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TOP5Oln the age of Instagram, we know what friends are drinking with dinner The pictures

> proof. But what about the bottles people open when nobody's paying attention,

i for the sommeliers who track inventory7

Our Annual Restiuram Poli lonsiders rbc: jno»t

popular w ines in restaurants through sales data

from those wine direclojs \ \cask them lu Iut

the ten nines ch .it sold best du img die Ins!

quarter of 2017 and then ut- i ink the num

bei of mentions cach brim' i ect u tcl Heit vit

pic-sent the SO brands u itil the most mentions

•mrf the lupin sr positions on respondents'lists

The results this sear show a sea change in

how US dmer* approach wine For the first

time in the 29yeais v\c ve been tracking wine

trends, jai imported w me IMS hinckel the' num

ber one spot R Lope? dc Hei celia 1141-year-

old Rioja house-, leapfrogged hom loin tii place-

over Cakebread and Caymus, two legulars it

the top of the list VICHI, an Italian also broke

into the top ten, normalh a solidly California!)

list and Sqal is came in at ll the highest rank

ever foi a Greek producer on this lis!

What gives?Sommeliers ovei \vhclmingly credit the change

to diners. H ho thcv say are more open minded

knowledgeable than ever Fart of that is

driven by the internet and social media Mun

ica Nogues, who imports R Lope? dc Heiedia

sa>s she secs the bhi t t on the industry side, too

"Back around 2000, when vic starred getting

e l l i s about the ume, it was someone w h o s

had die umc at Grameny Tanin or Pir Si

and \\anted to have it at their i e« pl vee ' she

sa>s "But more rere udy, the pt i son opening a

lestaurant in Iowa can cheek the list jttDannl

and see what Raj [Vaidya] is doing People .ne

asking What are the} doing' It gives anothu

perspective on the wine, and (other somme

licrsj ire more inclined to taste it"

Of course rl 'cie ire plcntyof peoplee\cited

to drink CnKebis.au eliardonn.iv, cabernets

(rom fav uins, loi dan and Silvei Oak, merlots

from Duckhorn, and the othei well koon ri Cal

ifornia wines that have formed the bickbone

of this list for close to three decades But the

tattooed skateboarders Nogues sees touring R

Lope? dc Heredia these days .ut part cfadirlei-

ent wine community, one that has been glon

ing th lough the ease of connectivity, its scope

adding volatility to the Top SO list


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W&S Restaurant Top 50The Most Popular Wines in America's Top Restaurants

1 f' Lopez deHeredia2 Cakebread Cellars

Caymus VineyardsJordan Vineyard & WineryDucknorn Vineyarosfrank family VineyardsSilver Oak Wine CellarsVieil!Stag's Leap Wine CellarsCnstom VineyardsJustinChampagne Ki ugHeitz Wine CellarsFaustDomaine SigalasG.D. VajraRemellunSonoma-Cutrer VineyardsRombauer VineyardsPatricia Green Cellars

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$83 24 OtgaRaffauit $72$90 27 Lucien Crochet $78

$153 28 Jean-Louis Chave Selection $73$104 29 La Crema $45

$88 30 Chateau Ste. Michelle $44$100 31 Domaine Vacheron $87$163 32 WphonseMeHot $85

$83 33 Hall $83$114 34 EvneVinevarrjs $67$66 34 Kistiei $171$67 36 Produtton cel Barbaresco $178

$342 36 Robert Smskey Vineyard $95$136 38 Adeisheim Vineyard $62$104 39 Maison Joseph Drouhin $82

$69 40 MphaEsiate $bB$64 40 Domaine Moreau-Nauclet $104$75 42 Arnot-Roberts $79$50 42 Teutonic Wine Company $74$73 44 william Fevie $8i7

$63

Domaine Drounm Oregon $110Flowers $94Gerard Boulay $94Belle Pente $78LaRiojaASta $78

45 Billecart-Salmon Champagne $14846 Talila $7647 Friedrich Becker $5848 Joseph Priips $10249 Taittinger Champagne $10050 CveshamWooti $64

f The average price includes all the bottles our, espondents lisle d , OTC the prices mey i


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MOST POPULAR WINES BYVARIETY AND COUNTRYTo conduct the research for this feature, we ask restaurant wine buyers to list their ten top-selling wines in order ofpopularity. We use the total number of mentions a brand accumulates to determine its placement on the lists that fol-low, considering each wine's position on the lists when necessary to break ties. The average restaurant-wine-list prices

for individual bottlings appear in the far-right column of each chart.

SPAR KU NG WIN ESKrug has claimed the top spot as the most popular sparkling wine in topUS restaurants, a ^pot held for several years bv BiJIecatt Salmon, andfor two decades by Veuve f licquotbeforeth.it Jin Ahn of NYC 's Norettuh hai the half bottle of Krug Grande Cuvee on his list tor $75 "It'sone item I always have and people knou it," he says "I started thatthree years ago as a statement It's not my moneymaker"

Meanwhile, Billecart Salmon remains a favorite at dining roomssuch as Jean Georges in NYC "Our cheapest Champagne is $24 aglass. La Caravelle, and Billecart outsells it Billecart makes a specialCuvee Jean Georges and it has a history at the restaurant Our chentele views it as an exclusive product," says chef sommelier Rorv Pugh

Sparkling wine now accounts for seven percent of the Most f'opular Mines, iiie largest share in the history of the poll It's been on aslow but consistent rise since 2000 when it held a 2 2 percent shareChampagne holds the top 11 spots "ln the future, ! wouldn't seeanything shaking Champagne,' says Caleb Cancer of tfl ( ompagmtdcs Vins Surnaturels rn N\C "I went through and looked for all ourtop selling bottles and they were all Champagnes" At Lairon inPhiladelphia, Hai Tran finds that "people are open and don't thinkol Champagne only as something you drink when vou ctlebrate Youcan actually enjoy it with a meal '

While sales have come easy to many this year, others need to do alittle campaigning Collin Moody of Iniomi Tax Bar in Chicago says,"Whenever I think of Champagne, that's when I want to put — i nscrawled red letters across the l i s t— notes that say,'( hampagnt. iswine' It's the most food friendly wine on the planet and you shoulddrink it with everything'"

I have been pleased with how,more and more, people arereceptive to drinking Cham-pagne with their meal, notjust as a thing to enjoy beforetheir meal-but actually drink-ing some interesting bottles toaccompany first, second,and even third courses -KsandekPodbielski, Coquine, Portland, OR

MOST POPULAR SPARKLING WINES

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14

15

16

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18

Brand

Krug

Taittinger

Veuve Clicquot

Louis Roederer

Pierre Peters

Dom Perignon

Vilmart & Cie

Blllecart-Salmon

Lanson

Moet & Chandon

Bereche ei His

Rene Geoffroy

Canard-Duchene

Argyle

Kir Yianni

Jean Vesselle

Ferran

Roederer Estate

Bottling

Champagne Grand Cuvee

Champagne Smt La Francaise

Champagne Brut Yellow Label

Champagne Bmi Premier

Champagne Blanc be BlancsLe Mesnil sui Oger

Champagne

Champagne Grand Cellier Brut

Champagne Brut ReserveChampagne Brul Rose

Champagne Silt

Champagne Brul Imperial

Champagne Brut Reserve

Champagne Errpreinte Brul

Champagne Authentic

Willamette Valley Brut

Amyndeon Rose

Oumpdgne Brul Rose Oeil dc Perdrix

TrentoBnit

Anderson Valley Brut

Avg Price

$342

S98

$140

$91

SIM

S29D

$106

$130$178

$116

$97

$107

$80

$70

$49

$54

$101

$56

$48

Sales of Champagne are always close to the

top. The River Cafe is a celebratory restau

rant. You add Sunday and Saturday brunch

into that and it's always pretty high up.

-Joseph Pelissie, The River Cafe, NYC


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SAUVIGNON BLANCSauvignon blanc remains a favorite even as the average price for themost populai bottling^ continues to rise, now at $64 a bottle, cornpared io S59 Idbt year Consumers love their Sancerre, in particularsommehcrs report ' Sancerre has become a wine that people call forwith the same regularit) ai they would their favorite brand of vodka,'says Charles Puglia ol NYC's / e Coucou "They might not even kno\vthe producers, but they know Sancerre lb delicious because they'vehad it before" ln fact, eight of the 15 most popular sauvignon blancbrands arc from the region The average price of the moil popularbottles on respondents' lists is nearlv double what it was ten yearsago and many sommelier! are leaning towards smaller, high quahtvproducers

I rememoer ten years ago in New Yorkwhen Sauce're came into fashion andeveryone was like, "I ll have Sartene1

II s interesting 'o see that trend is notone that s gone out of favor at all-it'salive and well, and I think it's an easygo-to, people know that thcv I ko it

-Molly Cohen, Lure Fishbar, NYC

CHENIN BLANCThough chenin blanc doesn't place on respondents' top ten lists, oftenenough to register as a mo\emem, it looks like it may soon, thanks tosauvignon blanc ' If people ask lor sauvignon blanc. I generally steerthem toward chenin" savs Paula dc 1'ano of the I carrington HoweInn, in Pirtsboro, North Carolina "It's underrated and hasn't caughtup with the pricing of Sancerre I like to keep chenin at around S50'

MOST POPULAR CHENIN BLANCS

Rank Brand Bottfmg

1 Francois Pinon Voimay Silex Noir

2 Domaine dcs Baumard Savenntfres

Avg Price

$71

3 Dom, de la Taille Aux Loups Montlous Jacky Blot dos deMosny

$40

STC

RIESLINGThough the numbers may not show it, sommelier^ are finding that thereis an interest in riesling, as long as guests knou what thev're getting'People Tre into r i e s l i n g , especially Reurer and Falkenstem —soixasonablv pntcd and so pleasurable — lovely balance," says CollinMoody of Chicago's Income lax Har ' People ire s t i l l afraid it willbe sweet, so it's great having troekens> f rom Falkensiem thai are soinsanely high in aciditv that there s no possible wav to mistake themror sweet"

MOST POPULAR RIESLINGS

MOST POPULAR SAUVIGNON BLANCS Rank Brand Bottling »vg Price

Rank Brand

I Domaine Vacheron

2 Gerard Boulay

3 Lucien Crochet

4 Alphonse Mellot

5 Pascal Joli vet

6 Duckhorn Vineyards

7 Massican

8 Claude Riffault

9 Cakebread Cellars

IO Chateau de Sancerre

Craggy Range

Franck & Jean-FrancoisBailly

Yves Martin

14 Jules Taylor

15 Kim Crawford

Bottling

Sancerre

Sancene Clos de BeaujeuSancerre Les Monts OamilSs

Sancerre la Oro x du Roy

Sancerre La Moussiere

Sancerre

Nafkj Valley

Harja Valley

Sancerre Les enseignes

napavalley

Sancerre

Marunborough Te Mima Road

Sancerre

Sancerre

Marfnorougti OTQ Ryan Vineyard

Marhorojgh

Avg Price

SS?

$118$86

$?5

$80

$61

SH

$83

$66

$'1

$65

$69

$72

$64

S58

$36

I Josef leib Sheila;: Dragonstone

2 Clemens Busch Mosel Grosses Gewacns Martenburg Falkenlay

3 Hofgut Falkenstem g""* Tracke' «"™™^

4 JB Becker RhemgauTrocken Walker

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bottles being sent tec K before ^H^V I^^H^^K_^ r- -JP

finding the 'right' riesling foi a ^f^^^fft'^Ltable But I believe it's worth it ^^^^^^^H^H

-Nicole Hakli, ^^^^^^^1Momofuku Ssam Bar, NYC ^^^^^^^^^1

$46

$144

$45

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CHARDONNAY"People love their pinot noir and chardonnay; they just don't like to admitit savs Stephen McGinms at LEtoik in Madison, Wisconsin Likerrnny sommehers this vear he found that his customers didn't go inmuch for chardonna\ —unless it was called Burgundy

While legions of fans continue to sustain Cikebread SonomaCutrer and Rombaucr at the top of respondents' lists holding thethree prime spots for the last decade, Chablis suiged onto die chart,with the appearance of six ( habits producers among the top 18 chardonna) s, w here there was only one — Patrick Piuze — Ust year 'We dosell plenty ot C aliforma chardonnay says Sh innon flicker at foreignCinema in San Francisco,' but we don I have people searching for uPeople are steering awiy from the buttery styles and more towardC habits styles, toward more acidity and freshness"

In N\ C, Daniel Beedle observed the same trend at Indian AccentThere was a phase of people looking for the sort of Arnot Roberts,

Dominique Lafon juicy Corton styles " he savs "Now people arelooking tor leaner, more delicate styles' Sometimes Chablis isn'te\en lean enough he's been hndmg success by leading people intothe Jura Por the price point Cmcvat delivers w hat they want '

This trend aligns with the drop in popularity lor California wines ingeneral, and the surge in French wines (see chart p 88) Even at Frasca I nod and Wine a restaurant spcci ihzing in Italian cuisine in Bou!der, Colorado, sommelier Cai lin Karr leporled that white Burgundysales are tobust accounting for ten percent of their buying budget

Despite the interest in fine chardonnay, the variety overall has beenlosing ground o\er the last 20 >ears making up lust 8 3 percent ofthe top selling wines today A number ot sommehers reported thatthey encourage diners to branch out and trv something new othersattribute du drop off in orders to the customers themselves some ofwhom still ascribe to the anything but ch irdonmy movement

If I had Rombauer on the list it would be

the number one wine If it snot that its

Chablis Ijustcantkpppenougnin Peoplewdiil untwkpfl Chabl s frp-Ji arc! nisp

-Cynthia Goddeau, le Parfaite, Charleston, SC

I have other chardon-nays but Kistler is aname: People see thaI have it and they donwant to worry aboutit, they don't want totalk to me -BenTeig,RedBird, Los Angeles

MOST POPULAR CHARDONNAYS

Rank Brand Bottling

Cakebread Cellars Napavalley

Avg.Pnra

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

IO

Sonoma-Cirtrer Vineyards

Rombauer Vineyards

Domaine Moreau-Naudet

Sandhi

Jordan

Kistler

William Fevre

Neyers

Maison Joseph Drouhin

Russian River Valley Russian River Ranches

Carneros

Chablis ler Cru ForetsChablis Vieilles Kjnes Paques

Santa Barbara

Russian Rwer Valley

Sonoma County Vine Hill

Chablis Champs RoyauxChablis ler Cai Fourdiaume

Cameros

Chablis Vaurjor

$46

S76

$130$66

$66

$66

$178

$59$130

$76

$68

ll Barney Russ an River Valley

Chablis

Napa Valley Watson Ranch

$9412 Patrick Pluie

13 Arnot-Roberts

14 Domaine Michel Niellon aassagnfrVonlractjellBCnjQwropsGam $198

$68

$114

Chablis15 Daniel Damp!

16 Chateau Montelena Napavalley

17 Jean Marc Brocard Chablis

18 Pierre-Yves Colm-Morey Meursaull ler Du Narvaux $300

PINOT GRIS &GRIGIOOnce a major player in this poll, pinot gngio has lost ground to a nngeol more esoteric whites Todiv when people do order it sommehersreport that it's often at the higher end 'We actually have two orangewines by the glass right now' says Ray Gardzmski of Philadelphia'sVennck Food and Drink The two hottlmgs that made the list this yeararc from Fnuh and Oregon s Willamette Valley

MOST POPULAR PINOT GRIS & GRIGIOS

Rank Brami Bottling

I Marco Felluga

Avg Pnce

Frrui $45

2 King Estate Willamette Valley Reserve $50

I line pinot gngio-but Usa wine that people (imore because of what it isn t than for what itII dopedlb to people wtio are takmgfo a wmthat is not sweet not oaky not buttery and netoo Iruity like New Zealand sauvignon blanc-Joshua Steiner, Camevor, Milwaukee


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PINOT NOIRThis year pinot noir is back on top, accounting for 13.6 percent of themost popular wines in US restaurants. Although the percentage is thesame ab Iasi year, it held its ground while cabernet lost some share luthe surge in more esoteric varieties.

Many sommelier reported increased interest in Oregon pinot,which earned SO percent of all the points on respondents' top-tenlists, most all of tha t in Willamette. California earned 30 percent(almost half of that in Sonoma wines) and Burgundy earned 14 per-cent. The Oregon trend is clear in the list of most popular bottlings,with 18 producers from the state making the cut. "The New Yorkcrowd is 'over' California pinot noir," says Daniel Beedle of IndianAccent in NYC. "They think it's really big, extracted pinot, and this isnot a Marcassin crowd. They see Oregon pinot and think it's a perfectmix— classic Old World flavor with a l i t t le modern body and fruit."

Dan Davis of Commander's Palace in New Orleans also saw anupswing in sales of Oregon wines. "The very special terroir that youfind in Oregon lends itself to pinot noir in a way that almost nowhereelse in North America does," he says. But California pinot still placeshigh up the list with Sonoma Coast producers, including Flowers,I'ailla and Joseph Phelps. Joshua Steiner of Carneror in Milwaukeefinds that bigger California pinot noirs works well in a steak-centricenvironment—"even though they're not as big or tannic as caber-net sauvignon," he says. "We look for 'sreakhouse pinots' that havedarker fruit , a little less racy acidity, and a little more body and struc-ture—wines like Sea Smoke's 2014 Santa Barbara Southing."

If anything, it's pricing that's holding California pinot noir back.While the average price of pinot noir dropped by 52 per boule thisyear, Willamette wines hovered at $75, while California prices rangedfrom an average of S84 on the Central Coast to $94 on the NorthCoast. Ryan Jasielum of San Francisco's Liholiho Yacht Club found hispinot values in Burgundy. "Our lisr is fifty-fifty as far as American andFrench. I think we sold a little bit more of iiie Frederic Esmonin Bour-gogne because it was such a great value," he says. "To be able to offeran Old World wine at a value-driven price point increased the sales."

Pinot non is a Duzavord for people

WHO wam to get into wine and know

it'3 what professionals are drinking.

-Amy Racine, Dovetail, NYC

We ha w so many styles of pinot noir it's

like more than one category. We have

wines from Irancy, Bourgogne rouge,

all the major domaines of Burgundy,

the Cote d'Or. cote Chalonnaise...

We also nave loire pinols, Sancerre

rouges, wires him Oregon, Califor-

nia. And when it cornes to California

pinot noir, people come in with buzz-

wot ds: Maybe it's Russian Rivet, or

Sonoma Coast, maybe it's a producer. People don't want flavors

-Shannon Tucker, Foreign Cinema, San Francisco

MOST POPULAR PINOT NOIRS

Rank Brand Bottling Avg. Price

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27

28

29

30

Cri stern

Domaine Drouhin

Belle Pente

Flowers

Friedrich Becker

Patricia Green Cellars

Failla

Adelsheim Vineyard

Evesham Wood

JK Carriere

St. Innocent

Teutonic Wine Co.

Joseph Phelps

Angela

Emeritus

La Crema

Anthill Farms

Eyrie Vineyards

Belle Glos

Walter Scott

Archery Summit

Tatomer

Soter

Omero Cellars

Melo mi

Elk Cove

Erath

Renner Ash

Williams Selyem

Littoral

Willamette Valley Mt Jefferson Cuvee

Dundee Hills

Willamette ValleyWillamette Valley Belle tole VineyardWillamette Valley Murto Reserve

Sonoma Coast

Wal;

Willamette Valley Reserve

Sonoma Coast

Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley

Winnette Valey Provocateur

Willamette Valley Villages Cuvee

Willamette Valley BelipmeWillamette Valley' Laurel Vineyard

Sonoma Coasl Freestone

YamhiKarltDn

Russian Riva Valley Hallberg Ranch

Sonoma CoastMonterey

Anderson Valley

Willamette Valley

Santa Lucia Highlands las Alturas Vineyard

EtHa-Amrry Hills Seven Springs VineyanJ

Willamette Valley Premier Cuvee

Santa Barbara

Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley

tolila™,!

Willamette Valley

Oregon

Willamette Valley

Russian Rivei Valley

Anderson valley Les Larmes

S66

SIW

sre$70$86

$97

558

$50

$84

S62

$62

$55

$60

$64$88

sn

$72

$89

$48$46

$71

S94

S80

$92

$74

$62

$63

S70

$41

$64

$38

5105

$155

$200


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CABERNET SAUVIGNONCabernet sauvignon and pinot noir have been fighting for top variety inWeil's Annual Restaurant Poll for the last five years Last year cabernet took top honors among the most popular wines in US restaurantsThis vear pinot noir edges it out b) less than a percentage point

Still, ot the most popular wines on respondents' lists in 2017, nearly13 percent were cabernet sauvignon or cabernet based And ses en ofthe most popular brands overall are significant cabernet producersCakebread, Caymus Jordan Duckhorn Frank Family, SiKer Oak andStag's t eap Wine Cellars

In terms of brand visibility among American diners, cabernetsauvignon has the upper hand "Wine lists e rn be intimidating,' saysJoshua Steiner of Carnevorm Milwaukee Guests gravitate to namesthat are familiar Our three best selling cabs (Stag's I eap Silver Oakand Cavmus) are consistently good, regardless of \ image We donttry to sell those wines People llave decided on those before they walkthrough the door"

And where beef is involved, cabernet is still king "We ire verymuch a traditional Texas stcakhousc," says Bill Else) ot Pappas Bros^lakhouse in Houston "and wi th their meals, people love the bigCalifornia cabs " At Mistral in Boston, David Borsman says diners ai e"taking a deeper look at Chateau Montelem, Grgich Hills, Ridge—vou know, the guys that have been doing it for decades I think aspeople leam more about wine in general maybe they're starting tothink these aren t (ust brands, these are the originals for a reason andthey're sul] at it so there must be something to that"

There is also a significant interest in Bordeaux which, sommelierare Jinding can often come in al a better value than Napa cabernet(the average price tor the best selling cabernets in our respondents'restaurants is S104 $14 more than the average for pinot noir) "Bordeaux is making a comeback' say s Nicole Hakli ot r>TV C's MoinnftiftuSstttn Bar, pointing to the 2011 Haut Medoc, Les Allees dc Cantcmerle "It's a great restaurant wine— it s food friendly, ready to drink,at a friendly price point at $68 a bottle and it's terrific with the duckor pork shoulder ssam or die wagyu beef

ln lite $50 to $70 range, you llget better value out of Bordeauxthan Napa You ran find some funartisanal Cotes de Bordeaux orSupe1 rieur-family-made wineswith a r ii imp yp^rs of bottle age-Noah Smgerman,Husk, Charleston, SG

The Internationa1 business crowd that carriesin wants the best of what the US has to offerso then we re dealing v* th Napa Valley andcabenetsauvignon They want to tiy California-Bill Elsey, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Houston

MOST POPULAR CABERNET SAUVIGNONS

Rank Brand

I Silver Oak Wine Cellars

2 Caymus Vineyards

3 Justin

4 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

5 Faust

6 Frank Family

7 Jordan Vineyards

8 Hall

9 Heitz Wine Cellars

IO J.Lohr

ll Duckhom Vineyards

12 Obsidian Ridge

13 St Francis Vineyards

14 Mt Veeder Winery

15 Opusone

16 Danoush

17 Woodward Canyon

IS Corison

19 Alexander Valley Vyds.

20 Tumbull

21 Sequoia Grove Vineyards

22 Leonetti Cellar

23 Louis Martini Winery

24 Chateau Montelena

25 Keenan

26 Lewis

27 Snowden

28 L'EcoleNo.41

Bottling

Alexander Valley

Napavalley

Paso Robles

Napa Valley Artemis

Napavalley

Napavalley

Alexander Valley

Napavalley

Napa ValleyNapa Valley Trai&de Vineyard

Paso Robles Seven Date

Napavalley

Red Kfc take County

Soncraa County

Kana Valley

Napa Valley Overture

Napavalley

Columbia Valley Ama s Seres

Napavalley

Alexandei Valley

Napavalley

Napavalley

Columbia Valley

Napavalley

Napavalley

Spring Moui Id in

Napa Valley Masons

Napa Valley Brothers Vineyard

Columbia Valley

Avf. Price

$163

S165

$67

SIU

SIW

$108

$120

$83

$143$188

$50

S93

$57

$48

$86

$229

$241

$93

$192

$49

SIW

$90

$228

$44

$119

$52

$125

S140

$68


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Most Popular Wine VarietiesAS A % OF TOP-SELLING BOTTLESPnot noir bested cabernet sau.igncr in the' ongoing red duel, whilechardonnay leld on as most popjia'white None, however grabbedJielioniahdreo lists as n the pail low tl n> so man/ rro'e varietiesare gaming traction Of the 136 varieties mentioned among respondenis noit popular wines 17 earned a sigr ifanl share The ninebelow plus sparking wines hold the largest shares of those I sts

WINE VARIETIES AS A "i OF TOP SELLING WINES

• - 2017 B • 2007 = 1997

5% 10«» 151« 20% 25% 30%

Pinot Noir

Cabernet Sauvignon

Chardonnay

Sparkling

Sauvignon Blanc

Sangiovese

Nebbiolo

Tempranillo

Merlot

Syrah

RHONE-STYLE REDSSyrah and Rhone-style blends, both domestic and imported, remain asmall but solid alternative in the red ume universe consistently hovcnng in the neighborhood of mo percent Diners remain particularlywedded to Rhone bottling*; u Inch make up four of the five top sellingpours It's not just about name recognition says Collin Moody atIncome lax liar in Chicago "Recently I pui a Faugercs on bv the glass,and the first night it u enr on it w is the highest performing bv the-glass placement in a single da) that I ever sa\\ ' Several sommeherschalked up the success of southern Rhone reds to their Hojbilitv attable "Chateauneuf du Pape does reali) well " savs Cynthia Goddeauof Le harfalle, in Charleston, South Carolina "I think it's because thegrenache grape is really food friendly — the fruit, the spice, the balance — it goes with pastas and meat courses, even a grilled fish" Thetop brand this year-1 JL Chavc, with its Cotes du Rhone Mon Coeur,and its classic St Joseph Ofterus Together, they catapulted the brandinto the lop 50 most popular overall

MOST POPULAR RHONE STYLE REDS

Bofffrng Avg. Price

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3

4

5

6

JL Chave Selection

Franck Balthazar

Alain Graillot

Bemabeleva

Equls

Domaine du Courde Chaule

St Joseph OfausCotes du Rhone Mon Coeur

Cotes [lu Rhone

Craies Hermitage

Madrid Navaherreros

Stjoseph

Gigondas CUY*? TradHion

$76$60

$58

$74

$48

$60

$70

ii von rome he>e and don t have grenache we ve probably messed up It's almost t: the point tna! wc nave to slew down on

sel'mrj it sometimes Wc go th'ough t oecause it really works we1' in the middle and the transition Dart ol the lasa lg menu-Andy Chabot, The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Townsend, IN

MERLOTAfter more than a decade of post-S/deivays decline, sommelier report amodest uptick in merlot's fortunes, a first since 1997 Thev appreciateits versatility, and its affinity wi th ceitam pairings Duckhorn, fromNapa Valley continues to dominate the category, but as Bordeauxgains (laction in the market there's growth in overall shire "Merlotwith a filet is a match made in hea\cn," sa)s Joshua Steiner of Carnever in Milwaukee ' Its texture and fruit character really match upwith a lean f i le t '

t MOST POPULAR MERLOTS

IE Rank Brand Bottling

g I Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley

Avg. Price

S96

The merlot comeback is coming. Nowthey just need to make a movie about it

-Dan Davis,

Commander's Palace, New Orleans

ZINFANDELZinfandel retains a modest toehold on the nation's wine lists, its dualnature, for a time, seemed to confuse diners "It had a bad reputationfor a while biglruit high alcohol jam bombs savs Noah Smgermanof Husk, in C harleston South C arolina His solution is Bedrock amore elegant style 'It shows that the pendulum is swinging towardbalance,' says Smgerman

Bedrock is a great wine I sell it iopeople who wan!? Vonlepulr arto 'JJ

or who don't want a cab or malbec

-Chris Clewell, Acorn, Denver

MOST POPULAR ZINFANDELS

Rank Brand Bottling

1 Bedrock Wine Co.

2 Turtey

California

Paso Robtes Old Vine

Price

sec

S95


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MOST POPULAR FRENCH WINESFRENCH WINESFrench wines are at an all time high in our poll, making up 27 7 percent of ourrespondents best selling ivmes That's a gain of more than five pointsover 2016, and nearly a nine point lead over Italy, rhe second most popular source of best selling v. ines

Some of that success has to do with the magic word, "Sancerre," a winewhich sommelier;, report continues to fiv out of their cellars "It's themost popular wine in the restaurant if you total all of the glasses we sell aswell as the same selection by the bottle,' says Charles Puella at Lc Coucouin NYC "We go through (en uises ,1 month at least, maybe fifteen Hisbest seller1 Vacheron—which holds the number one spot on our MostPopular French Wines list

Not everyone falls in Imc behind Sancerre s runaway popularity morethan a tew sommelier told us they trv to persuade drinkers to look farther afield "Often I vu]] suggest crisp chenin blancs" savs Molly Cohenat Lure Fishbar rn NYC ' I think that's a safe transition because vou canpoint out that it's the same region or it's just a couple of towns over' Butthe move ma) be slow going Save for Giga Raffault, with red Chinonthe Loire hasn't vet broken into the top 20 of the Most Popular FrenchWines list

This year also saw the ascent of Chablis with Patrick Piuze, WilliamFevre, Moreau Naudet and Drouhin all within the top 16 brands fromFrance Many sommelier chalk up the friendliness tocard both Loirewhites and Burgundy wines to a movement away from blockbuster stylesln some cities, that trend is crystallized in the vogue for Beaujolais atShift Drinks in Portland, Oregon, Anthony Garcia say4 the whole townis obsessed Gimay is led hot here l ight now,' he says "It's sort of aBeaujolais town and I don t know if it s because theie is such bang foryour buck oi the lac! tha i it s vu) lood fnciull) and this is dcfi intclv afood town "

>cf when it cornes to French led overall the Rhone outpaces Bc.iujolais, with |L Chavc landing in this > ear s Restaurant Top SO and Balthazarand Graillot not far behind ' [Rhone reds] are the Furopean reds thatpeople feel most comfortable ordering on their own without the somm,"says Stephen McGinnis at / Etoile in Madison, Wisconsin "I have noproblem selling Burgundy but I hand sell it I here arc a lot ol them andpeople ask for guidance Chateauneuf, on the other hand, a lot of guestsfee) comfortable ordering on their own It's a crowd pieascr and I meanthat in the most complimentary wav"

Even within the classic reg orb, Ithink there are these lille pocketsand places to be rediscoveredWhen people are tin iking aboutBorlpaux, theythmt- of the classiccommunes, bui if you choose aramazing glass of Cotes da Bourgit's well received, from Bordeauxand docsn i cost an ami and a cg-Hai Tran, Lacroix, Philadelphia

Because I'm from Piovcnce and grew up close to Chateauneuf du-Pape, I love to piomote Provence, hut

also, the Meditenanean flavors in the food w oi k wi th Bandol, Chateauneut-du-Pape, and white Bandol or

white Chateauneuf du Pape The whi te fi oni Bois dc Boni san a classic old school pioducei, both led andwhite, not jainmy, not hot, yet spicy and l u l l , w i th mec ac id i ty You can go with that in a lasting menu

-Arnaud Tronche, Racines, NYC

Rank Brand

I Domaine Vacheron

2 Gerard Boulay

3 Diga Raffault

4 Lucien Crochet

5 Alphonse Mellot

6 JL Chave Selection

7 Maison Joseph Drouhin

8 Domaine Moreau-Naudet

9 Pascal Jolivet

IO William Fevre

ll Franck Balthazar

12 Yann Bertrand

13 Alain Graillot

U Claude Riffault

15 Chateau Le Puy

16 Patrick Piuze

17 Benjamin Leroux

IS Chateau de Sancerre

19 Domaine Tempier

20 Edmond Cornu el Fils

21 Equis

Domaine du Cour deChaule

23 Sylvain Pataille

Bachelet-Monnot

Brendan Tracey

24 Joseph Landron

Domaine de la Pepiere

Domaine Michel Niellon

Bottling

Sancerre

Sancerre Clos de BeaujeuSancerre les Monts Damnes

dimon Les Picasses

Sancerre La Croix du Roy

Sancerre la Mojssiere

St Joseph OfferusCotes du Phone Mor Coeur

Chablis Clos Vaubon

Chablis ler Cru Foretsdiable Wellies Vignes Pargues

Sancerre

Chablrs Champs RoyauxChablis ler Cru Fourchaume

Crues du Rhone

fleurie Phenix

Crozes Hermitage

Sancerre les Chasseignes

Coles defrancs

Chante

ftuxey-Duresses

Sancerre

Bandol

Bourgogne

Stjoseph

Gigondas Cuvee Tradition

Bourgogne les MSchalots

Chassagne-Montracriet

Val rje Loire Capitalisme Rouge

Muscade! Sevre-eirMame Sur lie tes Hom

Muscade! Sevre-et-Mame les G'as Moutons

Chassagne-Mori rachel ler CruLe^Champgains

Avg Price

$87

sns$86

$72

$75

$80

$76$60

ses

$130$65

$61

$59$130

$58

$62

$74

$66

$89

$94

$84

$65

$105

$60

$60

$70

$75

$125

$59

$42

$51

$198


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ITALIAN WIN ESProducers from Piedmont claimed the top three spots on Italy s mostpopular list for the second year In a row, riding on strong performancesfrom ncbbiolo and barbera Our poll shows nebbiolo based wineshave tripled their share of the most popular wines on respondents'lists, from barely oni- percent in 2006 to 3 3 percent this year Someot that is coming from the success ot Barolo and Barbarcsco but withprices rising, sommelier; like Rvin Flerter of Denver s Barolo Gnll arefinding other nebbiolo based wines thai provide more value "We sellLanghe Nebbiolo as a bab) Barolo md thit gets the job done It's agreat landing spot for those that don't want to spend fora Barolo

Barbera liso strengthened its position among the top 20 mostmentioned varieties wi th i I S perdent shire or respondents topselling urnes At frasca 1-uud and Wnn in Boulder Cai lm Karr toutsbarbera'1; juicy high acid profile as in alternative to merlot and pinotnoir ' It's like biting into i perfect!) npe red plum — a little rin andtotall) juicy I t s friendly and versaille and a lwavs al a good pricepoint

luseanv seems to be mirroring the national trend toward classicwines and indigenous varieties and away from cabernet sauugnon[ust two Super Tuscan wines made Inly s most popular list, down sigmdcaiul) from recent years while sangiovese based wines ire surgingagain after last vear s slump (with a 3 9 percent share) According toBrandon Borconnn of rd C s Charlie Bird some of this is driven bv)ounger customeis 'Chianti Classico is having a resurgence but it san easier sell with voung people, because even though it's somewhatfamiliar they don't have that negative association If you can guethem a great example, thev ll gel into ll and it's an eas\ sell puti)because it's also well priced

That turn to native varieties also seems to he fueling Sicily s growing presence oil wine lists, as is the perception that the quahtv ot Sic llian wines has risen in recent years Iiie beauty of Sicily is th it theyuse native vuieties and have lots of old vines," says Matthew Orawskiof IsTiC's Dt'/Pyjro "Nerello mascalese can be compared to Birolowith its cherry fruit, bui the tannins arc lighter and the prices are-much easier to take If people want French wines this is a Rurgundvreplacement'

Interest in pinot gngio continues to decline as sommelier turn toItaly's many native whi te varieties for interesting alternatives BaroloGrill's Plotter notes There .-tre people uno are veering to othervarieties so it's diluting pinot gngio's popularity a bit even thoughit's still dominating Wc re finding that quests arc looking for otherexamples ot lean Moni crisp whites

WINE COUNTRIES AS A 0<, OF TOP SELLING WINES

m-2017 a -2007 -1997

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35* 40% 45% 50% 55%

US

MOST POPULAR ITALIAN WINES

Austria

Portugal

Rank

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

IO

ll

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Brand

Vietti

G.D. Vajra

Produttori del Barbaresco

Fattoria La Valentina

Tenuta Delle Terre Neto

An fiona

Antlnorl

Tenuta Dl Tnnoro

Arlanna Occhipinti

Vallana

Abbazla Di Novacella

Felsina

Frescobaldi

Massena Li Veil

Tommaso Bussola

Capnlt

Casanouva Delle Cerbaie

Cavalletti)

Damilano

Monte raponl

Frank Cornelissen

Stella Dl Campalto

Palladio

Marco Felluga

liberte

Castello Di Monsanto

Bottling Avg

Barolo CastiglioneLanghe Perbacco NebbtotoRoeroAmeis

Langhe Nebbio o

Barbaresco

Montepulciano tl Abrurzo Spelt

Etna RossoEtna Bianco

Mon'epulaano d Abiico Modo Ant co

Soigner Guado al lasso ll Brucialo

Toscana fe Cupole

Sicile SP68

Galtinara

Valie tearco Grulier Veltfcer

Chianti Classico Berardenga

Chianti Rufina Remole

Sai™ o

Amarone della Vaipolictlla

Brunellodi MontalcinoRosso di Monlalcmo

Brunello di Montalcino

Langhe

Barbera d Asli

Chianti Classico

Eli! i SlLSIICjlrlJ

Brunello Ci Montalcino Risers

Barbeta d Alba Supenore Bucco delle Olive

Fnuli Pinot Cristo

Montepulciano d AbnizzoCerasuolo d Abfu K

Ch anti Classico Riserva

Price

5125S64SH

$49

$66

$54

S59$63

$68

$52

$81

$58

$78

$60

$46

$32

$64

$150

$105$68

$98

$62

$36

$65

$69

$237

$61

$45

$45$58

$64

P Jetes are changing, there arcmore pinot roirnnnkers looking fcrelegance rathei [nai just Super Tusc?nb'cncs and nebrjioicfiK thu better-Ryan Fletter, Barolo Grill, Denver


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SPAINThe excitement we hear from sommelier about Spain shows in the coun-try's share of the most popular wines. Up until 2014, thil share hadhovered around four percent, jumping Io 75 percent in 2015, 102percent in 2016 and settling back to 6 9 percent tim year, with thevolatility of a classic old Rioja This year, rn fact, it's a classic Riojaproducer R Lopez de Heredia that not only tops the list of mostpopular Spanish wines, but the Restaurant Top SO as well It's joinedhere by other high end Riojas, along with edgy hipster favorites, likeTxakohna from <\meztoi and Canar) Islands ros<5

Rio).i has name recognition, and Spain, in general, has afford-able pi icing on its side but the most mentioned sales driver in ourinterviews with sommehers was food pairing "If we have a carteblanche tasting opportunitv, wc lean heavily on Rioja," says Jin Ahnat Nonvluh in NYC "It satisfies many palates Everything else rotates,with a space for lighter body and heavier body, the Rioja is right inthe middle "

Albanfio from Rias Baixas is also getting its share of attention, evenat a French restaurant like NYC's Roams, where Arnaud Tranchecalls out Albamar when asked what wines outside of Trance sell wellon his list At Liholi/io Yacht Club in San Francisco, Ryin Jasielumcredits his strong albanno sales to the wine's affinity with the pokeThe tangmess, acidir\ and salima really balances out the fattmess

of the tuna and hits on the bnniness of the non cracker," he savs, dting Do Fen en o as his best seller And w i t h the intricate spices woveninto the food at Indian Accent in NYC, Daniel Beedle often leans onaged white Rioja "We have a lot of savoiv umami chaiactcnstics inthe food, he explains "You put it together [with R Lope? de HerediiGravoma 2007] and it s umami mann "

Sommehers are simply more interested in Spain than they ve been

MOST POPULAR SPANISH WINES

Rank Brand Bottling

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

IO

ll

12

13

14

R. LApez de Heredia

Remellun

La Rioja Alta

La Antigua

Ameztoi

Do Ferrelro

Los Bermejos

Ostatu

Fento Wines

Can Felxes

Cillar De Silos

Senorio De P.Pecifta

Bernabeleva

Francesca Vincent

Riep Reserva Vite Tondomatop Cnana Vina Cubillo

tola ReservaRioja lirdes de Remellun

Rioja Reserva Ardanza

Rroja Reserva Clasico

Getariako Txakotma Hondarfibi Tun

KasBaoasAJbanrlo

tanzanie Listan Negro Rose

tap

Rtara Sacra Xabre

Penedes Negre Seta*

Ribera del Onera Crianza

Rioja Reserva

Madnd Navaherreros

Pnoret

Avg Pnce

S90see$82$69

$76

$!>6

$48

$59

$57

$42

$50

$48

$38

$69

S48

$60

in the past "I never really gave Spain a lot ol mv mind," savs DanielBjugstand at NYC's PasqiiakJones "I thought Spain was just makingbig, extracted, oxidativc, oaky styles of w me While vou can certainlyfind those, younger producers arc challenging that idea They'remaking some of the most exciting urnes I hey can have a really greatsoul—a Mediterranean appeal tor people who are used to drinkingItalian wines Ihcy'rc elegant, they're thoughtful and they're true towhere they come from "

People recogiwe Rioja as quality, knowing it

has a little bit of age and elegance to it It has

thai great balance of quality for the price

-Stella Hernandez, Lolita, Portland, Maine

WA Int rf our clientele likes Rioja They ll .*ook througii the list and say. This is anamazing Portuguase lis!, hut we ll S'ICKwithRioja [R Lopez de Heredia andRemellun Reserva! are very different, buttoth well known, a Int of t PIPS people

will see the name and (ust say, Oh, 'rn going to hava "hatThp Lrjpe? ete Heredia especially I r P> see th=u it s a 20C4 andS124-theyseeitasabargam -Irene Justiniani.d/dea, NYC

ARGENTINA"The market for malbec has kind of leveled itself out" says JP Ta\ lor Jrof Bcu*l Bouti in Denver "It s not as hot as it was even three orfour years ago " I he poll numbers reflect that, with Argentine wines

placing fifth in terms of popularity tor imported wines on our pollrespondents' lists Yet Taylor and others have no problem sellingmalbec The demand never decreases' says Alessandro Piliego atRitforantc Morini an Italian spot on NYC's Upper Fast Side For him,"It's alwa>s a hot u nie"

We ny to get malbec from aiound iiie \voi Id to

show different aspects of it The Noemie is from

Patagonia, which is really high altitude, and the

(.innate is a lot mme moderate than Mi_ndo/a

-JP Taylor, Jr., Beast + Bottle, Denver

MOST POPULAR ARGENTINE WINES

15 Muga Rioja Reserva Selection Especial $102

iank

I

2

3

4

Brand

Catena

Achaval Ferrer

Ruca Malen

Familia Zuccardi

Bottling

Wa flores MalbecMendoza Alamos MerlotMendoza Malbec

Merdo»a Malbeclujan d» Cuyo Quimera

Mendoza MalbecM°ndoz3 Kimen Malbec

Mendoza Malb»cMendoza Q Malbec

Av{ Pme

$40$37$48

S66$78

$44$75

$«$<5


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GREECE"You can find Greek wine on wine lists everywhere now," says Evan Turnerat Helen Greek Food in Houston "People are perfectly fine with drinking G reek "

Turner's impressions ht wi th our poll data, too Greece is at anall ume high in popularity, gaming d position in fourth place aherFrance, Italy and Spain Its share of respondents' top-selling wineshas increased from O I percent in 2008 to I 7 percent in 2012 and 3 9percent this year That trend started with Sinloimi, which still takesthree of the top ten spots on the list ot most popular Greek wines"Santonni is making world class urnes right riou, but there is so muchdemand, and so little vineyard,' says Kama! Kouin at Molyi'os in NYCKouin, turner and others llave begun looking io the mainland forassyrtiko, and for other varieties "I rn doing everything I can to getpeople to drink more malagousia' says Turner, while Anna Chnsto(ondes at Ganlt tis of*>ah)uca in Minneapolis is selling moschohlero

When it comes to red wines Amvndeon leads bnl other Greeksare rn iking inroads At the seafood centric Kyma in Atlanta, NicholasBrown sells more Peloponnese wine than tannic \inoma\ro "Withsofur tannins .nid juicy fruit , they don't overpower fish," he says

Assyrt Ko is still king iii marty ways, bui we'ie

rymg to push away from it a bit as you can

find ii everywhere now Try radius, sava

'idno malagousia, asprouda any number ol

things—wt just want them to try something

pise, ?s there ?re produrers doing ariyinp fling* with al sorts

ol giapes -Evan Turner, Helen Greek Food & Wine, Houston

n mosrrnli era we ve riad by the grass .or

fourteen yea's People a e so used to the Boutan

fiere, it s what 'hev want When they make a

rese-vation it says Soulan Moschcfilero, so we

lust bring it -Nicolas Brown, Kyma, Atlanta

MOST POPULAR GREEK WINES

Rank Brand Bottling

1 Slgalas Sartor™ Assyrtiko

2 Alpha Estate Amyndeon Hedgehog Xinomavro

3 Greek Wine Cellars Santo™ Assyitiko

4 Skouras Peloponnese MegasOenos

Avg-Pnce

$60 t

$38

$64

5 Domaine Papagiannakos Attica Assyriiho

6 Gerovasslllou Epanomi Malagousia

I Scutari Mantinia Moschofilero

8 Hatzidakis Sanlonm Assyrliko

9 Lazandl Drama Amethystos

10 KirYiannl Amvndeon Rose Sparkling

$60

$64

$44

$60

POPULAR BARGAINSIt's getting harder to find wines that a sommelier can list for less than$50, as the shortness of this list demonstrates (eight wines, comparedto last year's 17) In tact, half ot our poll respondents raised the priceson their wine lists, up from 42 percent last vear, though less than aquarter increased prices on their least expensive wines Many som-melier found it easier to drop prices only at special limes, like happyhours and half off nights The brands that did stand out as the mostpopular pours under $50 arc in large part old favorites, varietal winesw itil brand recognition that can stand alone, with or without food

We sell a good bit of wire athappy hour, when we offer onedollar off It's about 45 percentwine agams1 everyth i g e'se-Chris Low, Big Fish Grill,Glen Mills, PA

POPULAR BARGAINS UNDER $50

Rank

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Brand

Chateau Ste. Michelle

Sonoma-C litter

La Crema

Catena

Greek Wine Cellars

St. Francis Vineyards

Rodney Strong vineyards

Coppola

Bottling ftvg.

Washington Eroica RieslingHorse Heaven Hills Sauvignon BlancCollin na Vly Indian Wei's Cabernet

Russian Rrver Valley Russian fovef RandiesChardonnay

Sonoma Coast Pinot Non

Mendoza Malbec

Santo™ Assyrtiko

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Sonoma County Cabernet SauvignonChalk H ll Estate ChardonnayRuss an R ver Valley Pinot Non

California Diamond Seres Sauvignon Blanc

Price

$35$40$38

$44

$45

$48

$38

$47

$44

$37

$49

$36

$43

$54

We dor tpourap i iol g'lg o by the glass,

bees jse it s just too easy One of on' top

selling whites was Lambruschi's 2015

Colli (li I uni Vermentino, but no ore cornes

u asking lor a vermentino It's our job

to listen dric! when someone is looking

for a cleat crisp white, tii s one is a very

easy soil It cornes from Liguna's eastern

end ann tir3 profile is more Chablis

likp-rhal cool sty)" KMI j,,i( [as ei like white wine"

ii you ca wine nerd you apprcc atc tric comDlexity

-Matthew Orawski, Del Posta, NYC


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AFTER-DINNER WINESAmong fortified and dessert wines, Port remains the go to choice at restaurants responding to our poll, taking a majority of the top brand spotsMany ot those glasses are pushed by sommelier^, who find it works well inpairings, especially lawny Ports, which take four of the top five places inthe Most Popular list lilac said, bonuneliers reported a mai kei (oi everysort of Port, from Vintage through White Port At Momofulm Ssam Bar inNYC, Nicole Hakli pours Quinta do Infantado's White Port with coconutpandan pie "The inspiration was chef Max Ng's childhood breakfast,which involved kaya, a coconut-egg )am on bread The Infantado is a drierstyle ol dessert wine with marmalade and nuttv components, (ust hkcyou'd want on your kaya toast"

Pairings also steer sommehcrs toward Madeira It begins the mealat Indian Accent in NYC "bvery table here starts off with a blue cheesenaan and pumpkin soup," Daniel Beedle reports "When von think ofblue cheese, what are you going to pair with it5 Madeira Pumpkin soup'Madeira I do a Rainwater Madeira for ever)'table And people come backand say, Let's try a new one "

And Madeira ends the meal at Manresa in Los Gatos, California, whereJim Rollston likes to serve it with cheese "Our cheese course lb optional,and when people order it, sometimes they ask for Port And I love Port,but Madeira takes it to another level of complexity and this elevatedcleansing character" for sweet desserts, Rollston looks to lokaji ' I lovefall spices and Christmas spite flavors with Tokaji, and I've been reallyhappy with Dis/noko It s ten plus years old and still available That wentwith a persimmon pudding that wc flambee tablcsidc with aged Jamaicanrum and some rum raisin ice cream on the side "

Meanwhile, we're seeing more esoteric dessert wine choices landingon lists, hkc Pineau dcs Charentes, Barolo Chinato and even dulce winesfrom the Canary Islands

I end up doing more vin-

tage than LBV; any timethere's chocolate on apairing, and we alwayshave a chocolate dessert,we pour Port... But theVintage [Port], peoplejust order it; you don'teven see it go out. All of a sudden you turnaround and have to reorder. You know,we're not in New York; we're in the Midwest,

and people come here to experiment. Whenpeople see you have Vintage and Tawny

Port, they say, Yeah, I'll take a flight.-Stephen McGinnis, L'Etoile, Madison, Wl

MOST POPULAR FORTIFIED & DESSERT BRANDS MOST POPULAR FORTIFIED & DESSERT BOTTL1NGS

Rank Brand

I Taylor Fladgate

2 Rare Wine Company

3 Graham's

4 Niepoort

5 Fonseca

6 Kopke

7 Dew's

8 Sandeman

9 Chateau Suduiraut

9 Warre's

ll Broadbent

12 Quinta do Infantado

13 Blandy's

14 D'Oliveira

15 Ramos Pinto

15 Vietti

17 LaSplnetta

18 Royal Tokaji

19 Ferreira

20 Chateaudyquem

20 Chateau Roumieu-Lacoste

20 Los Bermejos23 Cappella™

24 Perrone

Appellation

Porto

Madeira

Porto

Porto

Porto

Porto

Porto

Porto

Sauternes

Porto

Porto

Porto

Madeira

Madeira

Porto

Moscato rl Asi

Moscato d Asli

Tokaji

Porto

Sauternes

Sauternes

Canary Islands

Barolo Chinato

Moscato d'Asl

Rank Brand

_1 Taylor Fladgate

2 Niepoort

3 Taylor Fladgate

Designation

Porto 20 Yeai Tawny

Porto IO Year Taw ny

Porto IO Year Tawny

4 Rare Wine Company

4 Sandeman

5 Rare Wine Company

6 Graham's

7 Graham's

8 Rare Wine Company

IO Graham's

IO Warre's

Madeira Historic Series Boston ital

("ono 20 Yeai Tawny

Madeira Historic Series Charleston Seraal

Porto Six Grapes

Porto IO Year Tawny

Madeira HBIO™ Senes New York Malmsey

Porto 20 Year Tawny

Porto IO Year Tawny dirna

12 Cappella™

13 Cow's

^3 Paul-Marie & Fils

15 Fonseca

Ji. vfetti ~17 Fonseca

17 Perrone

20 Rare Wine Company

21 Los Bermejos

21 Niepoort

Barolo Omalo

Porto 20 Year Tawny

Pineau iles Charentes

Porto Bin 272016 Moscato d Asli Cascinetta

Porto 20 Year Tawny

2016 MoscalorJ Asli

Madeira Historic Senes Savannah Verdello

NaturalmenteDuloB_

2005&*ena

23 Carmes de Rieussec 2011 Sauternes

23 Chateau Roumieu 2014 Sauternes

23 LaSplnetta

26 Broadbent

26 Ferrelra

2016 Bncco quaglia

Madeira IO Year Oki Malmsey

Porto 20 Year Tawny

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