Wine Spectator's 45th New York Wine Experience filled the Marriott Marquis this week — a sold-out, $400-a-night Grand Tasting where the winemakers pour their own bottles, a 1956 Rioja, a 100-point Grange and the Wine of the Year. We were on the floor Friday night.
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