Tasting Note: Powerful and austere, with modest notes of lemon zest, crunchy nectarine and dried pineapple on a foundation of firming mineral notes and a veil of smoke. This bone-dry, tightly coiled ...

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Australia’s grapegrowing regions are mostly in the south of the country, in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Geographical Indications (GIs) are ...

Primary Grape Pinot Noir This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, ...

During his years as one of America’s top tech lawyers, David Drummond never thought about making wine. Then, in 2018, he bought a 500-acre, high-elevation ranch in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley that ...

Noreetuh is one of the best open secrets of the New York wine scene. Tucked away on First Avenue in the East Village, its small dining room is plastered to the ceiling with Polaroids of guests holding ...

Bordeaux's annual en primeur campaign is underway. Wine Spectator 's James Molesworth is tasting the 2023 wines from barrel at some of the region's top estates and sharing his tasting notes. At ...

2024 awaits, but before we turn the calendar, Wine Spectator 's editors would like to remember the wine industry trailblazers, innovators and history makers we lost this year. In 2023, we said goodbye ...

David Myers is not only an acclaimed chef, but also an accomplished traveler who has crisscrossed the globe. Myers celebrates those journeys through his Adrift concept, which premiered in 2015 at the ...

Experience some of Boston’s finest dining at Bistro du Midi in Back Bay; part of the Himmel Hospitality Group (the force behind Grand Award winner Grill 23 & Bar), this bistro earned its first ...

Winemaker Marco Cappelli gave up “the bright lights of Napa Valley” for the serenity of the Sierra Foothills 20 years ago. He was ready for a change after 17 years as winemaker at Swanson Vineyards, ...

“I hate the history,” says Ti Adelaide Martin, co-owner with her cousin Lally Brennan of Wine Spectator Grand Award winner Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. “I don’t care. That’s not what we’re about ...