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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eileen Shields tracked down wine experts, investors and merchants in the East. She also assembled an eight-member board of oenologists to act as TIME's advisory experts on the relative merits of U.S. and French vintages. The group, including Wine Critics Frank Schoonmaker, Alexis Lichine and Robert Balzer, gathered recently in the Time-Life Building for some serious sipping, sniffing and critical evaluation. Their efforts resulted in a consumer's guide to "the Battle of the Bottles"-and 128 slightly used wine glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 27, 1972 | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

...most sophisticated wines. Though Gallo wines have long been something of a joke among wine snobs, lately oenophiles have been pleasantly surprised. Gallo's Pink Chablis recently triumphed over ten costlier competitors in a blind tasting among a panel of wine-industry executives in Los Angeles. Says Robert Balzer, a wine critic for Holiday and the Los Angeles Times: "Gallo Hearty Burgundy is the best wine value in the country today" (see box, page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: American Wine Comes of Age | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

...ROBERT BALZER, food and beverage editor of Holiday, wine critic of the Los Angeles Times, editor of a private gourmet newsletter and author of California's Best Wines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Board of Oenologists: Showdown in the Battle of the Bottles | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

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