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Article: Wine Q&A

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October 24, 2007
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Q. I am presently seeing red wines for retail sale that are a year or less old. I am willing to confess that I am unable to determine much about red wines at such a young age. My first question would be: How are other people able to determine so much at such a young age?

Second question: Isn't a winery cutting its nose off to spite its face when it places un-aged and poor quality wines on the market with its label on the bottles?

A. You are absolutely correct that many red wines are now being released at a very young age, far more than in the past. There are many reasons for this, among them:

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