Wines of the Tour de France 2013: A Recap

Hard to believe, but another Tour de France is in the books. Congratulations to Chris Froome and his Sky team for a race well done, even if they did not have Bernie Eisel on their Tour roster. Congratulations also for Nairo Quintana and Joaquim (J-Rod, Purito) Rodriguez for their podium spots. Quintana also won both the polka dot (King of the Mountain) and white (Best Young Rider) jerseys, a pretty remarkable accomplishment. Congratulations as well to Peter Sagan for his green jersey. You'll get them next year Cav!

Final GC:

1.	GBRFROOME Christopher	1	SKY PROCYCLING	83h 56' 40''
2.	COLQUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	128	MOVISTAR TEAM	84h 01' 00''	+ 04' 20''
3.	ESPRODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin	101	KATUSHA TEAM	84h 01' 44''	+ 05' 04''
4.	ESPCONTADOR Alberto	91	TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF	84h 03' 07''	+ 06' 27''
5.	CZEKREUZIGER Roman	94	TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF	84h 04' 07''	+ 07' 27''
6.	NEDMOLLEMA Bauke	164	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	84h 08' 22''	+ 11' 42''
7.	DENFUGLSANG Jakob	63	ASTANA PRO TEAM	84h 08' 57''	+ 12' 17''
8.	ESPVALVERDE Alejandro	121	MOVISTAR TEAM	84h 12' 06''	+ 15' 26''
9.	ESPNAVARRO Daniel	139	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	84h 12' 32''	+ 15' 52''
10.	USATALANSKY Andrew	178	GARMIN - SHARP	84h 14' 19''	+ 17' 39''

For me, that means another Wines of the Tour is done.  A special thanks this year goes to Christy Frank at FranklyWines for her help in sourcing wines (11 this year!), plus the folks at Podium Cafe for giving me a place to chat at 3am. I couldn't have done it without you!

Below, links to each stage write-up with race action and wine details.
 
Stage 1 Domaine de Marquiliani Rosé de Sciaccarellu
Stage 2 Domaine de Gioielli Cap Corse Blanc
Stage 3 Abbatucci "Cuvée Faustine"
Stage 4 Chateau de Bellet Baron G Blanc
Stage 5 Domaine du Bagnol Cassis Rosé
Stage 6 Chateau Simone Rosé
Stage 7 Laurent Cazottes Wild Cherry
Stage 8 Clos Centeilles C de Centeilles
Stage 9 Domaine Bru-Bache 2010 Jurancon
Stage 10 Luneau Papin 1999 L d'Or Muscadet
Stage 11 Cyril Zangs Cidre
Stage 12 2003 Les Roches Chinon
Stage 13 Domaine de la Folie “Petite Fugue”
Stage 14 Sunier Fleurie
Stage 15 Souhaut La Souteronne
Stage 16 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1995
Stage 17 Clos St Jospeh Villars-sur-Var 2011 White
Stage 18 Pierre Gonon Chasselas
Stage 19 Danilo Thomain Enfer d'Arvier
Stage 20 Domaine Dupasquier Mondeuse
Stage 21 George Laval’s Brut Nature (375)