Zinfandel

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Cheeps,

Boston is really a major market for wines, and often many wines not available elsewhere are readily found, or obtainable, in the Boston area. If you hear of a wine you want, but don't see, in your local shop, chances are they can get it fairly easily, particularly if the shop has a big turn over in the better and hard to find wines. Some of the best shops in the Boston area are Brookline Liquor Mart in Allston, Martignetti's in Brighton, Marty's in Newton, Gordons in Waltham and Warehouse Wines in Framingham (the shop I work at). If a wine is, or can be, brought into MA, then any one of them can get it for you even if they don't have it stocked on the shelves. Another thing to do is to sign up for the newsletters in all the shops you go into. They'll tell you all the new wines coming in, the monthly sales specials and what they're tasting, as well as other news. All those shops have weekly in-store tastings, usually on Saturdays, and that's a great way to try new wines free. Years ago we used to go to several shops on Saturdays and taste what they were offering to find new wines and new vintages of our favorites.