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RE: Finding a recommended wine

Posted by triodesteve on July 10, 2009 at 21:01:41:
First let me give you some info from the other end. Magazines move at a glacier like pace. At this stage, I still don't make lots of wine....sure every year I make more than the year before, but I also have more customers who have "found" me as time goes on. I sell out a wine vintage in about 10 months. I don't send wines out for review right away because I know they will keep getting better, especially the first 3 or 4 months after they are released..so now it's July or August and then the wines have to be scheduled to be tasted and that could be another month or so, then they are scored...and then the writing, the editing, the printing. Almost all magazine reviews have been published after I've run out of that wine.
So what to do...?
1) don't buy wines by score...ever! You will almost always be let down
2) taste, taste, taste...any wine shop worth it's salt should have tasting events for little or no cost...this is the best way to expand your palate. Nothing beats tasting.
3) find someone at your store who has passion for wine, who gets excited when you ask a question..ask if they've tasted anything that's wowed them recently..buy what they recommend ... did you like it? where they accurate in their description? If so ask them again and build a relationship.
4) read, read, read...there are lots of great free online forums...check out Wine Library TV forums..not so snooty and lots of info
5) go find the 2006 Crest reserve and buy a bottle...2006 was a great vintage for Cabernet...not as tannic as 2005, but absolutely beautiful...btw, I seriously doubt that the 2005 was worthy of 95 points, but did I mention....
6) don't trust reviews!
Steve