Wednesday WineUp – February 21 2024

This Week’s Top 10

Wines to Watch

The NHL Trade Deadline is on Friday March 8th. This week’s Wednesday Wine-Up will focus on teams that will need to determine if they are buyers or sellers. When all is said and done, the decisions teams make at the trade deadline will potentially impact which wine will become the 2024 Hockey WineUp Champion!

Fogolar Wines, 2018 Oppenlaender Vineyard Cabernet Franc

The Pittsburgh Penguins are generally an enjoyable NHL team to watch because of future Hall of Famers like Sydney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Leading up to March 8th all eyes will be watching to determine if the Penguins drop far enough away from a wild card spot to become sellers – if this happens watch out for Jake Guntzel being on the trade market.

Marynissen Estate Winery – 2021 Heritage Pinot Noir

The Calgary Flames may have started this year’s trade frenzy when they moved 6’5” Nikita Zadorov to the Vancouver Canucks. The next couple of weeks may be the final stretch of games that Noah Hanifin and Chris Tanev wear the Flames jersey (assuming they are dressed for the games).

Adamo Estate Winery, Frizzant White (Charmat Method)

The Anaheim Ducks are at the bottom of the standings which means high performance players in the final year of their contract potential trade targets. Adam Henrique will top this list for teams looking to add a forward.

Full Rankings

Position	Wine	HWU Points
1	Divergence Wines – BRUT NATURE 2020 Hughes Vineyard	80
2	Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Frizzant Rose	78
3	Divergence Wines – SÉMILLON SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022	77
4	Fogolar Wines – 2021 Riesling Grimsby Hillside Vineyard	77
5	Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Sogno Unoaked Chardonnay	76
6	Pyrène Côtes de Gascogne Cuvée Marine	74
7	Graham’s 2017 Late Bottled Vintage Port	73
8	Divergence Wines, 2021 Pinot Noir Rosé – Crispino Vineyard	71
9	Marynissen Estate Winery – 2019 ICON BLANC DE NOIR	70
10	Divergence – 2021 Viognier Mazza Vineyard	68
11	Marynissen Estate Winery – 2021 HERITAGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON	67
12	Adamo Estate Winery, Pinot Noir	66
13	Divergence, 2021 Pinot Gris	65
14	Marynissen Estate 2021 HERITAGE COLLECTION PINOT NOIR ROSÉ	65
15	Marynissen Estate 2021 Cabernet Franc	64
16	Adamo Estate Winery, 2021 Estate Chardonnay Musqué	60
17	Fogolar Wines – 2020 Hughes Vineyard Riesling	60
18	Fogolar Wines – 2021 Riesling Hanck Vineyard	60
19	Bailly Lapierre Réserve Brut Crémant de Bourgogne	60
20	Taylor Fladgate 2018 Late Bottled Vintage Port	58
21	Fogolar Wines, 2020 Picone Vineyard Cabernet Franc	58
22	Marynissen Estate Winery – 2021 Heritage Pinot Noir	57
23	Adamo Estate Winery, 2019 Chardonnay	57
24	Fogolar Wines, 2018 Oppenlaender Vineyard Cabernet Franc	56
25	Cono Sur Organic Pinot Noir 2022	52
26	Divergence, Gamay Noir 2021 Wismer Wingfield Vineyard	52
27	Henry of Pelham Lost Boys Limited Edition Bin 106 Baco Noir 2021	50
28	Marynissen Estate Winery, 2021 Chardonnay	49
29	Fogolar Wines – 2021 Cabernet Franc	44
30	Adamo Estate Winery, Frizzant White (Charmat Method)	42
31	Loios White	35
32	Henry of Pelham Lost Boys Limited Edition Bin 106 Baco Noir 2021	33

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