Winestate Magazine

editorial

OMETHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST FEW ISSUES, indeed over the next one, and back over the past few years. Wine Judges have been selecting more mid-weight wines than the blockbusters of the past. The number of so called alternative varietals has increased exponentially over the past few years, maybe not in volume, but certainly in the number of labels out, but don’t judge others who choose not to do so, or are in micro-climates where the procedure is too difficult to adhere to.

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