Wine Adviser's Top 100 from Washington and Oregon
Wine Adviser's Top 100 from Washington and Oregon
Nov 4, 2012 6
(SeattleTimes) - WELCOME TO the seventh annual Wine Adviser Top 100, focused exclusively on the wines of Oregon and Washington. To compile this list I have searched through a year's worth of tasting notes and selected one wine each — the highest scoring — from 100 different wineries. It is my goal to be inclusive, which is why every winery gets just a single spot on the list. I trust that this will give readers a better sense of the scope and depth of the region's offerings.
The wines listed here were reviewed between November 2011 and September 2012. All told, about 2,000 wines were tasted and scored in that time. The scores are from my notes published in Wine Enthusiast magazine, for whom I am the Northwest Tasting Panel reviewer. The full reviews are available, free, online at www.winemag.com. Both score and price are considered, so within each numerical rank, the least expensive wines (based on the original suggested retail) are ranked higher because they offer better value.
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