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Tasting Reports

Silverado Vineyards' Miller Ranch vineyard enjoys the right amount of sunny days and cool evenings to make noteworthy Sauvignon Blanc in Napa Valley's Yountville subregion.

Tasting Highlights

8 Exceptional Napa Sauvignon Blancs at 90+ Points

New reviews of outstanding-rated white wines shine the light on another kind of "California Sauvignon" from Napa Valley

Aaron Romano

Nov 4, 2024

It's all treat, and no trick, when enjoying Galician Godello from Spanish wine leader Jorge Ordóñez's Bodegas Avancia.

Tasting Highlights

11 Spanish Value Wines Fantastic for Halloween Celebrations

Get into the spooky spirit with these new reviews of impressive Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Garnacha and more that won't deplete your chocolate budget

Alison Napjus

Oct 31, 2024

<em>Wine Spectator</em> senior editor Kristen Bieler and E. Guigal proprietor Philippe Guigal offered the Wine Experience audience an early look at his top 2020 Côte-Rôties.

Tasting Reports

Exploring the Past and Future of E. Guigal’s La La Wines

Rhône vintner Philippe Guigal presented the 2020 vintage of his family’s famed single-vineyard Syrahs—including a surprise bottling—at the Wine Experience

Owen Dugan

Oct 30, 2024

Dionysus Vineyard in Columbia Valley is a prime source for Bookwalter's noteworthy Washington wines.

Tasting Highlights

10 Terrific West Coast Value Wines at $35 or Less

New reviews of Napa Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma Chardonnay, Columbia Valley Cabernet, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and more from California, Oregon and Washington

Aaron Romano

Oct 28, 2024

Lokoya winemaker Chris Carpenter missed a major University of Illinois football game to present his Cabernets at the New York Wine Experience.

Tasting Reports

Napa’s Lokoya Climbs the Heights of Mountain Cabernet

Winemaker Chris Carpenter shares four elevated Cabernet Sauvignons from the Spring Mountain District and Mount Veeder AVAs

Robert Taylor

Oct 24, 2024

Like many leading Mendoza wineries, Argentina's Bodega Mendel harvests grapes from vines planted near the Andes mountain range.

Tasting Highlights

Discover Argentina with These 8 Fantastic Malbecs Up to 93 Points

Explore Argentina's acclaimed Mendoza region with these reds made primarily from Malbec, with scores up to 93 points and prices as low as $12

Aaron Romano

Oct 24, 2024

Leading a tasting with <em>Wine Spectator</em> senior editor James Molesworth (left), Domaines Delon's Florent Fresse showed how Château Léoville Las Cases' <i>grand vin</i> evolves over the years.

Tasting Reports

Four Vintages of Château Léoville Las Cases

Domaines Delon’s Florent Fresse traced the story of the second-growth estate with a vertical tasting of St.-Julien reds across 40 years

Owen Dugan

Oct 23, 2024

The hills of Barnett’s St. Helena vineyards are ideal for growing Merlot.

Tasting Reports

Merlot Meets the Moment

The 2021 vintage in California offers plenty of great drinking for this often overlooked red

Tim Fish

From the Nov 30, 2024, issue

The château at Domaine du Closel has been in Evelyne de Pontbriand’s family for six generations and is where the family still produces top-rated Savennières Chenin Blancs today.

Tasting Reports

Loire Longevity

Collectors take note: The top whites from this French region belong in your cellar

Kristen Bieler

From the Nov 30, 2024, issue

Craig McAllister has been La Crema’s chief winemaker for almost a decade, helping shape the winery’s strategy of producing top-scoring Pinot Noirs at scale.

Tasting Reports

Honoring Wine Spectator’s Wine Value of the Year for 2023

An under-$30 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir takes the stage alongside the world’s top names in wine, proving great quality doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag

Olivia Nolan

Oct 23, 2024

Celebrated California vintner Paul Hobbs founded Viña Cobos in 1998 after decades spent consulting with Spanish houses such as Bodega Catena Zapata.

Retrospective/Vertical

Commemorating Cobos

An exclusive vertical tasting of Paul Hobbs’ flagship Viña Cobos bottling

Aaron Romano

From the Nov 30, 2024, issue

One of the year’s top-rated Malbecs expresses the distinctive <em>terroir</em> of Familia Zuccardi’s high-elevation estate vineyard in the Uco Valley’s Paraje Altamira appellation.

Tasting Reports

Masters of the Mountains

After years of effort, Argentina’s winemakers are dialing into their high-elevation vineyards

Aaron Romano

From the Nov 30, 2024, issue

Paul Hobbs (left), shown here with <em>Wine Spectator</em> senior editor Aaron Romano, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his Argentine winery, Viña Cobos.

Tasting Reports

Viña Cobos Is Still Making History 25 Years Later

Winemaker Paul Hobbs told the story of his pioneering Mendoza winery through the first Argentine Malbec vertical ever presented at the New York Wine Experience

Julia Larson

Oct 22, 2024

From left: Valter Fissore of Elvio Cogno, Giuseppe Vaira of G.D. Vajra, Barbara Sandrone of Luciano Sandrone, <em>Wine Spectator</em> senior editor Bruce Sanderson and Federica Boffa of Pio Cesare

Tasting Reports

A New Era in Barolo: A Tasting with Four Italian Wine Leaders

Presenting their 2020 Nebbiolos, four Piedmont vintners show the drinkability of the ‘postmodern’ Barolo style

Kenny Martin

Oct 21, 2024

Family-owned winery Mercer has been growing grapes in Washington's Horse Heaven Hills since the 1970s.

Tasting Highlights

8 Outstanding Washington Cabernet Sauvignons Under $50

Explore the Evergreen State's Columbia Valley with these new reviews of reds rated 90 points or higher, most priced $35 or less

Chris Cardoso

Oct 21, 2024

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