http://winepeeps.com/2008/04/28/%e2%80%9creserve%e2%80%9d-doesn%e2%80%99t-necessarily-mean-%e2%80%9cbetter%e2%80%9d/ Helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine Thu, 10 May 2012 22:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://winepeeps.com/2008/04/28/%e2%80%9creserve%e2%80%9d-doesn%e2%80%99t-necessarily-mean-%e2%80%9cbetter%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Bottled Up Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:22:35 +0000 http://winepeeps.com/2008/04/28/%e2%80%9creserve%e2%80%9d-doesn%e2%80%99t-necessarily-mean-%e2%80%9cbetter%e2%80%9d/#comment-435 Even with Washington having Reserve labeling standards, there is no guarantee you are getting a better wine with the reserve. A great example of this is Boudreaux Winery's Cab Sauv and Cab Sauv Reserve. The regular Cab has so much character that doesn't seem to show in the big, but well-balance Reserve, not to mention that the regular Cab goes for $40 and the Reserve $100. The Reserve was tasted at Gary Vaynerchuk's live taping of Wine Library TV during Taste Washington's seminar day. Gary called out Rob Newsom, who was in the audience, for producing an overpriced wine that didn't meet the quality of his regular bottling. I agreed. Even with Washington having Reserve labeling standards, there is no guarantee you are getting a better wine with the reserve. A great example of this is Boudreaux Winery’s Cab Sauv and Cab Sauv Reserve. The regular Cab has so much character that doesn’t seem to show in the big, but well-balance Reserve, not to mention that the regular Cab goes for $40 and the Reserve $100. The Reserve was tasted at Gary Vaynerchuk’s live taping of Wine Library TV during Taste Washington’s seminar day. Gary called out Rob Newsom, who was in the audience, for producing an overpriced wine that didn’t meet the quality of his regular bottling. I agreed.

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