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James Laube

Highs and Woes with 2006 Pinot Noirs

Posted: 01:23 PM ET, 05/06/08

We’re heading down the homestretch with our Pinot Noir tastings for our annual report, due in September. Nearly 500 wines have been reviewed, with another 100 to 150 still in bags. Most of the best wines will be featured on WineSpectator.com, either in Tasting Highlights or our weekly Insider report. Read more

Harvey Steiman

Doing the Twist, Retroactively

Posted: 11:53 AM ET, 05/06/08

While other wineries dither about whether to use twist-off caps instead of corks for their current wines, Leeuwin Estate has taken it a step further. Australia's greatest producer of Chardonnay went back and rebottled its entire library under spiral. Read more

James Suckling

Transported to Beirut in London

Posted: 03:33 AM ET, 05/06/08

I went last night with some Armenian friends in London to Noura Belgravia, a Lebanese restaurant that is part of a small restaurant group with a number of outlets in the British capital as well as in Paris. I love Lebanese food. I like the variety of flavors and how they complement the simplicity of presentation. Read more

James Suckling

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Grand Tour

Posted: 12:36 PM ET, 05/05/08

The Las Vegas Grand Tour was rockin' on Saturday night. The ballroom of the Venetian Hotel was packed, and everybody was having a lot of fun. As much as I love New York, Vegas really has the buzz when it comes to the Spec’s Grand Tour. So many pretty girls in addition to the excellent wines. Read more

Bruce Sanderson

A Century of Riesling

Posted: 02:53 PM ET, 05/02/08

The main event of my trip to Germany was Saturday, April 26th: A tasting of Riesling from every decade of the 20th century, including 1900 and 1999.

Many of the classic German vintages from the century were represented: 1900, 1911, 1921, 1937, 1959, 1964 (Saar & Ruwer), 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1990. Read more

James Molesworth

Introducing Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet

Posted: 02:26 PM ET, 05/02/08

In the two short years I've been writing this blog, I’ve introduced a handful of new domaines, including Domaine La Barroche in Châteauneuf, Domaine des Martinelles in Crozes-Hermitage and Domaine du Coulet in Cornas, among others.

Today I sat down with the father-and-son team of Philippe and Vincent Jaboulet, who have just released the debut wines from their eponymous domaine. Read more

Harvey Steiman

How to Find Finesse

Posted: 11:42 AM ET, 05/02/08

Some wine writers, mostly the ones that rail against the 100-point scale, would have their readers believe that tasters like me and my Wine Spectator colleagues wouldn't recognize a great, delicate wine or one that wasn't a fruit bomb if it jumped out of the glass at us. Read more

James Laube

To Spit or Not to Spit at the Grand Tour

Posted: 04:31 PM ET, 05/01/08

It was my first vertical of Château Lafite Rothschild and I wasn’t about to spit out anything. A formal sit-down tasting at one of the early California Wine Experiences, the host, Baron Eric de Rothschild, had chosen 10 great vintages of this famous first-growth, dating to the 1940s, to share with about 1,000 of us. Read more

James Laube

A Rookie Vintner Spreads His Wings

Posted: 04:49 PM ET, 04/30/08

The first time I met Russell Bevan, several years ago in St. Helena, he and his merry band of wine-drinking pranksters were zigzagging through Napa and Sonoma counties on what might be described as an open-throttle, no-holds-barred, burn the candle at both ends tour de force food-and-wine tasting extravaganza. Read more

Harvey Steiman

Oregon Wines and Fusion Cuisine

Posted: 12:12 PM ET, 04/30/08

East-West Fusion cuisine has been with us long enough that the ideas have seeped into mainstream cooking in America and other parts of the New World. Many of us remain puzzled, however, about just what to drink with a dish that uses classic French techniques but laces the flavors with Japanese or Thai ingredients. Read more

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