One of the difficulties of this job – eating and tasting (and occasionally drinking) – lies in removing one’s biases from the ultimate responsibility of judgment. The Raymonds offer up a prime example: I’ve known and admired Roy Jr. and Walt, as human beings, for more than thirty years. As such, I have to be careful when assessing their wines, because of that built-in prejudice. Separating the one from the other is a challenge, and not one to be taken lightly.

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