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Syrah Shines in Santa Barbara Wine Futures Tasting
2006 Pinots are good but not exciting
James Laube
Posted: March 27, 2008
Hurrah for Syrah—it dominated. Pause on Pinot, at least for now. And good for Grenache, it's coming along nicely. The gutsy Rhône-inspired reds trumped the red Burgundian transplants in Wine Spectator 's blind tasting of selected wine futures from Santa Barbara County, though it was hardly a landslide.
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