A rather interesting article by MikeDunne in today's SacBee on Paso Cabs:
SacBee:PasoCabs
based on his judging at the TexSom judging in Texas.
There's been a lot of noise by many of the Paso Cab producers, mostly, as best I can tell, based up in the SantaLucia mtn AVA's. They even have a seminar/weekend devoted to PasoCabs and touting it as the next big thing since Syrah.
What was interesting (to me) is most of the Cabs Mike talks about are from the Paso East-Side and reasonably priced, not the (sniff/sniff) expensive Cabs up in the SantaLucia's. ButButBut....this is the Paso low-rent district. How could that be?? Is Mike losing it???
Another interesting point: Mike suggests that, if you use medal-winners from these competitions for guiding your wine shopping (I don't), then it's better to shop amongst the SilverMedal winners, rather than the heavy-hitting GoldMedal winners.
Anyway, interesting read by Mike.
Tom