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"With so many U.S. wineries producing syrah, I decided to see whether an American expression of the grape was emerging."
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"Easy-to-find Washington state red tastes like wines two to three times its price."
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"What especially annoys me is when I’m asked repeatedly – which amounts to being urged — to order the wine before I’ve had a chance to look at the menu or before I’ve had a chance to discuss it."
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"Because expensive Bordeaux wines reap so much publicity, readers can miss out learning about more affordable values from this famous region of France."
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"So why am I writing about a rather obscure figure in the wine world whose portfolio is not going to be available in most stores? For one thing, because his wines, based on an initial sampling, are distinctive and memorable and about as far from generic, big-production wines as you can get."