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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by UCBeau
silver joke
opus one
stags leap wine cellars
rosenblum zinfandels
cloudy bay
argentinian malbecs
penfolds (certain ones)
quintessa
rombauer
franciscan
joseph phelps (not insignia)
santa margherita
archery summit (certain vineyards)
domaine serene (certain vineyards)

to name a few..these are what i'd think of as "overhyped" wines..they get lots of buzz from neophytes and wannabes.

as for "overrated" wines:
yellowtail
two buck chuck
casa lapostelle
sebastiani
kim crawford
santa rita
ravenswood

i could keep going but this list is long enough.

**one thing to note** i've tried multiple vintages and bottlings of each of the listed wines, however, the opinions expressed are just that, opinions. i don't mean to offend anyone and as a wine professional, i really do like to see people find wines they enjoy.
I'm not a wine professional so I guess that means I'm a neophyte or wannabe. I am glad to see your note as those sentiments are not usually the norm in the wine world. For what's it worth, I find it a bit overreaching to say an entire vinters product line is overrated. For example, while much of Ravenswood product is run of the mill, several of their single vineyard zins (Teldeschi, Big River, Cooke) are excellent. And who is overrating Sebastiani? I've never seen much praise for them anywhere. On our recent trip to Sonoma we almost skipped them because it seemed no one had anything good to say about them. We were pleasantly surprised to find they have a number of decent wines and their Old Vine Zin and Reserve Cab are quite good. Say what you want about Yellowtail, but their Shiraz is a real value.
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