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Corky Wines Are Not Always Due to the Cork

Posted: Jan 17, 2007 3:24pm ET

I tasted a couple dozen California reds yesterday with James Laube and Tim Fish in Wine Spectator 's Napa office, and I was struck by how many of the reds seemed slightly off or tainted. Most of the wines were Napa Valley Cabernets, but we also tasted Cabs from Sonoma.

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