Boston Globe Picks Top Wines $10 and under in 2006 Plonkapalooza.2003 Chateau La Grange 1 City (1990 pop. 25,597), seat of Troupe co., W central Ga., inc. 1828. It is an industrial center that produces lumber, plastics, textiles, and transportation equipment. The city is also a processing and shipping center for a rich agricultural area. Many classic revival houses and restored historic buildings are in La Grange, which is the seat of La Grange College. 2 Town (1990 pop. 15,362), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1830s, inc. 1879. Clinet Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux Bordeaux (bôrdō`), city (1990 pop. 213,274), capital of Gironde dept., SW France, on the Garonne River. Bordeaux is a major economic and cultural center, and a busy port accessible to oceangoing ships from the Atlantic through the Gironde River. and 2005 Ken Forrester Petit Chenin Rated Best Red and Top White in Annual Rating of the Year's Most Flavorful flavorful - flavour Value Vintages in Today's Boston Boston, town, EnglandBoston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. caused by silting, Boston now exports coal, grain, agricultural machinery, potatoes, and cattle; it imports timber, grain, fruit, vegetables, and fertilizers. Globe and Online at www.boston.comBOSTON -- The Boston Globe today announced the results of its annual Plonkapalooza tasting event - a rating of top red and white wines priced at $10 or less per bottle as part of a special Boston Globe Food section on affordable, everyday wine. 2003 Chateau La Grange Clinet Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux, a red wine from France, and 2005 Ken Forrester Petit Chenin, a white wine from South Africa, earned special distinction for 2006 as the two bottles favored by the entire Boston Globe panel of tasters - Globe wine writer Stephen Meuse Meuse, department, FranceMeuse (möz), department (1990 pop. 196,344), NE France, in Lorraine, bordering on Belgium. Bar-le-Duc, the capital, and Verdun are the chief towns. Its industries include the manufacture of metals, foundry products, wood products, ceramics, and glass. and three Boston-based wine professionals.Now in its second year, The Boston Globe's Plonkapalooza names the most flavorful, palate-pleasing bottles of affordable red and white wine available in Massachusetts. This year's top five red and white wines earning the most votes from the judges in blind taste tests included: * Whites: 2005 Ken Forrester Petit Chenin (South Africa); 2005 Weingut Gebruder Steffes, Kaseler Kehrnagel Riesling Kabinett (Germany); 2005 Zeta Viura/Chardonnay (Spain); 2005 Mar de Castilla Verdejo (Spain); 2005 La Chappelle de la Bastide Picpoul de Pinet (France). * Reds: 2003 Chateau La Grange Clinet Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux (France); 2004 Leone de Castris, Salice Salentino "Maiana" (Italy); 2005 Trere Sangiovese di Romagna Romagna (rōmä`nyä), historic region, N central Italy, bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east, now included in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Marche, and Tuscany. Although its boundaries varied at different times, the Romagna is now understood to occupy Forlì and Ravenna provs. "Vigna del Monte" (Italy); 2003 Les Vergnes Bordeaux (France); 2004 Sepp Neusiedlersee Zweigelt (Austria). "Plonkapalooza has quickly become one of our most anticipated and highly read Globe Food stories of the year," said Sheryl Julian, Globe food editor. "This year's plonk picks once again show that good, affordable wine are in retail shops all over Boston - and we'll find them for you." The Boston Globe panel of judges evaluated 50 different wines, 25 red and 25 white, in a blind tasting. The judges included local wine experts Stephen Meuse, Boston Globe wine writer; Tim Murray, a wine instructor at Boston University's Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center; Julie Cappellano a wine buyer at South End Formaggio; and Beth Cleary a bartender at Boston's Eastern Standard and former wine buyer at Pigalle in Boston. The 50 wines were selected by five eastern Massachusetts wine retailers: The Wine & Cheese Cask CASK - Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Serine Protein Kinase CASK - Cost of Available Seat-Kilometer (airline industry), Cambridge; Leary's Fine Wine, Newburyport; Lower Falls Wine, Newton Lower Falls; Harkey's Wine & Spirits, Millis; and Marty's Fine Wine, Newtonville. The merchants were asked to nominate their pick of the plonk - six to eight of their stores' favorite red and white wine priced at $10 per bottle and less. Meuse pared the list down to 50 from these selections. "Panelists evaluate the wines according to their own criteria, but in general we're looking for quality, character, drinkability and above all - value," said Stephen Meuse, Boston Globe wine writer who organized the taste-off. "This year, South Africa was a pleasant surprise with three reds and three whites earning nominations to the top 50. Overall, European vineyards led the way with the most votes from our judges. Our picks will no doubt spur discussion and debate among Globe wine enthusiasts." For the complete list of wines and tasting notes, along with winning wines and participating retailers, log on to http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/10/25/plonkapalooza/. About the Boston Globe The Boston Globe is part of The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, which includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. |
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