Brill also likes the blog of Steve Heimoff, who has worked at both Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast magazines.

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To date, Black Box has received 40 Gold Medals and been the recipient of 27 Wine Enthusiast magazine Best Buys.

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It has already won numerous top medals in spirits competition and was given an impressive 92 point rating by the Wine Enthusiast.

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That's not a number that would impress a collector or would warrant building a cellar in my basement at least that's what Alan Genee, a sales consultant at the Wine Enthusiast, said.

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Wine Enthusiast gave it a rating of 91 points.

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Here are my recommendations for that wine enthusiast repertoire.

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Women are the biggest buyers of accessories, according to Marshall Tilden III, sales manager of the Wine Enthusiast, a New York-based company that is one of the biggest purveyors of accessories, both retail and wholesale (it sells to about 500 stores nationwide).

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Kentucky-based Buffalo Trace Distillery and master distiller Harlen Wheatley have won countless accolades in the last few years, including Malt Advocate Magazine's 2005 Distillery of the Year, Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 2006 Distiller of the Year and Whisky Magazine's Distiller of the Year--twice in 2005 and 2007.

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