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| BASF Million-Bottle Wine Cellar, Mannheim, Germany |
Wine Spectator magazine's new issue of the top 100 wines of the year has several surprises. This is the best of times for fine wine from the world over. My three rules for drinking wine are:
Drink what you enjoy.
Cook with the wine you drink.
Keep the value of the wine proportional to the value of the dinner.
My own rule of thumb is to drink any wine rated 90 or higher that I enjoy that costs $20 or less. Rated at number 7 on this year's Wine Spectator list is a beautiful Australian wine, Schild Shiraz Barossa 2008, rated 94, cost $20. Who could live better than this!
Richard Wottrich
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