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Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Oct 12, 2009
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Run, don't walk, to your nearest retail wine shop and stock up on the Excelsior Chardonnay 2008, from the Robertson region of South Africa. A lovely, fresh clean chardonnay that sees only 20 percent oak -- that is to say, only 20 percent of the wine receives any time in oak barrels -- this medium straw/gold-colored wine offers bright pineapple/grapefrui…

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