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Brunello’s Golden Age A combination of stellar vineyards and gifted winemakers has made Brunello di Montalcino the world’s best Sangiovese-based red
- Wine Spectator Online BONUS VIDEOS: Hear about other Italian wine regions; Sandro Boscaini of Masi winery in Valpolicella talks about making Amarone, and Alois Lageder introduces you to the Alto Adige.
Cream of the Crop An insider’s guide to Brunello’s top 10 producers
Travel to Montalcino Set amid pastoral scenery, this historic hilltop town offers high quality hotels, restaurants and enotecas
- Wine Spectator Online For more great wine-country destinations around the world, check out our online Dining & Travel resources, including our newly revamped Hotel Search.
The Mariani Factor Brunello is one of Italy’s greatest wines. An American family has played a key role in its success
Features
Tasting Reports
Changing Chardonnay California's top white excels in 2004 and 2005, with the latter vintage offering a wider range of styles than in years past
- Wine Spectator Online BONUS VIDEOS: Meet Peter Michael, a British wine collector who founded what is now one of Sonoma's top Chardonnay wineries. Plus, hear from Beringer winemaker Laurie Hook about Chardonnay from Napa and Carneros.
Washington's New Way Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon are in the driver's seat when it comes to top reds
- Wine Spectator Online (PDF Format): Alphabetical guide to Washington wines, complete list of notes accompanying this report.
Menu
Dining on Long Island’s North Fork A bounty of land and sea from New York wine country makes a wonderful summer meal
Wine
Inside South Africa The Cape's wines are growing at a breakneck pace in quality and quantity, and this special report reveals what might lie ahead
- Wine Spectator Online Read James Molesworth's April 30 tasting report, "South Africa's Serious Syrahs," along with his "ABCs of South Africa," from our online magazine archives.
Wine Spectator Grand Tour Wine lovers across the nation convene for the annual event, which brought together more than 200 wineries
Departments
This Issue
Upfront
2007 Southern Hemisphere snapshots; Jess Jackson’s horse wins the Preakness; study finds that Champagne protects brain cells from injury; screw caps gain acceptance; GrapeVine
- Wine Spectator Online Keep up with breaking news as well as the people, places and happenings that wine lovers are talking about.
Tastes
The wide world of olives; supersmooth goat butter; choosing coffee that’s safe for rare wildlife; Berlin Hot Spot: Restaurant 44; Squeeze Me
- Wine Spectator Online: Visit our website to read about California wineries that are now growing olives and making their own oils.
Columns
James Laube Coming clean
- Wine Spectator Online: For more on James Laube’s 2006 Cabernet barrel tastings, see his blog as well as his scores and complete reviews of all 50 wines.
Matt Kramer Sauvignon Blanc has it all
Collecting
Two top charity auctions break records; California Winemasters event raises $1.52 million; collecting Q&A
- Wine Spectator Online New FREE Newsletter: Our biweekly Collecting & Auctions e-mail newsletter provides ratings of collectible wines, answers to your collecting questions, auction news and more. Sign up or view a sample.
Wine Talk
Wine Talk Chef Grant Achatz
The Buying Guide
View a list of all tasting notes from this issue. Or for more than 205,000 tasting notes, use WineSpectator.com's Wine Ratings Search, where you can sort by region, variety, vintage, price, score and tasting date.
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VINTAGE CHARTS Get the latest vintage ratings of the top regions. For each current vintage and past exceptional years, Wine Spectator editors provide a score and drinkability rating. |
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INDEPENDENCE DAY Coming Soon: We recommend some great American wines for celebrating the Fourth of July. VIDEOS Coming Soon: Watch this issue's articles come to life:
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