The results of a wine competition are often predictable. Round up the usual suspects and you will likely see many of the same wines and wineries bagging gold medals year after year, competition after competition.
There was a bit of that at the 13th annual Sommelier Challenge, staged Sept. 12 to 13 in San Diego. The wine of the year award went to none other than the 2015 Tom Eddy Greeg Vineyard cabernet sauvignon ($195) from the Napa Valley. No surprise there. Tom Eddy is a brilliant winemaker who sources the finest grapes, and he knows what to do with them. He wins often, and he usually wins big.
