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Cazenovia, New York, USA · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

The Brewster Inn

This is a big, red leaning list of 589 wines that earns its Best of Award of Excellence, built on a deep California spine with French and Italian classics underneath. The center of gravity is Sonoma pinot and Napa cabernet, with Williams Selyem standing out at nineteen listings, plus serious benches from Turley, TOR, and Orin Swift, while Burgundy through Louis Latour and Tuscany and Piedmont through Gaja anchor the Old World. Bottles run from $8 to $1,000 with a median around $80, so there is real range from everyday pours up to trophy Napa cabs like Scarecrow, Bond, and Shafer Hillside Select at the top. The 18 glass pours are modest against the cellar, so guests who want exploration should be steered toward bottles. This list rewards a red drinker chasing top California producers more than someone hunting white, rosé, or by the glass variety.

589
Wines
575
Producers
1976 to 2023
Vintages
$8 to $1,000
By the bottle

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White1

$500

Red15

2016North America · Cabernet Sauvignon / Verticals
$1,000
2015North America · Cabernet Sauvignon / California
$650
2016North America · Cabernet Sauvignon / Verticals
$600
2015Gaja Collection
$600
2013Australia · Shiraz
$600
2009Gaja Collection
$600

Other4

$500
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