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Crane Lake 2003 Chardonnay

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Price $5

Clean, with apple, tangerine and peach flavors and an overlay of oak. Has a pleasantly spicy finish. — S.H. (12/15/2004)

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Crane Lake 2003 Merlot

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Price $5

Good five-buck wine. Dry, full-bodied and juicy in youthful berry jam flavors, and even a kiss of smoky oak. — S.H. (8/1/2005)

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From the Two Buck Chuck folks, a real bargain. Dry and crisp in acidity, and pleasant in bright spearmint, melon and fig flavors. It’s the kind of wine that’ll go with a wide variety of food. — S.H. (11/15/2006)

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Crane Lake 2004 Shiraz

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Price $5

It isn’t Hermitage, but it’s clean, fruity and pleasant, in a rustic sort of way. Five dollars is the suggested retail price, but you can probably find it for even less. Sharp in grapey-jammy black cherries and mocha, and fully dry, it’s the kind of inexpensive house red that millions of Americans depend on. Kudos to Bronco Wine Co., which makes this and other… — S.H. (11/15/2006)

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Crane Lake 2010 Moscato

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Price $6

Sweet in honey, lemon and lime and vanilla flavors, with a good zest of acidity that makes it finish clean and vibrant. Good price for an everyday sweetie. — S.H. (10/1/2011)

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Crane Lake 2004 Sauvignon Blanc

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Price $5

Like pungent green grass and cat pee in your white wines? Then buy this one. It's dry and acidic, but has a ripe, long-lasting, citrusy finish. — S.H. (3/1/2006)

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Crane Lake 2004 Merlot

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Price $5

This is a good price, but be forewarned, this is a very rustic wine. It's dry, sharp in acids and jammy in blackberry flavors, with the unfinished feeling of a wine still in the fermenter. — S.H. (4/1/2006)

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