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'This year, the nominations from our 33-member panel of top sommeliers and retailers read like a Who’s Who of American wineries and winemaking talent. By the end of our final blind tasting, Food & Wine’s 12th annual American Wine Awards included winners in 20 categories (new this year: Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio and Rhône-Style White).'
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'While American Chardonnay has produced many of the memorable wine moments of our lives, our tastings have shown it has fallen to a bad place in the past decade.'