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Old 01-29-2009, 02:54 PM   #28
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Default Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:

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Originally Posted by Caymus View Post
I agree with you, Johnny, regarding the Mark West Pinot. It's very hard to find a good Pinot for less than $20, but Mark West is one of them. Just make sure to look at the label very carefully. A lot of people "discovered" Mark West, and I guess they ran into a shortage of juice. One recent vintage of MW was made from Italian grapes ! I hate when wineries do this...so check your Mark West label very carefully and make sure it's from the Central Coast of California. I inadvertently drank some of the Italian Mark West and it wasn't good.
Thanks for the heads-up on the above. That's a very good point!
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