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Old 09-08-2006, 11:31 PM
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Do they sell "cleanskin" wines in the US of A and Canada?

A cleanskin is where a particular wine is scheduled for a release of perhaps 100,000 bottles, but the vinyard find that they have prepared wine for 110,000.

In order not to flood the market with their branded wine, the rest is bottled in plain bottles with a simple label showing wine variety, region of production and year.

Cleanskins run between $US4 and $US8 a bottle here.

It adds an element of chance to the selection, but I have yet to have one which isn't delicious.
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