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contents COVER STORY 48 THE NEW SPIRITS THIN-DUSTRY Legitimizing the Low-Cal Category FEATURES 5 UP FRONT Major Player: Golf Champion Fuzzy Zoeller Scores Another Title—As Vodka Entrepreneur 40 HIGH TEQ Classy New Tequilas Keep the Agave Stakes Elevated 62 PINK IS THE NEW BLACK New Chambord Flavored Vodka Is Giving Mixology a Makeover 68 GOTT TEAMWORK? Winemaker Sarah Gott Is One Half of the Family Duo behind Joel Gott Wines 70 DOWN TO EARTH Robert Mondavi Winery’s “Taste of Place” Showcases the Soul of Soil 80 CAPE CRUSADER South African Importer Peter Koff MW Explores the Rest of the World 84 FINDING ITS OWN Passionate and Adventursome Vintners in Temecula Explore This Area’s Great Potential 92 THE CALL OF CHOICE Whether We’re in Miami, Chicago, San Fran- cisco or Points In-Between, the Gate-Keepers Know What’s Selling 94 PASO AND FUTURE Paso Robles’s Time Has Come, and Its Sure-to-be-Shining Fate Lies in the Hands of Its Talented Winemakers 103 OLD DOMINION, NEW PROSPECTS All Signs Indicate Virginia Could Become a Top U.S. Wine state 108 FROM JEANS TO JUICE At Blankiet Estate in Napa Valley, Innovator Claude Blankiet Talks Denim and Determination 8 / the tasting panel / april 201 1 Mixologist Katipai Richardson- Wilson of The Breslin in NYC. 119 PANEL | April 2011 Vol. 69 No. 4 PHOTO: DOUG YOUG