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Alsace’s Amazing 2022s, Plus Collectible California Cabs: Weekly Tasting Report
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Alsace’s Amazing 2022s, Plus Collectible California Cabs: Weekly Tasting Report

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Senior Editor Stuart Pigott was in Alsace over the past week tasting the wines of the 2022 vintage from a row of top producers and was amazed by what he found.
April 2024 Tasting Report: Northern Rhone Finesse, Argentine Purity and California’s Lush Chardonnays
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April 2024 Tasting Report: Northern Rhone Finesse, Argentine Purity and California’s Lush Chardonnays

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We rated 3,847 wines from 16 countries in April, including 692 from Argentina, 443 from the United States and 417 from Italy, but it was in our tastings of 1,944 French wines where we really hit paydirt.
Beaujolais Annual Report: Taking Gamay to the Limit
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Beaujolais Annual Report: Taking Gamay to the Limit

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Beaujolais is reinventing itself in a new climatic situation that all the science suggests will become more extreme, but how will the gamay grape, which all Beaujolais red wines are made from, perform as temperatures continue to rise?
LAURENT-PERRIER’S LUCIE PEREYRE DE NONANCOURT AND EDOUARD COSSY ON THE NO. 24 GRAND SIÈCLE
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LAURENT-PERRIER’S LUCIE PEREYRE DE NONANCOURT AND EDOUARD COSSY ON THE NO. 24 GRAND SIÈCLE

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James met in Tuscany with one of the owners of Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt, and LP's commercial director, Edouard Cossy, to taste and talk about their soon-to-be-released No. 24 Grand Siècle in magnum.
Our Wine Choice: Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge The Beaux Frères Vineyard 2021
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Our Wine Choice: Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge The Beaux Frères Vineyard 2021

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Our Wine Choice this week is an elegant and savory pinot noir from Oregon that highlights the best characteristics of the state's 2021 vintage.
Bubbles Flow from Laurent-Perrier and Krug, plus the Swiss Side of the Rhone: Weekly Tasting Report
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Bubbles Flow from Laurent-Perrier and Krug, plus the Swiss Side of the Rhone: Weekly Tasting Report

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In our latest Weekly Tasting Report, we rate the new releases of icon Champagnes from the top houses of Laurent Perrier and Krug, and Senior Editor Stuart Pigott taps into a plush and concentrated syrah from Switzerland.
Take a Ride with James Tasting 2023 Bordeaux from Barrel
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Take a Ride with James Tasting 2023 Bordeaux from Barrel

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James and his team tasted and rated almost 1,200 young, unfinished Bordeaux from the 2023 vintage during the first three weeks of April and you can join part of his tasting trip in this video.
Brain on Winemaking: The Winkler Index is an Elegant Relic
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Brain on Winemaking: The Winkler Index is an Elegant Relic

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The Winkler Index is a simple tool that can translate basic temperature data into general varietal planting guidance, but is it still effective in today's world?
Argentina Annual Report: Closing the Gastronomic Gap
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Argentina Annual Report: Closing the Gastronomic Gap

REPORTS2250 Tasting Notes

In our exploration of more than 2,200 Argentine wines, one thing became clear: the top-scoring bottles from the country are more gastronomic in character than ever. But it took some work to get there.