james laube's wine flights

Judging Wine from Barrels Can Be Challenging

Posted: May 6, 2009 4:50pm ET

I’ve been tasting wines from Santa Barbara’s wine futures sale this week. The first of two sales starts this weekend and we’ll have a summary of the best wines we tasted. Since the demise of longtime sponsor the Wine Cask, the Winehound in Santa Barbara and the Wine House in Los Angeles have organized the sale and tastings.

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