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  1. Tasting notes

    Central Coast / Napa Valley- Tasting Notes December, 2012

    As with previous ratings with a range, it means that either the wine was closed and not revealing itself, or that the wine was so new, as in a barrel sample, that it is really too early to pinpoint a rating.

    · 20 min read

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    Napa/Central Coast California Wine Tasting Notes/Dec 2011

    We again are using the same “Wine and Beer Tasting” rating scale denoted by the WB prefix. Note if the rating includes a ” ? “ that means that the wine seems to be in a state of change and it could (and usually does) go higher up the...

    · 18 min read