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Shafer Ends 2008 On Top "Year's Best" Wine Lists

Shafer Vineyards is pleased to announce it ended 2008 seeing its wines ranked among the best in the world.

Shafer wines were cited on top 2008 "best of" magazine lists including:

2004 Relentless
  Quarterly Review of Wines "Best of the Best – 5 Star California Syrahs"

2004 Relentless
  Sunset magazine – top 40 wines in the U.S.

2005 Merlot
  Food & Wine magazine – 2008 American Wine Awards "Merlot of the Year"

2003 Hillside Select
  Quarterly Review of Wines "Best of the Best – 5 Star California Cabernet Sauvignons"

2005 Hillside Select
  Wine Spectator: 2008Top Scoring California Cabernets

2005 One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
  Wine Spectator: 2008Top Scoring California Cabernets

Other honors:

— Top spot in the 2008 Auction Napa Valley Barrel Auction

— John and Doug Shafer were this year’s "Honored Vintners" at the Naples Winter Wine Festival, the world’s most successful wine charity event