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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 8:22 pm
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whackyjacky
 
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Originally Posted by unifer
Try getting your hands on a recent issue of Wine Spectator - they always have a section of whatever the main wines they review dedicated to "value" wines, which I believe they call $15 or less. The value wines will be rated along with the regular buys, and I've found lots of interesting wines I never would have thought to try or heard of this way. That's the real value of the magazine, IMHO.
The WS and Cigar Aficionado have been known to manufacture ratings in the 90s in exchange for full page advert contracts. It's a Marvin Shanken thing. If the wine is a non-advertizing small producer you can trust the #s more.
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