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2008 Oyster Wine Award Winners

As I mentioned last year, every year, Taylor Shellfish sponsors the Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition to find the best wines to pair with oysters. Here are this year's winners:

• Amity Vineyards* 06 Pinot Blanc (OR)
• Chateau Ste. Michelle** 06 Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc (WA)
• Clayhouse Vineyard 06 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Clos du Bois Winery 06 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Covey Run Winery 06 Fume Blanc (WA)
• Dry Creek Vineyard* 06 Sonoma County Fume Blanc (CA)
• Girard Winery 06 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Kathryn Kennedy Winery* 07 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Robledo Family Winery* 06 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Simi 06 Sauvignon Blanc (CA)
• Van Duzer Vineyards 07 Pinot Gris (OR)
• Willamette Valley Vineyards** 07 Pinot Gris (OR)

* Prior Oyster Award Winner ** Multiple prior Oyster Awards

If my experience with the winners is any indication, these will all be relatively inexpensive and delicious with oysters. It's a bit late in the season for the best oysters, but if you hurry, you may be able to get some good ones still. I'm sure they'll still be lovely with these good wines (or whisky)