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The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings

Robin Goldstein

By Jesse Kornbluth
Published: Jan 01, 2008
Category: Food and Wine

The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings
Robin Goldstein

Robin Goldstein has no use for wine snobs. To prove it, he invented a restaurant — a chic place named Osteria L’Intrepido, in the great restaurant city of Milan — and entered it in Wine Spectator’s annual competition.

Goldstein did more than pay $250 to enter. He created a menu. And he produced a wine list. Here he fairly announced his hoax: For the Osteria’s high-priced