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Beckstoffer

Wine Enthusiast

1999

Grower Andy Beckstoffer is largely responsible for kick-starting the vineyard-designated wine movement in California. We tasted 20 wines from five wineries across 11 vintages to see how his grapes have fared.

Adherents to the theory of single- vineyard superiority argue that all through history, the world’s greatest wines have come from a single plot of dirt: grand cru Burgundies, clas- sified-growth Bordeaux, the finest Rieslings. Others say that a vintneris lucky to have a range of vineyards from which to make wines, and some of the...