by: Jon Bonne San Francisco Chronicle / SF Gate 12/01/2007
What a terrific honor. The McCrea 2004 'Cuvee Orleans' Syrah has been awarded one of the top 100 wines of 2007 by the San Francisco Chronicle wine tasting staff in SFGate, the newspaper's on-line publication. Check out Jon Bonne's opening essay 'A dash of the old, a dash of the new' and scroll down to the seventh paragraph. Then, click on the link 'Syrah and Rhone-Style Wines' in the Reds group. Laissez le bon temps rouler!