{"id":1998,"date":"2013-08-22T22:33:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T22:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2013-08-22T22:33:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T22:33:49","slug":"dons-august-collectors-series-top-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-august-collectors-series-top-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s August Collector\u2019s Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"miller-wine-works-sage-canyon-napa-syrah-2007\"<\/a>This month\u2019s Collector Series Top Picks give me palpitations.\u00a0 Not only are the wines tantalizing, picking just two wines this month makes me uneasy. So, here we go.\u00a0 Miller Wine Works 2007 Sage Canyon Napa Syrah has to be my first Top Pick.\u00a0 It\u2019s a big beautiful wine that highlights the quality and value to be had from one of California\u2019s top\u00a0garagistes<\/i>.\u00a0 Not all of the best Napa Valley wines come from big names or corporate conglomerates as Gary Miller\u2019s 2007 Sage Canyon Syrah will attest.\u00a0 One taste of this wine and you\u2019ll know why it gets one of my Top Picks and scored 96 points and earned the Platinum Medal at the Consumer Wine Awards in Lodi, California.\u00a0 My second Top Pick is a split decision.\u00a0 Both the 2011 Colli di Lapio Fiano di Avellino and the 2006 Luis Canas Rioja Reserva Selecci\u00f3n de la Familia are at the top of their game, and both have garnered tremendous press and are in very limited supply.\u00a0 Hence, the split decision.\u00a0 Both wines please me immensely, but for different reasons, so take your pick!\u00a0\u00a0A votre sant\u00e9<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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