Allan Green, the man with the largest collection of canned wines in the world, , also happens to be the founder of Greenwood Ridge Winery in Anderson Valley, famous for its award-winning Riesling and pinot noir. Although he’s not in the wine business anymore, having sold the winery six years ago, Green still runs the International Canned Wine Competition, which I’ve been judging in Boonville for the last four years.

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While the number of entries has been shrinking since the competition began five years ago, the wines are getting way better. We rate the wines as either gold or no medal, and my fellow judges—wine journalist Dan Berger and Safeway beverage steward Greg Richtarek—weren’t being overly generous but still awarded 40% of the wines gold. A typical wine competition

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