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tent in> Naples Winter Wine Festival w / a career in the hotel business and marketing has taught me, if nothing else, the importance of value and Listening to your customers. In my role as semi-retired, I write about wine with an emphasis on the agreed value, even if I continually struggle with the concept. In most cases I do my best to introduce my readers the wines of exceptional value for money. Find great bottles of wine under $ 20, my reference is achievable, but more and more difficult, thanks largely to an unfavorable exchange rates, escalating costs have risen prices of imported wines, the U.S. producers, and, unfortunately, the pervasiveness of poor wine in this price range. We need to find deep and hard to find “exceptional” value wines. But the wines of the premium to super-premium range, the price of $ 50 to $ 100 and beyond? Perhaps the value found? A growing number of readers have asked whether the value of some wines more expensive right? Of course it can. This does not mean that I have never been disappointed drank a bottle of wine, cost $ 100 or more. I. (Fortunately, it is not uncommon that someone else paid for it!) But the fact is that, for the most part, the higher the price, the more pleasure from the wine. Notice that I always use the word “better. This is a term that has cost me over the years has been more than my share of embarrassment in blind tastings, as the best wine often not the most expensive wine. Can a reader to better the wine store in a Jaguar that Ford? Not necessarily, they will both get you there, but it is certainly infinitely more pleasure in the Jag! Which brings me to share with you this score, sommeliers, and the commercial said about three hundred different wines, and Naples, this year’s Winter Festival wine have been cast. Producers and collectors around the world will present their wines in this flagship event. It was red, white, pink, champagne, ports, grappa, wine, high alcohol, low alcohol wines, big bottles, flasks, bottles, large bottles big (12 liters!), Wines of most continents, wines from almost every wine producing countries of the world, wines from many countries, and wines from almost as many names as 600 people – about! But there were three of these cellars, more excitement. Control wine service for events in the festival this year has given me a unique opportunity to hear what customers say about this parade of wines. Somewhat surprising is that none of the three, even the most demanding public attention and captured the cult wines or wines super-super-premium, costing hundreds of dollars. Although, given the attention that wineries favored collected that could change very soon. All the wines are red wines of this trio, with the exception of a single vineyard of Chardonnay, and all were from California. Revans Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Mondavi’s latest project, continuous and Figge Cellars three wines, Pinot Black, a Syrah, Chardonnay, it was so popular that the closing ceremony on Sunday, there was little left of their wines to pour. The only thing they all have in common, however, has offered amazing quality – and value – for the price! Revan, now in its fourth year, only Cabernet, Cabernet, but what! And no wonder. If you start with a remarkable property, employ Jim Barbour, a vineyard manager for Napa’s most famous and renowned winemaker, Heidi Peterson Barrett, rent, pre-programmed for your wines, to do good things. Dallas-based cardiologist, Dr. Madaiah Revan realized a lifelong dream when he bought the land for his eponymous producer in 1997 and outside the buildings of world-class Cabernet whole nine hectares of vines. The wine is certainly enjoy star status Increasingly, but Dr. Revan has the price of wine at a reasonable 100 a bottle store. An absolute “value” when you look at the quality of wine, the success is to enjoy it, and the family tree. There are only about 1,800 cases of Revan product. Given the answer to increase the festival and the mid to high 90 points of criticism for the first four volumes one can only hope, and production. A little further south of Napa, Oakville, is the production of another Cabernet in California, and now Naples, all buzzing. No newcomer to the wine making world class wines, the Mondavi family, it is now in its fifth generation after Tim Mondavi, “Starting Over” with the new family business, Continuum. A struggle for power companies a few years ago, unfortunately, losing control of their own LED Mondavi Winery what amounted to a battle of the quality of basic resources of Wall Street . Fortunately, Tim and his family remained faithful to its roots and re-produce the kind of quality to put them first, and Napa wines from around the world for decades. The first year (2005) Continuum, is made from grapes handpicked from Vineyard Marjorie (named after the mother of Tim) and the famous To-Kalon site, product decades, the reserve of the taxi Mondavi loved. Tim, daughter Carissa Roberts and his wife, Margaret, attended the festival to see a preview of this wine Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Petite Verdot and also Cabernet Franc. Given the public reaction, the 1300 case of Continuum, as it will be published next month, immediately sold. Fortunately, Tim said plans are to increase the mark to 8,000 cases. Peter Figge, introduces visitors to the festival last year for its first wines, a Pinot Black, a Syrah, Chardonnay , which at that time just been bottled. He returns this year with the same fantastic wines, with its 2006 vintage of the same variety. People for the post at his table, where he waived his wine and his passion for the production of these wines, which stresses, as Peter, you get advanced rank. Peter is modest. Yes, Peter has a hands-off style of winemaking, and rather young, the years he spent working as a vineyard manager, first Girgich and Beringer in Napa, then on the ranch where he learned to “read the land.” It recognizes not only that the action of the vine can produce fruit to meet its stringent standards, but it has a special talent, which provide the row of vines in the end the absolute perfect grape its handcrafted wines. This made sense for the country, Peter is a great demand by the owner of the wine region of the Premier, and therefore, he had access to the best grapes in Monterey County. Pierre is defined as a minimalist, not a pharmacist, and he says he makes his wines, regardless of age, making wine in a style he likes with very good balance and acidity. This means that wines go with food. Regarding the demand for wine in the festival this year Figge, this is good news for wine lovers in Florida, since Peter has only one third of its wine assigned to our state. The value was “the market or appraised value is defined by something. The enormous popularity and demand for wines from three vineyards in the Naples Winter Wine Festival this year wishes say yes, while the value is indeed a relative term, not clients, and always seek for quality. These wines show clearly that they are all well worth the money! < ; / p> Food, drink and be merry! Bruce