Boston Globe Picks Top Wines $10 and under in 2006 Plonkapalooza.2003 Chateau La Grange La Grange (lə grānj). 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. Clinet Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux and 2005 Ken Forrester Petit Chenin Rated Best Red and Top White in Annual Rating of the Year's Most Flavorful Value Vintages in Today's Boston Globe and Online at www.boston.com BOSTON -- 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 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 Bastides are fortified[1] new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144,[2] as the first bastides. 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 "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 (networking, abuse) plonk - (Possibly influenced by British slang "plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving stupidly; usually written "*plonk*") The sound a newbie makes as he falls to the bottom of a kill file. 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 Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
The 50 wines were selected by five eastern Massachusetts wine retailers: The Wine & Cheese Cask, 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 Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. 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 New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, which includes The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. , The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. 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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