As 2009 drew to a close, our editors took a critical look back over the Spring, Summer and Fall Silver Anniversary issues to cull the most outstanding California still wines from the BuyLine archives. To mark 25 years of publishing Wine News, we are calling out 125 top picks based on both performance and price (most memorable wines priced from $25 and up). Though the majority have likely sold out at the winery, in the current economic climate, many higher-priced bottles remain on retail shelves; some of the very best are even being discounted to make room for spring’s pending releases. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery name within each numeric score. Case quantities are noted when provided by the winery.
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