Top Twelve

Here’s our eleventh top twelve list. A quick review of the rules that we follow: we choose 4 wines in the under $15 category, 4 in the $15 - $30 category and four in the over $30 category. Also, a winery can only appear once on the list.

It’s not too hard to spot our biases – nine of the wines are German, Italian and French. In fact, I can foresee a time when our top twelve list contains only wines from our big three.

$6.00, 2003 Knebel Winninger Bruckstuck Halbtrocken, QBA
10/31/07, Another Winner from Knebel

$7.99, 2005 A-Mano Primitivo
10/8/07, Primitivo and Zin

$11.99, 2005 Roditis, Lafazanis Estate, Peleponnese, Greece
9/7/07, It's all Greek to Me

$14.99, 2005 Kim Crawford Pinot Noir, Marlborough, NZ
11/7/07, Kim Crawford Pinot

Around $15, Chateau Beauchene, Grand Reserve 2003 CDR
12/21/07, Vino 100

$15.99, 2004 Agostino Pavia Barbera d’Asti, Moliss
12/31/07, Christmas Dinner

$25, 2004 Chablis, Domaine de Vaudon, Joseph Drouhin
9/7/07, Lime and Pineapple

$21, East India Sherry, Lustau
9/7/07, Sherry

$35.50, 2005 Donnhoff Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg, Spatlese, Riesling, Nahe
12/21/07, Yes, Donnhoff is Worth the Premium

$37.99, 2004 Volnay-Santenots, Thierry et Pascal Matrot, Premier Cru
10/11/07, Volnay-Santenots

$45, 2004 Chablis, William Fevre "Fourchaume," Premier Cru
10/22/07, A Fantastic Wine Weekend

?, Egon Muller, 1976 Scharzhofberger Auslese
10/29/07, Rare and Unusual German Wines