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This is a summary of high to low scores listed alphabetically by wine category/grape varietal. A wine glass next to a wine indicates a KWG (Ken's Wine Guide) review.

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Argentina & Chile (Red Blends)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Finca Abril 2018 "Alhambra Red Blend Reserva"	$17	92 (1 review)
2. Montes 2017 "Valley Twins"	$17	90.2 (4 reviews)
3. Alta Vista 2019 "Atemporal"	$20	92.3 (4 reviews)
4. Pascual Toso 2020 "Barrancas Red Wine"	$20	88 (1 review)
5. Caro 2018 "Amancaya Reserve Red Blend"	$21	91.7 (4 reviews)
6. Vina Cobos 2018 "Cocodrilo"	$30	90.5 (2 reviews)

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Australian (Red Blend)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Fox Creek NV "Willunga" (1/23)	$17	89.4 (2 reviews)
2. d'Arenberg 2017 "d'Arry's Original"	$20	92.1 (4 reviews)
3. Fox Creek NV "Maslin"	$23	90 (2 reviews)
4. d'Arenberg 2016 "Laughing Magpie"	$29	91 (4 reviews)
5. Penley Estate 2020 "Project VIII"	$32	93.5 (4 reviews)
6. John Duval Wines 2019 "Plexus Red"	$40	93.5 (3 reviews)

Barbera (US)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Sebastiani 2019 "Sonoma Valley"	$26	89.5 (1 review)
2. Scott Harvey 2018 "Mountain Selection"	$29	91.5 (2 reviews)

Cabernet Franc

	Price	KWG Score
1. Paul Buisse 2018 "Chinon"	$14	90.6 (3 reviews)
2. Zuccardi 2018 "Q"	$20	92 (4 reviews)
3. Red Newt Cellars 2019 "Finger Lakes"	$20	89.2 (3 reviews)
4. Lamoreaux Landing 2019 "T23 Unoaked"	$20	89 (1 review)
5. Domaine Bousquet 2018 "Gaia"	$20	88 (1 review)
6. Saget La Perriere 2018 "Marie de Beauregard"	$23	91.3 (3 reviews)

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Cabernet Sauvignon

	Price	KWG Score
1. Sterling 2018 "Vintner's Collection"	$12	89.5 (4 reviews)
2. Wakefield 2019 "Promised Land"	$13	88.5 (2 reviews)
3. Pascual Toso 2020 "Estate"	$14	89 (1 review)
4. San Pedro 2018 "1865 Selected Vineyards"	$15	90 (4 reviews)
5. High Heaven Vintners 2018 "Majestic Pines"	$15	89 (3 reviews)
6. Chronic Cellars 2018 "Sir Real"	$15	88.2 (2 reviews)

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Carmenere

	Price	KWG Score
1. Viu Manent 2018 "Gran Reserva"	$13	90.2 (2 reviews)
2. Los Vascos 2019 "Cromas Gran Reserva"	$21	90.5 (4 reviews)
3. Montes 2018 "Alpha"	$22	91.2 (5 reviews)
4. Marques de Casa Concha 2020 "Marques de Casa Concha"	$25	90 (1 review)

Champagne & Sparkling Wine

	Price	KWG Score
1. Cameron Hughes NV "Lot 841 Lambrusco" (11/21)	$15	87 (1 review)
2. Bohigas NV "Brut Reserva Cava" (12/22)	$16	89 (1 review)
3. Villa Wolf NV "Pinot Noir Sparkling Rose" (1/21)	$16	87.5 (2 reviews)
4. Pine Ridge NV "Chenin Blanc-Viognier"	$18	87.5 (1 review)
5. Paringa 2020 "Sparkling Shiraz"	$18	87.5 (1 review)
6. Mont Marcal 2018 "Brut Rosado Cava"	$22	88 (1 review)

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Charbono

	Price	KWG Score
1. Robert Foley 2018 "Napa Valley"	$38	90 (1 review)

Chardonnay

	Price	KWG Score
1. Salmon Run 2018	$11	89 (1 review)
2. Jamieson Ranch 2017 "Whiplash"	$13	86.5 (2 reviews)
3. Pascual Toso 2021 "Estate"	$14	90 (1 review)
4. Pascual Toso 2020 "Estate"	$14	88.5 (2 reviews)
5. Flat Top Hills 2020 "California"	$14	88 (1 review)
6. The Simple Grape 2020	$15	88.7 (2 reviews)

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Chenin Blanc

	Price	KWG Score
1. Fat Barrel 2019 "Bob's"	$14	90 (1 review)
2. Simonsig 2019 "Stellenbosch"	$14	88 (2 reviews)
3. Ironstone 2019 "California"	$14	86 (2 reviews)
4. Raats Family 2021 "Original Unwooded"	$15	90.3 (3 reviews)
5. Raats Family 2020 "Original Unwooded"	$15	88.5 (2 reviews)
6. Tania Vincent Careme 2020 Terre Brulee"	$16	90.6 (3 reviews)

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Dessert & Ice Wine

	Price	KWG Score
1. Jam Jar NV "Sweet Blush"	$12	86.5 (2 reviews)
2. Pindar 2015 "Cabernet Port"	$17	92.5 (1 review)
3. John Robert Cellars 2018 "Blueberry Wine"	$17	88 (1 review)
4. Croft NV "Reserve Tawny Porto" (9/22)	$19	89.5 (3 reviews)
5. d'Arenberg 2017 "The Noble Mud Pie"	$20	92.5 (3 reviews)
6. Blandy's NV "Aged 10 Years Maderia"	$25	90 (1 review)

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French - Beaujolais

	Price	KWG Score
1. Georges Duboeuf 2020 "Beaujolais Villages Flower Label"	$14	87 (2 reviews)
2. Maison L'Envoye 2020 "Moulin-a-Vent Terre de The"	$15	90 (1 review)
3. Laurent Perrachon 2021 "Roche Bleue Julienas"	$20	90 (1 review)
4. Maison L'Envoye 2020 "Fleurie Chateau Vivier Monopole"	$20	90 (2 reviews)
5. Domaine du Clos du Fief 2020 "Tradition"	$21	92.3 (3 reviews)
6. Jean Pierre Large 2021 "Morgon Les Delys"	$21	91 (1 review)

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French - Bordeaux

	Price	KWG Score
1. Chateau Le Clairiot 2018	$16	89.5 (1 review)
2. Chateau Siran 2018	$35	95 (6 reviews)
3. Poesia 2018 "Saint Emilion Grand Cru"	$35	94.5 (6 reviews)
4. Château Labégorce 2018	$36	95.2 (7 reviews)
5. Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2018 "Le Petit Haut Lafitte"	$40	94 (5 reviews)
6. Chateau Barde-Haut 2018	$42	96.1 (5 reviews)

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French - Other (Red Blend)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Chateau Pech-Latt 2017 "Corbieres"	$17	89.5 (2 reviews)
2. Domaine de la Chanteleuserie 2017 "Bourgueil"	$19	89.5 (1 review)
3. Bel Air Gauthier 2020 "Jour de Soif"	$20	91 (1 review)

French - Rhone (Red Blend)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Domaine de Piaugier 2019 "La Grange de Piaugier"	$14	89 (1 review)
2. Famille Perrin 2019 "Nature"	$15	90 (3 reviews)
3. Famille Perrin 2019 "Cotes du Rhone Villages"	$15	89 (2 reviews)
4. Pierre Dupond 2020 "La Renjardiere Red"	$15	89 (2 reviews)
5. M. Chapoutier 2020 "Belleruche"	$18	90 (1 review)
6. Domaine Rose Dieu 2021 "Plan de Dieu"	$18	88.5 (1 review)

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Gewurztraminer

	Price	KWG Score
1. Villa Wolf 2021	$14	87.5 (1 review)
2. Dr Konstantin Frank 2018	$17	88.5 (2 reviews)
3. Red Newt Cellars 2019 "Classic Label"	$18	90.7 (2 reviews)
4. Ravines Wine Cellars 2021 "Finger Lakes"	$23	89 (1 review)
5. Navarro Vineyards 2020 "Dry Estate Bottled"	$24	90.5 (2 reviews)
6. Pellegrini Vineyards 2019 "Estate Grown"	$25	90.5 (1 review)

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Grenache

	Price	KWG Score
1. Limerick Lane 2019 "Winemaker's Folly Grenache Ch 1"	$38	90 (2 reviews)

Gruner Veltliner

	Price	KWG Score
1. Dr Konstantin Frank 2019	$15	89 (3 reviews)
2. Domane Wachau 2021 "Federspiel Terrassen"	$19	89.2 (2 reviews)
3. Markus Huber 2019 "Obere Steigen"	$23	91.6 (3 reviews)
4. Domane Wachau 2020 "Smaragd Terrassen"	$25	92.4 (5 reviews)
5. RD Winery 2019 "Fifth Moon"	$25	90.6 (3 reviews)
6. Migration 2021 "Edna Valley"	$32	92 (2 reviews)

Italian (Piedmont) Red

	Price	KWG Score
1. G.D. Vajra 2020 "Rosso"	$16	88 (1 review)
2. Vietti 2017 "Tre Vigne Barbera d'Asti"	$17	91.7 (4 reviews)
3. Vietti 2018 "Tre Vigne Barbera d'Asti"	$18	90.7 (2 reviews)
4. Castello di Castellengo 2020 "Rosso Della Motta"	$19	89 (1 review)
5. Renato Ratti 2020 "Barbera d'Asti Battaglione"	$25	91.3 (3 reviews)
6. Enrico Serafino 2018 "Picotener"	$25	90.5 (2 reviews)

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Italian (Tuscany) Red

	Price	KWG Score
1. Umberto Cesari 2018 "Rubicone Moma"	$15	88 (2 reviews)
2. Mazzei 2018 "Poggio Badiola"	$17	90.3 (4 reviews)
3. Guido del Re 2016 "Eliseo Rosso"	$19	90 (1 review)
4. Tenuta di Arceno 2017 "Chianti Classico"	$20	89.5 (2 reviews)
5. Selvapiana 2015 "Pomino Villa Petrognano"	$21	92 (1 review)
6. Luce della Vite 2018 "Lucente"	$25	91.3 (3 reviews)

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Italian White

	Price	KWG Score
1. Pighin 2020 "Friuli Pinot Grigio"	$15	87.5 (2 reviews)
2. Benvolio 2020 "Pinot Grigio"	$15	87 (1 review)
3. Pighin 2020 "Sauvignon Blanc Friuli"	$16	90 (1 review)
4. Inama 2019 "Vin Soave Classico"	$16	89 (1 review)
5. Garofoli 2019 "Macrina Verdicchio"	$16	88 (1 review)
6. Cantina del Taburno 2020 "Amineo Coda di Volpe"	$17	90 (2 reviews)

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Italy (Other Regional Reds)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Garofoli 2017 "PianCarda"	$17	89 (1 review)
2. Boccadigabbia 2017 "Rosso Piceno"	$17	86.5 (2 reviews)
3. Cavallo di Battaglia 2018 "Montepulciano"	$18	91.5 (2 reviews)
4. Allegrini 2019 "Valpolicella"	$19	89 (2 reviews)
5. Donnafugata 2020 "Nero d'Avola Sherazade"	$22	88.7 (2 reviews)
6. La Valentina 2016 "Spelt Riserva"	$25	91.7 (4 reviews)

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Malbec

	Price	KWG Score
1. Pascual Toso 2019 "Toso Estate"	$14	88.5 (4 reviews)
2. Susana Balbo 2019 "Crios"	$15	88.5 (2 reviews)
3. Nieto Senetiner 2017 "Don Nicanor"	$16	90.5 (4 reviews)
4. Bodegas Bianchi 2021 "Oasis Sur"	$16	90.1 (3 reviews)
5. Pulenta Estate 2018 "La Flor"	$16	89 (1 review)
6. Bodegas Bianchi 2020 "Oasis Sur"	$16	87.7 (2 reviews)

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Merlot

	Price	KWG Score
1. J. Lohr 2020 "Los Osos"	$15	89.7 (2 reviews)
2. High Heaven Vintners 2018 "Sea of Tranquility"	$15	87.8 (3 reviews)
3. Red Newt Cellars 2013 "Finger Lakes"	$22	88.5 (1 review)
4. No Brainer 2019 "Dry Creek Valley"	$24	90.8 (3 reviews)
5. L'Ecole #41 2018 "Columbia Valley"	$25	90.7 (4 reviews)
6. Decoy 2019 "Sonoma County"	$25	88.2 (2 reviews)

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Mourvedre or Mataro

	Price	KWG Score
1. Three Wine 2018 "Old Vines Mataro"	$34	90 (1 review)

Petit Verdot

	Price	KWG Score
1. Pellegrini Vineyards 2015 "Estate Grown"	$40	89 (1 review)

Petite Sirah

	Price	KWG Score
1. Chronic Cellars 2017 "Suite Petite"	$15	90.3 (3 reviews)
2. Pedroncelli 2017 "Family Vineyards"	$19	89 (1 review)
3. Two Angels 2019 "Red Hills"	$27	91 (1 review)
4. Miro 2018 "Dry Creek Valley"	$30	89.5 (2 reviews)
5. Lava Cap 2017 "Reserve"	$32	92.2 (2 reviews)
6. Berryessa Gap 2017 "Durif"	$35	89.5 (1 review)

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Pinot Blanc

	Price	KWG Score
1. Villa Wolf 2020	$12	87.6 (3 reviews)
2. Wittmann 2020 "100 Hills"	$16	91 (1 review)
3. Wittmann 2021 "100 Hills"	$16	90 (1 review)
4. Navarro Vineyards 2019 "Mendocino"	$18	90 (2 reviews)
5. Wittmann 2020 "Weisser Burgunder Trocken"	$24	91.5 (1 review)
6. Maximin Grunhaus 2019	$24	91.3 (3 reviews)

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Pinot Grigio & Pinot Gris (Other than Italy)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Villa Wolf 2020	$12	88.3 (3 reviews)
2. Acrobat 2021	$15	90.5 (2 reviews)
3. Kendall Jackson 2019 "Vintner's Reserve"	$15	89.3 (3 reviews)
4. The Simple Grape 2021	$15	88.5 (1 review)
5. Pike Road 2021 "Willamette Valley"	$16	89 (1 review)
6. J Dusi Wines 2021	$20	90 (1 review)

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Pinot Noir

	Price	KWG Score
1. Jamieson Ranch 2017 "Whiplash"	$13	87.5 (2 reviews)
2. Georges Duboeuf 2019 "Pays d'Oc"	$14	88.5 (1 review)
3. Knotty Vines 2019	$15	87.8 (3 reviews)
4. Villa Wolf 2020	$16	88.6 (3 reviews)
5. Greg Norman Estates 2019 "Santa Barbara County"	$17	90.3 (3 reviews)
6. Owen Roe 2018 "Sharecroppers"	$18	88 (1 review)

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Pinotage

	Price	KWG Score
1. Kanonkop 2019 "Kadette"	$18	90.7 (4 reviews)
2. Bellingham 2017 "Bernard Series Bush Vine"	$40	90 (2 reviews)
3. Kanonkop 2019 "Estate Wine"	$48	91.6 (5 reviews)

Portugal Red

	Price	KWG Score
1. Castello d'Alba 2019 "Red Wine"	$10	87 (2 reviews)
2. Montaria 2018 "Reserva"	$11	88.5 (2 reviews)
3. Rui Roboredo Madeira 2018 "Beyra Red Wine"	$11	86 (2 reviews)
4. Monte da Vigia 2017 "Reserva"	$12	88 (1 review)
5. Quinta do Gradil 2019 "Ruelas Reserva"	$12	88 (2 reviews)
6. Fonte do Ouro 2018 "Tinto"	$13	88.5 (3 reviews)

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Portugal White

	Price	KWG Score
1. Rui Roboredo Madeira 2019 "Beyra White"	$12	88 (2 reviews)
2. Casa de Vila Nova 2021 "Vila Nova Vinho Verde"	$12	87 (1 review)
3. Fonte do Ouro 2018 "Branco White"	$14	88.8 (3 reviews)
4. Castello d'Alba 2019 "Reserva White Wine"	$14	88.5 (2 reviews)
5. Castello d'Alba 2019 "White Wine"	$14	87 (2 reviews)
6. Quinta do Regueiro 2019 "Foral de Melgaco Old Vines Alvarinho"	$16	90.2 (2 reviews)

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Red Blends or Varietals

	Price	KWG Score
1. Shebang NV "Fourteenth Cuvee"	$15	89 (1 review)
2. Sebastiani 2018 "Red Wine Aged in Bourbon Barrels"	$15	88 (1 review)
3. Knotty Vines 2019 "Red Blend"	$15	87.5 (1 review)
4. Upshot 2019 "Red Wine Blend"	$19	89.3 (3 reviews)
5. Gundlach Bundschu 2019 "Mountain Cuvee"	$20	91.5 (2 reviews)
6. Kendall Jackson 2017 "Vintner's Reserve Red Wine Blend"	$20	89 (3 reviews)

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Riesling

	Price	KWG Score
1. Shades of Blue NV "QbA"	$10	88 (1 review)
2. Villa Wolf 2021 "Dry"	$12	89 (1 review)
3. Villa Wolf 2020 "Dry"	$12	87 (2 reviews)
4. Dr Loosen 2020 "Dr. L"	$12	86.5 (2 reviews)
5. Nik Weis 2020 "Urban"	$13	90 (3 reviews)
6. S.A. Prum 2020 "Essence"	$14	91 (4 reviews)

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Rose

	Price	KWG Score
1. Priest Ranch 2019 "Can"	$10	90 (1 review)
2. The Beachhouse 2021	$10	87 (2 reviews)
3. Sacha Lichine 2021 "Le Poussin"	$12	89 (1 review)
4. Villa Wolf 2021 "Pinot Noir Rose"	$12	89 (1 review)
5. Vina Zorzal 2021 "Rosado Garnacha"	$13	88 (1 review)
6. Susana Balbo 2021 "Crios Rose of Malbec"	$14	89 (1 review)

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Sauvignon Blanc

	Price	KWG Score
1. Los Vascos 2021	$12	89.5 (2 reviews)
2. Matua 2022 "Marlborough"	$12	89 (1 review)
3. Fault Line 2019	$13	89 (3 reviews)
4. Paul Buisse 2020 "Touraine"	$13	88 (2 reviews)
5. Los Vascos 2019 "Estate"	$14	89.5 (3 reviews)
6. Geyser Peak 2019 "Gold Cap"	$14	89 (1 review)

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Semillon

	Price	KWG Score
1. L'Ecole #41 2021 "Columbia Valley"	$16	91 (1 review)
2. Riley's Rows 2020 "North Coast"	$25	92 (1 review)
3. Riley's Rows 2021 "North Coast"	$25	91 (1 review)

South African (Red Blend)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Topiary 2017 "Innocence"	$15	89 (2 reviews)
2. Reyneke 2018 "Vinehugger Red"	$15	88 (2 reviews)
3. Tania Vincent Careme 2019 "Terre Brulee Le Rouge"	$16	90.3 (3 reviews)
4. Kanonkop 2019 "Kadette Cape Blend"	$18	89 (3 reviews)
5. Raats Family 2019 "Red Jasper"	$29	90.5 (2 reviews)
6. Taaibosch 2018 "Crescendo"	$40	92.5 (1 review)

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Spanish Red

	Price	KWG Score
1. Muriel 2015 "Kirkland Signature Reserva"	$8	88.5 (2 reviews)
2. Carlos Serres 2016 "Crianza"	$13	89 (1 review)
3. CVNE 2020 "Cune Organic"	$15	91 (5 reviews)
4. Sierra Norte 2019 "Pasion de Bobal"	$16	88.5 (1 review)
5. Senorio de P. Pecina 2020 "Red Coseche"	$16	88 (1 review)
6. Muriel 2018 "Fincas de la Villa Crianza"	$16	87.7 (2 reviews)

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Spanish White

	Price	KWG Score
1. CVNE 2020 "Monopole"	$16	90.3 (3 reviews)
2. Benaza 2020 "Godello"	$16	90 (1 review)
3. Adegas Morgadio 2020 "Legado del Conde Albarino"	$19	91 (2 reviews)
4. Can Feixes 2020 "Blanc Seleccio"	$19	88 (1 review)
5. Reboreda 2020 "A Telleira Godello"	$20	92.5 (2 reviews)
6. Pazo Cilleiro 2021 "Albarino"	$20	89.5 (1 review)

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Syrah & Shiraz (Other than French)

	Price	KWG Score
1. Excelsior 2018 "Robertson"	$10	88.8 (3 reviews)
2. Wakefield 2019 "Promised Land"	$13	90 (2 reviews)
3. J. Lohr 2020 "South Ridge"	$15	90.6 (3 reviews)
4. Greg Norman Estates 2018 "Limestone Coast"	$17	88.6 (3 reviews)
5. Jim Barry 2017 "Lodge Hill"	$20	90.7 (4 reviews)
6. 3 Rings 2017 "Barossa Valley"	$20	89.8 (3 reviews)

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Tempranillo

	Price	KWG Score
1. Vina Eguia 2020 "Tempranillo"	$15	88 (1 review)

Torrontes

	Price	KWG Score
1. Zuccardi 2019 "Serie A"	$15	90.6 (3 reviews)

Viognier

	Price	KWG Score
1. Yalumba 2021 "Y Series"	$15	91.1 (5 reviews)
2. Carol Shelton 2020 "Wild Thing"	$20	91 (2 reviews)
3. Andrew Murray 2019 "Santa Barbara County"	$30	92.5 (2 reviews)
4. Stags Leap Winery 2020 "Napa Valley"	$32	89 (1 review)
5. Calera 2018 "Mt Harlan"	$38	92.3 (3 reviews)

White Blends or Varietals

	Price	KWG Score
1. Truro Vineyards 2021 "Summer White"	$6	89 (1 review)
2. Famille Perrin 2020 "Cotes du Rhone White Nature"	$15	89.5 (2 reviews)
3. Pine Ridge 2021 "Chenin Blanc-Viognier"	$16	89 (2 reviews)
4. Tangent 2018 "Albarino - Paragon Vineyard"	$17	90.3 (3 reviews)
5. d'Arenberg 2020 "The Hermit Crab"	$17	90 (3 reviews)
6. Dr Konstantin Frank 2021 "Rkatsiteli"	$17	89 (1 review)

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Zinfandel

	Price	KWG Score
1. Cline Cellars 2020 "Ancient Vines"	$16	90 (1 review)
2. Three Wine 2019 "Red Label"	$18	89 (1 review)
3. Carol Shelton 2018 "Wild Thing Old Vine"	$20	91.3 (3 reviews)
4. St. Francis Winery 2019 "Old Vines"	$22	90 (2 reviews)
5. Shannon Ridge Vineyards 2019 "High Elevation"	$23	88 (1 review)
6. McPrice Myers 2021 "Pound for Pound"	$25	93.6 (3 reviews)