Barolo "Vigna Mandorlo" (Giacosa Fratelli);
1997 Sammarco (Castello dei Rampola); 1999 Rosso Villa Fidelia
IGT (Sportoletti); 1996 Carignano del Sulcis (Terre Brune--Santadi);
1989 Barolo
Riserva "Collina Rionda Di Serralunga" (Giacosa); 1990
Barbaresco "Santa Stefano" (Giacosa)
Loire (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Saumur (Chateau du Hureau-Vatan)
Rhone/South/SW
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000
Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve (Roger Perrin); 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape
"La Reine des Bois" Chateauneuf du Pape (Domaine de
la Mordorée); 1978 Hermitage "La Chapelle" (Jaboulet);
1985 Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvée Reservée" (Domaine
Pegau); 1996 Hermitage "La Chapelle"
(Jaboulet); 1997 Hermitage "La Chapelle" (Jaboulet); 1999 Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc;
1988, 1989, 1990 Mas de Daumas Gassac; 2001
Chateauneuf du Pape "Reservée" (Domaine Pegau);
2001 Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2002
Garnacha Las Rocas (Bodega San Alejandro)
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Sept./Oct.,
2003 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 "Quartet"
(Lamont's); 2002 "Classic Dry White" (Cullen); 2001
"Sarah's Blend" (Marquis Philips; 2001
Shiraz "Lily's Garden" (Two Hands); 1998 Grenache
"Old Vines" (Burge Family)
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
1994 Chateau
Montrose; 1994 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou; 2000 Carruades de Lafite;
1966 Chateau Léoville Barton;
1953 Chateau Latour; 1953 Chateau Gruaud Larose; 1982 Chateau
Latour; 1982 Chateau Léoville Las Cases
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1996 Pommard-Epenots
(Dominique Laurent); 1991 Bonnes Mares (Roumier);
1990 Pommard-Charmots (Parigot); 1990 Chassagne-Montrachet (Ramonet);
1990 Meursault-Charmes (Delagrange); 1991 Batard-Montrachet (Domaine
Leflaive);
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 "Alluvium
White" (Beringer); 2000 "The White Coat" (Turley);
1997 "Valiente" (Vigil Vineyards); 1999 Insignia
(Phelps); 1999 "Napa Valley Red" (Blair Estate); 2001
Zinfandel (Blackstone); 2001 "Conundrum" (Caymus); 2001
"Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc" (Tablas Creek); 1998
Syrah "Eisele" (Araujo); 1998
Harlan Estate Red Wine; 1998 Cabernet (Jones Family);1986 Cabernet
"Hillside Select" (Shafer); 1999
Cabernet (Screaming Eagle); 1997 Cabernet "Barelli Creek"
(Gallo)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
1999
Riesling Ice Wine (Konzelman);2000 Riesling
Eiswein "Ockfener Bockstein" (Dr. Fisher); 1990 Porto
"Quinta da Bomfim" (Dow); 1985 Port
(Dow); 1953 Muscat (Massandra); 1990 "Cristal"
(Roederer); 1836 "Oscar's Special" Malmsey Reserve"
(Oscar Acciaioly); 1986 Chateau Yquem; NV Vi
Dolç Red Wine (Mas Estela)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1991 Riesling Auslese "Graacher
Dompropst" AP 2-583-154-07-91 (Willi Schaefer); 1999
Riesling Spatlese "Urziger Wurzgarten" A.P. No.
2-576-162-46-00 (Dr. Loosen); 1998 Riesling
Kabinett "Hackenheimer Kirchberg)(Ch. W. Bernhard); 2002
Riesling Kabinett (Weil)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1990
Campaccio "Barriques" (Terrabianca); 1986 Amarone
Classico (T. Bussola); 1997 Barbaresco "Rabajà" (G.
Cortese); 1997 Chianti Classico (Casa Emma); 2000 Rossj-Bass (Gaja);
1999 Merlot (Falesco); 1998 Brunello (Pertimali-Sassetti); 1996
Barolo (Stefano Farina); 1999 "Sorriso" (Scavino); 1999
Barbera (M. Molino); 1999
Chianti Classico Riserva “Vigna del Capannino” (Tenuta di
Bibbiano)
Rhone/South/SW
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998
Minervois La Livinière "La Chandelière" (Domaine La
Combe Blanche); 2000 Ermitage Blanc de l'Orée (Chapoutier); 2001
Chateauneuf du Pape "Mon Aieul" (P. Usseglio); 1999
Chateauneuf du Pape "Mon Aieul" (P. Usseglio); 1983 Cote
Rotie "Brune et Blonde" (Guigal); 1998
Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvée Réservée" (Domaine Pegau);
2001 Chateauneuf du Pape "Boisrenard" (Beaurenard)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001
"Old Vines Unfiltered Red Wine" (Tinto Figuero); NV
Sherry "Aurora Manzanilla" (Pedro Romero)
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July/Aug.,
2003 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Pinot Noir (Curly Flat);
1999 Pinot Noir (Curly Flat)
Austria (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Gruner Veltliner "Novemberlese"
(Hiedler)
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Pavillon Blanc du
Chateau Margaux; 2000 Chateau Tayac Cotes de Bourg; 2000 Rauzan
Gazies; 2000 Chateau Lagrange St. Julien; 2000 Rocher
Bellevue Figeac; 1996 Chateau Villa Bel Air
(Graves);
1979 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild;
1993 Chateau Haut Brion Blanc; 1993
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion; 1993 Carruades de Lafite; 1993
Chateau Cheval Blanc; 1993 Chateau Latour; 1993 Chateau Lafite
Rothschild;1993 Chateau Haut Brion; 1986
Chateau Margaux; 1996 Chateau Clos Fourtet
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Puligny-Montrachet "Les Folatières"
(Domaine d'Auvenay); 1998 Cote de Nuits
Villages (B. Ambroise); 1988 Bonnes Mares (Comtes de Vogüé); 1990
Richebourg (Mongeard-Mugneret); 1989 Pommard-Rugiens (Léjeune);
1996 "Les Cras" Vougeot (Bertagna); 1992
Meursault-Genevrières (Mestre-Michelot); 1992 Chassagne-Montrachet
"Chenevottes" (Marc Morey); 1995 Meursault-Genevrières
(Louis Latour); 1993 Clos Vougeot (Jadot); 1993 1er Cru (Faiveley);
1996 Corton-Bressandes (Chandon de Briailles)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
1993 "Les Pavots" (Peter Michael);
1984 Cabernet (Togni); 1974 Cabernet "Martha's Vineyard"
(Heitz); 1971 Cabernet "Eisele" (Ridge Vineyards); 1994 Cabernet "Hillside Reserve" (Flora Springs);
1995 "Dalle Valle" (Maya); 1992 Chardonnay Reserve (Chalone);
2001 Pinot Noir (Navarro); 2000 Syrah
(Justin); 1999 Zinfandel (Hayne); 1996 Zinfandel "Jackass
Vineyard" (Martinelli); 2000 Merlot
"26th Anniversary" (Rutherford Hill); 2001 Merlot
(Rutherford Hill); 2000 Merlot Reserve (Rutherford Hill); 2001
Merlot Reserve (Rutherford Hill); 1996
Chardonnay "Cuvée Cathleen" (Kistler); 1996 Merlot
(Pride); 2001 Zinfandel "Duarte" (Turley);
1999 Pinot Noir "Guadalupe Vineyard" (Ken Wright);
1999 Zinfandel "Buchignani Ranch" (Ridge Vineyards); 2000
Zinfandel "Nervo Late Picked" (Ridge Vineyards);
2001 "The Stranger" (Red Car); 2000 Syrah "James
Berry Vineyard Bone Rock" (Saxum)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
1994 Muscat-Huxelrebe
(Silvan Ridge); 1997 Weisser Burgunder Eiswein
"Biebelnheimer Rosenberg" (Schlossadler);
1997
Coteaux du Layon "L'Anclaie" (Pierre Bise);
2002 Moscatel (Ochoa); 1999 Sauternes (Suduiraut);
1992 Riesling Beerenauslese "Bopparder Hamm Ohlenberg"
(Adolph Weingart);
2000 Riesling Eiswein "Bechtolsheimer
Homberg" (Bretz); 1975 Chateau d'Arche;
1998 Oro (La Spinetta); 1988 Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey; 2002
Vidal Eiswein (Tomasello); 1999 Riesling
Beerenauslese "Haardter Burgergarten" (Muller-Catoir)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Riesling Spatlese "Wehlener
Sonnenuhr" (Studert-Prum);
2001 Spatburgunder "Rudesheimer
Berg Schlossberg" Trocken (Kesseler); 1994 Spatlese "Graacher
Himmelreich" (J.J. Prum); 1985 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger
Wurzgarten" AP
2-602-158-07-86
(Benedict Loosen);
2002 Riesling Kabinett "Rudesheimer Klosterlay" (Leitz);
1998 Riesling Spatlese "Rauenthaler Wulfen" (Strum and
Sohn); 1989 Riesling Auslese "Urziger
Wurzgarten" (Merkelbach); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Mulheimer
Helenkloster" (M. Richter); 1997
Riesling Auslese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Brunello di Montalcino (Uccelliera); 1995
Valpolicella Superiore "Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta" (Dal
Forno); 1993 Sodole (Strozzi); 1989 Barolo "Cerequio" (R.
Voerzio)
New
Zealand (except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Sauvignon Blanc (Cloudy
Bay)
Rhone/South/SW
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvée Reservée" (Pegau); 1999 Vin de Pays de
l'Herault (Grange des Peres); 1994 Hermitage
"La Chapelle" (Paul Jaboulet Ainé); 2001 Vin de Pays du
Gard Cabernet-Syrah (Mas de Guiot); 2002 Bandol Rosé (Pradeaux);
2002 Vin de pays des Cotes du Tarn "Les
Rials _Loins de l'Oeil (Domaine de la Chanade);
2000 Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St Loup "Vielles Vignes"
(Chateau de Lancyre); 1990 Hermitage "Le
Gréal" (Sorrel);
2001 Counoise Vin de
Pays du Gard "Vignoble de la Ramière" (Domaine
Montpertuis);
1998 Minervois La Livinière "Pic St
Martin" (Domaine de Cantaussel)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001
Garnacha (Artazuri);2000 Gotim Bru (Castell del Remei); 1985
Rioja "Ygay Gran Reserva" (Marques de Murietta); 1990
Blanco Seco Vina Ardanza (La Rioja Alta);
NV Cava "Brut Reserva" (Sumarroca); 2002 Palomino (A.
Barbadillo); 2002 Verdejo (Blanco Nieva); 2002 Muscat (Sumarroca);
2002 Garnacha Rosé (Ochoa); 2002 Albarino (As Laxas); 2002
Sauvignon Blanc (Blanco Nieva); 2001 Tempranillo (Sumarroca); 1999
Tempranillo (Ochoa); 1995 Rioja Reserva (M. Merino); 1994 Rioja
Reserva (M. Merino); 1999 Selección (Estancia Piedra); 2000
Cabernet Sauvignon (Son Bordils); 2000 Negre (Son Bordils)
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May/June, 2003 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
New
releases from Zind-Humbrecht: 2001
Zind; 2001 Riesling "Gueberschwihr"; 2001 Riesling "Heimbourg";
2001 Riesling "Brand"; 2001 Gewurztraminer "Wintzenheim";
2001 Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg"; 2001 Gewurztraminer
"Clos Windsbuhl" (all Zind-Humbrecht); 1998
Gewurztraminer "Hengst" Vendange Tardive (Barmes-Buecher);
1997 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive (Trimbach);
1999
Gewurztraminer "Bergheim" (Deiss); 1996 Gewurztraminer
"Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind-Humbrecht)
Argentina (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Malbec (Don Miguel Gascon)
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Grenache-Shiraz
"Stump Jump" (d'Arenberg); 2002 Juveniles (Torbreck
Vintners); 2001 Shiraz
"9" (Marquis Phillips); 2002 Shiraz
"Angels' Share" (Two Hands); 2002 Shiraz/Grenache
"Brave Faces" (Two Hands); 2001 Shiraz "Ares"
(Two Hands); 1997 Shiraz (Mt. Langhi Ghiran);
1998 Chardonnay (Curly Flat); 1999 Chardonnay "Art
Series" (Leeuwin); 1994 Grange (Penfold's); 2001 Shiraz (Shirvington);
1994 Cabernet "Cyril Henschke" (Henschke); 2001 Cabernet
"Hickinbotham" (Clarendon)
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
1962 Chateau Ducru
Beaucaillou; 1962 Chateau Cos d'Estournel; 1967 Chateau Mouton
Rothschild; 1990 Chateau Margaux; 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild; 2000
Chateau Maucaillou;2000 Chateau Poujeaux;2000 Chateau Bernadotte
;2000 Chateau Haut-Bages Averous;2000 Chateau Roc de Cambes;2000
Chateau Alter Ego de Palmer;2000 Chateau Batailley;2000 Chateau
Montlisse
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Beaujolais
"Régnié" (J.M. Burgaud); 1999 Beaune-Bressandes (A.
Morot); 2001 Puligny-Montrachet (Boillot); 1996 Batard-Montrachet (Verget);
1996 Chablis "Les Clos" (Domaine Laroche);
1995 Givry "Cellier Aux Moines" (Joblot)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
NV9
Cain Cuvée (Cain Vineyards); 2000 Syrage (Charles Mara
& Co.); 2001 Syrah "Hudson" (Neyers); 1998 Cabernet
"Hillside Select" (Shafer); 2000 Cabernet "Beckstoffer
Vineyard" (Schrader); 1999 Cabernet "Howell Mountain"
(Dunn); 2000 Petite Sirah (Madrigal); 2001 Syrah "Couger
Hill" (K Vintners);1999
Cabernet (Darioush); 1994 Cabernet "Fay Vineyard" (Stag's
Leap); 1999 Cabernet "Fay Vineyard" (Stag's Leap); 1998
Cabernet Reserve (Whitehall Lane); 1996 Cabernet Reserve (Whitehall
Lane); 1991 Cabernet "Eisele" (Phelps); 1999 Cabernet (Corison);
2000 Zinfandel (Madrigal); 2001
"Frederick" (Spring Valley Vineyards); 2000 Cabernet
Reserve (Andrake Cellars); 2001 "Some Like It Red" (Red
Car); 2001 "The Dreaming Detective" (Red Car);2000 Syrah
"Bunny Slope" (Clos Mimi); 2001 Syrah "Lauterbach
Hill" (Pax); 2001 Pinot Noir
"Les Cousins" (Beaux Freres); NV Cabernet "Mountain
Memories"(Smokey Mountain Winery); 1968 "Special
Label" (Beaulieu Vineyards); 1990 "Special Label"
(Beaulieu Vineyards); 2000 Cabernet
(Madrigal); 2001 Chardonnay "Miller Estate Vineyard" (Chaddsford);
1995 Petite Sirah (Madrigal); 2000 Pinot Noir "Muirfield"
(Siduri); 2000 Pinot Noir "Shaw Mountain" (Siduri); 2001
Pinot Noir "Van der Kamp" (Siduri); 2001 Pinot Noir
"Pisoni" (Siduri); 2001 Syrah "Napa"
(Novy); 1995 Chardonnay "Red Shoulder" (Shafer); 2000
Merlot (Shafer); 2000 Firebreak (Shafer); 1999 Port (Shafer); 2000
Cabernet (Shafer); 1999 Cabernet "Hillside Select"
(Shafer); 2001 Chardonnay "Napa" (Clos du Val); 2000
Merlot "Napa" (Clos du Val); 2000 Cabernet
"Napa" (Clos du Val); 2000 Cabernet "Oak Vineyard
Stag's Leap District" (Clos du Val); 2001 Zinfandel "Old
Vines-Estate"(Sobon); 2001 Chardonnay "Overlook"
(Landmark); 2000 Chardonnay "Damaris" (Landmark); 2000
Pinot Noir "Young Vines" (Landmark); 2000 Pinot Noir
"Grand Detour--Van der Kamp Vineyard" (Landmark)
2001 Chardonnay (Pride Mountain
Vineyards); 2002 Viognier (Pride Mountain Vineyards); 2001 Merlot
(Pride Mountain Vineyards); 2001 Cabernet Franc (Pride Mountain
Vineyards); 2000 Cabernet (Pride Mountain Vineyards); NV Piccolo
Cru (Paoletti); 2001 Bella Novello "Rosa d'Amore (Paoletti);
1998 Chardonnay (Paoletti); 1999 La Forza (Paoletti); 1999 Merlot (Paoletti);
1999 Cabernet "Lilia's Vineyard" (Paoletti); 2000
Zinfandel "Old Vines" (St. Francis); 1998 Merlot Reserve
"Behler Vineyard" (St. Francis); 1998 Cabernet Reserve
"Nuns Canyon" (St. Francis); 2002 Gewurztraminer (Chateau
St. Jean); 2000 Riesling (Chateau St. Jean); 1998 Cinq Cepages
(Chateau St. Jean); 1998 Merlot Reseve (Chateau St. Jean); 2000
Pinot Noir Reserve (Chateau St. Jean); 2000 Cabernet "Sonoma
Valley" (Chateau St. Jean); 1997 Cabernet Reserve (Chateau St.
Jean); 2000 Pinot Noir "Kastania" (Landmark);
2000 Pinot Blanc "Saralee's
Vineyard" (Arrowood); 1999 Merlot "Sonoma" (Arrowood);
2000 Merlot "Sonoma" (Arrowood); 1997 Merlot
Reserve Speciale (Arrowood); 1999 Cabernet "Sonoma"
(Arrowood); 1999 Cabernet Reserve Especiale (Arrowood);
1999 Syrah (Arrowood); 2000 Cote du Lune (Arrowood); 2001
Viognier Late Harvest "Arum Dolce" (Arrowood); 2000
White Riesling Select Late Harvest (Arrowood); 2000 Caravina
(Seavey); 2000 Merlot (Seavey); 2001 Viognier (Joseph Phelps); 2000
Mistral (Joseph Phelps); 2000 Merlot (Joseph Phelps); 2000 Cabernet
(Joseph Phelps); 1999 Insignia (Joseph Phelps); 1998 Riesling Late
Harvest (Joseph Phelps)
1999 Tarantella (Sine Qua Non); 2000
Gewurztraminer "Martinelli Vineyard" Black Label (Martinelli);
2000 Gewurztraminer "Martinelli Vineyard" White Label (Martinelli);
2000 Gewurztraminer "Corazon" (Corison)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
2000 Pinot
Gris "Rotenberg Selection des Grains Nobles" (Zind-Humbrecht);
2001 Riesling Eiswein "Mussbacher Eselshaut" (Muller-Catoir);
1988 Chateau Yquem; 2002
Riesling Eiswein "Bernkasteler Lay" (Dr. Loosen);
1997 Delice du Semillon (Joseph Phelps); 1992 Gewurztraminer
"Late Harvest" (Ravenswood); 2001 Gewurztraminer Cluster
Select Late Harvest (Navarro); 1997 Gewurztraminer Quintessence Selection des
Grain Nobles (Deiss)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Riesling Spatlese "Norheimer
Kirschheck" (Donnhoff); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Oberhauser
Brucke" (Donnhoff); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Haardeter
Herrenletten" (Muller-Catoir); 2001 Riesling Spatlese
Meddershemier Rheingrafenberg" A.P. 7-745-028-005-02(Hexamer);
1997 Riesling Auslese "Abtsberg" (Maximim Grunhaus);
2001 Pinot Gris Villa
Wolf (J.L. Wolf); 2002 Riesling "Wachenheimer" (J.L.
Wolf); 2001 Riesling "Wachenheimer Belz " (J.L.
Wolf); 2002 Riesling "Leinhöhle" (J.L. Wolf); 2002
Riesling "Dr. L" (Dr. Loosen); 2002 Riesling
Kabinett "Erdener Treppchen"(Dr. Loosen); 2002
Riesling Spätlese "Urziger Wurzgarten"(Dr. Loosen); 2002
Riesling Auslese " Erdener Prälat"(Dr.
Loosen);
2001
Gewurztraminer "Meddershimer Rheingrafenberg" AP. No. 774502801502 (Hexamer); 1998
Gewurztraminer Auslese "Niersteiner Paterberg" (Eugen
Wehrheim); 2001 Gewurztraminer Spatlese (Messmer)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 Palazzo
della Torre IGT; 2000 Costera IGT (Argiolas); 2000 Merlot IGT (Falesco);
1998 Rosso Tua Rita (Redigaffi); 1983 Barolo
"Marcenasco" (Ratti); 1990 Barolo "Bussia" (Prunotto);
1993 Barolo "Pajana" (Clerico); 2000 "Centine"
(Banfi); 1998 Valpolicella Classico (Bussola); 1996 Guado al Tasso
Tenuta Belvedere (P. Antinori); 2001
Gewurztraminer "Kolbenhof" (Hofstatter)
Rhone/South/SW
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Cahors
(Clos La Coutale); 2000 Chateauneuf-du-Pape
"Cuvée Girard" (R. Usseglio); 2002
Viognier Vin du Pays du Gard (Campuget); 1985 Cote Rotie "La
Landonne" (Guigal); 1991 Hermitage "Le Pavillon" (Chapoutier);
2002 Minervois Rosé (Chateau du Donjon)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Verdejo
(Vegadeo); 2001 Mavasia "Dos" (Liberalia); 2000
Monastrell (Las Renas); 2000 Monastrell "Seleccion" (Las
Renas); 2001 Tempranillo (Vega Moragona); 1999 Tempranillo Crianza
(Vega Moragona); 1996 Rioja Reserva (Puelles); 1998 Rioja "Zenus"
(Puelles); 1996 Custodia Crianza (Arco Isilla); 2002 Les Sorts
"Fresh" (Coop Agricola del Masroig); 2000 Les Sorts
"Old Vines" (Coop Agricola del Masroig); 1999 Vinya Selva
de Mar (Mas Estella)
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Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998
Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive "Heimbourg" (Zind-Humbrecht);
2001 Riesling "Cuvée L'Inedit" (Domaine Weinbach); 2001
Pinot Gris "Cuvée Laurence" (Domaine Weinbach); 2001
Pinot Gris "Altenbourg Cuvée Laurence" (Domaine Weinbach);
1998 Gewurztraminer "Steingrubler" (Albert Mann); 2000
Pinot Gris "Furstentum" (Albert Mann)
Argentina (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Malbec Reserve (Terrazas)
Australia (except
dessert/sparkling)
1996 Grenache "Lalla
Rookh Old Vines" (Coriole);
2000 Shiraz "G.A.M."
(Mitolo); 2002 Shiraz (Woop Woop); 2001
Cabernet (Sticks); 1999 Shiraz (Oddfellows);
2000 Shiraz "Langhorne Creek" (Brothers in Arms); 2000
Shiraz "St. Jakobi" (Dutschke); 2001 Shiraz "Baroota"
(Hazy Blur); 2001 Shiraz "Springflat" (Wild Duck Creek);
2001 Cabernet "Kangaroo Isle" (Cape d'Estaing);
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Chateau Haut Brion; 1982
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion; 2000 Cambon La Pelouse;
1998 Chateau Pavie; 1997
Gracia; 1996 Chateau Lynch Bages
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1995 Puligny-Montrachet "Champs-Canet"
(L. Carillon); 1999 Clos Vougeot (Domaine Bertagna); 1992
Chambolle-Musigny "La Combe d'Orveau" (Perrot-Minot)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1996 Merlot (Paloma); 2000
"Angelico" (Bacio Divino); 1999 Cabernet (Franus); 2000
Merlot (Paloma); 2000 Chardonnay (Seavey); 1994
Pinot Noir "Case" (Talbott); 1998 Pinot Noir "Evenstad"
(Domaine Serene); 1999 Pinot Noir "Russian River Valley"
(Merry Edwards); 1998 Cabernet (Harlan Estate); 1994
Cabernet "Hillside Select" (Shafer); 1997
Syrah "Imposter McCoy" (Sine
Qua Non); 1997 Pinot Noir "Marcassin Vineyard" (Marcassin);
1997 Chardonnay "Cuvée Indigene" (Peter Michael); 2001
Pinot Noir "Sonoma" (Castle Rock); 2001 Cabernet
"Napa" (Castle Rock); 2001 Zinfandel "Dry
Creek" (Castle Rock); 2001 Pinot Noir "Clos Pepe" (Loring
Wine Company); 2001 Pinot Noir "Garys' Vineyard" (Loring
Wine Company); 2001 Pinot Noir "Rancho Ontiveros" (Loring
Wine Company); 2000 Pinot Noir "Reserve" (Martinelli);
2000 Pinot Noir "Blue Slide Ridge" (Martinelli)
1997 Pinot Noir "Reserve"
(Kent Rasmussen); 2000 Pinot Noir "Carneros" (Kent
Rasmussen); 2001 Chardonnay "Russian River" (Ramey
Cellars); 2001 Chardonnay "Carneros" (Ramey Cellars);
2001 Chardonnay "Hudson Vineyard" (Ramey Cellars); 2001
Chardonnay "Quarry Vineyard" (Aubert); 2001 Chardonnay
"Ritchie Vineyard" (Aubert); 1999 Chardonnay
"Diamond "T" (Talbott); 2000 Chardonnay
"Diamond "T" Cuvée Audrey" (Talbott); 1998
Pinot Noir "Mark Bradford" (Domaine Serene); 2001 Pinot
Noir "Santa Lucia Highlands" (Siduri); 2001 Pinot Noir
"Hirsch" (Siduri); 2001 Pinot Noir "Cargasacchi
Vineyard" (Siduri); 2000 Pinot Noir "Reserve" (Cristom);
2001 Syrah "Que Syrah Vineyard" (Failla); 2000 Cabernet
"Napa" (Karl Lawrence); 1996 Zinfandel "Moore"
(Turley); 1996 Insignia (Phelps); 1992 Les Pavots (Peter Michael);
1994 Zinfandel "Monte Rosso" (Ravenswood)
2000/2001 Zinfandel "Hayne
Vineyard"(Chase Family Cellars); 2000 Zinfandel "Felicia
Old Vine" (Chiarello Family Vineyards); 2001 Zinfandel
"Juvenile" (Turley Wine Cellars); 2001 Zinfandel
"Old Vines" (Turley Wine Cellars); 2001 Zinfandel
"Duarte" (Turley Wine Cellars); 2001 Zinfandel "Mead
Ranch" (Turley Wine Cellars); 1987, 1994, 1999 2000, 2001
Cigare Volant (Bonny Doon); 2000 Syrah "Lauterbach
Hill" (Pax);
1999
Cabernet (Constant); 1999 Cabernet (Far Niente); 1999 Cabernet
"Rock Cairn" (Nickel & Nickel); 1999 Cabernet "Tench"
(Nickel & Nickel); 1991 Cabernet "Andrus Reserve"
(Pine Ridge); 1999 Cabernet (Far Niente); 1998 Cabernet Reserve (Groth);
2000 Cabernet "Howell Mountain" (La Jota); 2000 Cabernet
"Anniversary" (La Jota); 2000 Syrah "Rodney's
Vineyard" (Rosenblum); 2001 Pinot Noir "Garnet" (Saintsbury);
1999 Pinot Noir "Brown Ranch" (Saintsbury); 2000 Cabernet
"Coach" (Fisher); 1992 Monte Bello (Ridge); 1997 "Padrone"
(Signorello); 1992 Cabernet "Spring Mountain" (Barnett);
1998 Cabernet (Hourglass)
Canada (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 "Trivalente" (Pillitteri)
Chile (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999
"Clos Apalta" (Casa Lapostolle)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
2001 Riesling Eiswein "Munsterer
Pittersberg" (Kruger-Rumpf); 1986 Sauternes (Chateau
Lafaurie-Peyraguey); 1995 Monbazillac "Cuvée
Madame"(Chateau Tirecul); 1988
Huxelrebe Beerenauslese "Westhofener Rotenstein" (Wittmann);
1990 Sauternes (Chateau Yquem); 1998 Riesling Late Harvest (Chateau
des Charmes);
2000 Pinot Gris "Altenbourg" Selection des Grains
Nobles (Domaine Weinbach); 2000 Port (Niepoort); 2000 Port "Quinta
do Passaduoro (Niepoort); 1990 Vin Santo
Occhio di Pernice (Avignonesi); NV Port
"Ten Year Tawny" (Churchill); 1996
Port "Late Bottled Vintage" (Quinta do Crasto)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1992 Riesling Auslese "Koberner
Uhlen" (Von Schleinitz); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Scharzhofberger"
(Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1999 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger
Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel); 1971
Riesling Auslese ** "Urziger Wurzgarten"(J.J. Christoffel);
2001 Riesling QbA "Rudesheimer Drachenstein" (Leitz); 2001
Rieslaner Auslese "Durkheimer Nonnengarten" (Darting);
1997 Riesling Kabinett "Forster" (Burklin-Wolf);
1988 Riesling Auslese "Mehringer Goldkupp" (Friedrich-Wilhem-Gymnasium);
2001 Riesling Auslese "Mulheimer Sonnenlay" (M.F.
Richter); 2002 Riesling "Dragonstone"
(Leitz); 1990 Riesling Auslese "Kreuznacher Narrenkappe"
(Anheuser)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Solaia IGT (Antinori);
1998 Barolo "Bric del Fiasc" (P. Scavino); 2000
Vitiano (Falesco); 1998
Geremia (Rocca di Montegrossi); 1999 Barbaresco "Bric Balin"
(Moccagatta); 1998 Barolo "Vigna Rocche" (Corino); 1998
Brunello di Montalcino (Livio Sassetti Pertimali); 2001 Dolcetto
d'Alba "Cottá" (Sottimano);
1999 Chianti Classico Riserva
"Vigneto S. Marcellino" (Rocca di Montegrossi); 2000
Barbera d'Alba "Ciabot du Re" (Revello); 2000 Barbera
d'Alba "Vigneto della Chiesa" (Seghesio); 1999 Barbaresco
"Cottà" (Sottimano); 1999 Sant'Antimo Excelsus (Banfi); 1999
Ornellaia (Tenuta dell'Ornellaia); 1999 Masseto (Tenuta
dell'Ornellaia); 2000 Saffredi (Le Pupille); 2000 Monferrato Rosso
Rivalta (Villa Sparina); 2000 Lagrein "Scuro Taberhof
Riserva" (Cantina Produttori Santa Maddalena); 2000 d'Alceo (Castello
dei Rampolla); 1997 Amarone della Valpolicella "Vigneto di
Monte Lodoletta) (Romano dal Forno); 1998
Barolo "Cerretta" (E. Germano); 1998 Barolo "Bussia"
(Prunotto); 1998 Barolo "La Serra" (G. Voerzio); 2000
Oreno (Tenuta Sette Ponti); 1998 Barolo "Sori Ginestra" (Conterno
Fantino);
1998 "Modus" (Ruffino);
2000 Chianti Classico "Giorgio Primo" (Fattoria La Massa);
1999 Barbaresco "Vigneto Gallina" (La Spinetta); 1996
Barolo "Brunate" (R. Voerzio)
New
Zealand (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999
Pinot Noir (Two Paddocks); 2001 Pinot Noir (Seresin Estate)
Rhone/South/SW
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Cornas
"Vielles Vignes" (Voge); 2001
Bandol Rouge (Pibarnon); 2000 Montpeyroux "Cote Dorée" (Domaine
L'Aigulière); 2000 Montpeyroux "Cote Rousse" (Domaine
L'Aigulière); 1996 Cotes du Rhone "Coudoulet" (Beaucastel)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000
Garnacha "Tres Picos" (Borsao);
1999 Finca Sobreno; 1996 Rioja Reserva (Bodegas Montecillo); 1998
Alion (Vega Sicilia); 1997 Valbuena (Vega Sicilia)
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Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
1990 Gewurztraminer “Heimbourg” Vendange
Tardive (Zind-Humbrecht);
1991
Gewurztraminer “Clos Windsbuhl” (Zind-Humbrecht)
Australia (except
dessert/sparkling)
1996 Cabernet “Bin 707” (Penfold’s); 1996
Shiraz “Hanisch” (Veritas)
Bordeaux (except
dessert/sparkling)
1995
Chateau Clinet; 2000 “Angelique”
(Monbousquet)
Burgundy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1991 Batard-Montrachet (Ramonet); 1990
Nuits St Georges “Les Murgers” (Hudelot-Noellat); 1997
Gevrey-Chambertin “Au Vellé” (Denis Mortet); 1990
Vosne-Romanée “Les Genevrières” (Leroy)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Pinot Noir “Cuvee Catherine” (Kistler);
1997 Chardonnay “Gauer Ranch” (Marcassin); 1997
Cabernet Franc “Casa Dalla Valle” (Dalla Valle); 1999
Cinq Cepages (Chateau St. Jean); 1978
Cabernet “Napa” (Caymus); 1997
Cain Five;
1999
Cabernet “Elevation 1147” (David Arthur);
1996
Encounter (Gary Farrell); 1993
Cabernet “Lamb Vineyard” (Fisher); 1993
and 1994 Cabernets (Philip Togni);
1999
Zinfandel "Hayne Vineyard" (Chase); 1999
Petite Sirah (Switchback
Ridge); 1999 Chardonnay “Family Selection” (Gallo of
Sonoma); 2000
Cabernet (Lolonis); 1996
Pinot Noir “Beaux Freres Vineyard” (Beaux Freres)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
1990 Vouvray “Goutte d’Or” (Pinon); 1988
Sauternes (Raymond Lafon); 2000 Port (Dow); 2000 Port
(Quinta da Noval); 2001
Huxelrebe Trockenbeerenauslese “Bissersheimer Steig” (Bretz);
1993 Dolce (Far Niente);
1972
PX Sherry (Albala)
;
1999
Riesling Beerenauslese “Kreuznacher Krotenpfuhl” (Paul
Anheuser);
1998
Vin de Paille (Morel-Thibaut)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Riesling Kabinett “Deidesheimer
Paradiesgarten” (Basserman-Jordan);
1992 Riesling Spatlese “Wehlener Sonnenuhr” (Selbach-Oster); 2000
Riesling Spatlese “Graacher Domprobst” (Selbach-Oster); 1997
Riesling Spatlese “Forster Kirchenstuck” (Basserman-Jordan)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Brunello di Montalcino (La Magia); 2001
Barbera d’Asti “Ca
de Pian” (La Spinetta);
1997
L’Insieme (G. Alessandria); 2001 Dolcetto (Pira)
; 1988
Barolo (M. Chiarlo); 2000 Leone
d'Almerita (Tasca d'Almerita); 1999 Cygnus (Tasca d'Almerita); 1997
Chianti Riserva Rancia (Fattoria di Felsina)
Jura
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Jura Cuvée
Speciale L’Etoile (Domaine de Montbourgeau)
Loire (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997
Savennières
Clos de la Coulée
Serrant (Joly)
Rhone (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000
Chateauneuf du Pape (Charvin); 1998
Gigondas “Pimpignoles” (Cuilleron-Gaillard-Villard) ;
1995
Coteaux du Languedoc (Chateau de la Sauvageonne)
.
South
Africa (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000
Chardonnay (Hamilton Russell)
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