5th November, 2013 by Patrick Schmitt
The quality of Californian Pinot Noir has improved more than any other grape in the state over the last decade, according to Karen MacNeil.
Karen MacNeil is author of The Wine Bible and chairman of the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies
The comment was made during a Pinot Noir tasting at last month’s California Wine Summit, where attendees tried 18 Pinots , selected by a group of professionals led by MacNeil, who is author of The Wine Bible and chairman of the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America in the Napa Valley.
Initially, MacNeil recorded a period 15 years ago, where “California Pinot Noir was evolving, but not at a very brisk pace”. Continuing….
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