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GUIDE TO SMART BUYS | CALIFORNIA / NEW YORK / OREGON / WASHINGTON
SCORE | PRICE | WINE SCORE | PRICE | WINE SCORE | PRICE | WINE
CALIFORNIA 90 | $23 | Brooks Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
90 | $22 | St. Supéry Sauvignon Blanc Runaway Red 2017
Napa Valley 2018 OTHER RED & ROSÉ
90 | $25 | Lange Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
90 | $24 | Quivira Sauvignon Blanc Dry Creek 92 | $20 | McPrice Myers High On The Hog Classiqué 2017
Valley Fig Tree Vineyard 2017
Central Coast 2016
90 | $24 | Sterling Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 2017 90 | $25 | Panther Creek Pinot Noir Willamette
91 | $22 | Eric Kent Untethered Appellation Series Valley Winemaker’s Cuvée 2017
90 | $25 | Cosa Obra Sauvignon Blanc Mendocino 2017 90 | $25 | Stoller Chardonnay Dundee Hills 2017
Sonoma Coast 2018
91 | $25 | Smith & Hook Proprietary Red Wine 90 | $25 | Stoller Chardonnay Dundee Hills 2018
Blend Central Coast 2015
91 | $25 | Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas WASHINGTON
Paso Robles 2017
90 | $20 | Vaughn Duffy Carignane 93 | $25 | Result of a Crush Syrah Walla Walla
Mendocino County Rosé 2018 Valley Christmas Cuvée 2016
90 | $22 | Le P’tit Paysan Le P’tit Pape 93 | $25 | Two Vintners Grenache
Columbia Valley 2016
California Zinfandel 90 | $24 | Raymond Merlot Napa Valley Reserve 92 | $19 | Pendulum Columbia Valley 2016
Central Coast 2016
Selection 2016 92 | $25 | Lujon Cabernet Sauvignon
90 | $25 | 689 Cellars Killer Drop California 2015 Walla Walla Valley 2016
Zinfandel traces its history in 90 | $25 | Jeff Cohn Smoke & Mirrors 92 | $25 | Luke Cabernet Sauvignon
California 2016 Wahluke Slope 2017
California back to the mid-19th
90 | $25 | Tablas Creek Rosé Patelin de Tablas 92 | $25 | Sparkman Wilderness
century. The grape is a relative of Paso Robles 2018 Columbia Valley 2015
Italy’s Primitivo (both are clones 90 | $25 | Zinke Syrah Central Coast 2016 92 | $25 | Syncline Subduction Red
Columbia Valley 2017
of a Croatian variety), yet Zinfandel
CALIFORNIA 91 | $16 | Columbia Cabernet Sauvignon
is uniquely suited to the warm climate Columbia Valley 2016
OTHER WHITE & SPARKLING
and old-vine vineyards of the Golden 91 | $17 | Canoe Ridge Merlot Horse Heaven Hills
93 | $24 | Carol Shelton Coquille Blanc The Expedition 2017
State. Typically showing cherry and Paso Robles 2017
91 | $17 | Mercer Cabernet Sauvignon
berry flavors, sometimes with a 91 | $25 | Foursight Wines Sémillon Horse Heaven Hills 2016
Anderson Valley Charles Vineyard 2016
jammy edge, Zinfandel also tends 91 | $17 | Wines of Substance Cabernet Sauvignon
90 | $20 | Scharffenberger Brut Mendocino County Washington Cs Substance 2017
to reveal a zesty, briary side Excellence NV
91 | $20 | Kevin White Yakima Valley 2016
that’s unmistakably 90 | $22 | Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Blancs
Carneros NV 91 | $22 | Reininger Syrah Horse Heaven Hills
its own. Helix Phinny Hill Vineyard 2014
90 | $22 | Robert Mondavi Fumé Blanc 91 | $25 | Luke Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2017
Wahluke Slope 2016
90 | $22 | San Simeon Viognier Paso Robles
Stefano Vineyard 2017 91 | $25 | Two Vintners Syrah
CALIFORNIA 90 | $23 | Mumm Napa Brut Napa County Columbia Valley 2016
ZINFANDEL & BLENDS Prestige NV 90 | $16 | Columbia Merlot Columbia Valley 2016
90 | $18 | Chateau Ste. Michelle Indian Wells
94 | $24 | Bucklin Zinfandel Sonoma Valley NEW YORK Red Blend Columbia Valley 2016
Bambino Field Blend 90 | $20 | Chateau Ste. Michelle-Dr. Loosen
Old Hill Ranch 2015
91 | $19 | Forge Riesling Seneca Lake Dry Riesling Columbia Valley Eroica 2017
93 | $22 | Carol Shelton Zinfandel Lodi Pizazz Zin Classique 2017
Piazza Ranch Old Vine 2017 90 | $18 | Hector Wine Company Riesling 90 | $20 | Nine Hats Cabernet Sauvignon
Columbia Valley 2016
93 | $25 | Bedrock Zinfandel California Seneca Lake Dry 2017
Old Vine 2017 90 | $20 | Lamoreaux Landing Riesling Finger 90 | $20 | Purple Star Syrah Columbia Valley 2014
92 | $19 | Carol Shelton Zinfandel Mendocino Lakes Red Oak Vineyard 2017 90 | $22 | L’Ecole No. 41 Luminesce Seven Hills
County Wild Thing Old Vine 2016 Vineyard Walla Walla Valley 2017
90 | $23 | Heart & Hands Riesling Finger Lakes
92 | $20 | Turley Zinfandel California Juvenile 2017 Dry 2017 90 | $23 | Novelty Hill Merlot Columbia Valley 2016
92 | $24 | Carol Shelton Zinfandel Cucamonga 90 | $23 | Ravines Riesling Finger Lakes Dry 90 | $24 | Chateau Ste. Michelle Merlot Horse
Valley Monga Zin Old Vine White Springs Vineyard 2017 Heaven Hills Canoe Ridge Estate 2016
Lopez Vineyard 2017 90 | $25 | Ravines Pinot Noir Finger Lakes 2016 90 | $24 | Owen Roe Sinister Hand
92 | $25 | Jeff Cohn Smoke & Mirrors Yakima Valley 2017
California 2015 OREGON 90 | $25 | Ashan Chardonnay Columbia Valley
92 | $25 | Quivira Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley 2016 Barrel Fermented 2017
93 | $25 | J. Christopher Chardonnay 90 | $25 | Guardian Chalk Line
91 | $16 | Three Wine Company Zinfandel Willamette Valley Cuvée Lunatique 2017
Contra Costa County 2017 Columbia Valley 2017
91 | $20 | Maison L’Envoyé Pinot Noir 90 | $25 | Januik Merlot Columbia Valley 2016
91 | $25 | Turley Zinfandel California Old Vines 2016 Willamette Valley Straight Shooter 2017
90 | $25 | Luke Merlot Wahluke Slope 2016
90 | $10 | Kirkland Signature Zinfandel 91 | $25 | Andrew Rich Pinot Noir
Sonoma County Old Vine 2016 Willamette Valley Prelude 2016 90 | $25 | Luke Merlot Wahluke Slope 2017
90 | $20 | Alexander Valley Vineyards Zinfandel 91 | $25 | Roco Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 90 | $25 | Luke Wahluke Slope 2017
Alexander Valley 2016 Gravel Road 2016 90 | $25 | Mercer Sharp Sisters
90 | $22 | Easton Zinfandel Amador County 2016 90 | $15 | A to Z Wineworks Chardonnay Horse Heaven Hills 2016
90 | $22 | St. Francis Zinfandel Sonoma County Oregon 2018 90 | $25 | Nine Hats Syrah Columbia Valley 2015
Old Vines 2016 90 | $19 | Erath Pinot Noir Oregon 2016
90 | $23 | De Loach Zinfandel 90 | $19 | Erath Pinot Noir Oregon 2017
Russian River Valley 2015 THOUSANDS MORE
90 | $20 | Chehalem Pinot Gris SMART BUYS
90 | $24 | Sextant Zinfandel Paso Robles Chehalem Mountains 2018
Wheelhouse 2016 These widely available wines earned
90 | $22 | Broadley Pinot Noir
90 | $25 | Buehler Zinfandel Napa Valley 2016 Willamette Valley 2017 88 points or higher and cost $30 or less.
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90 | $25 | Easton Zinfandel Fiddletown E 2015
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