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Yield is one of the most-cited metrics in wine, but for wine quality and style, the most meaningful metrics are berry size and wine depth and concentration....

This essay offers an extensive personal overview of Bordeaux’s state of the art in 2023, informed by 15 weeks of visits to over 500 châteaux over the last calendar year....

Taking over coverage of Bordeaux has been rich with interest, so I’ve dedicated this year’s “favorites” entirely to the reds and whites of the Gironde. I hope this selection may...

Many hardworking, talented farmers and winemakers in Burgundy and Champagne fly under the radar precisely because they can’t boast a famous name. William Kelly’s selection of “favorites” for the year...

The aspiration to “add nothing and take nothing away,” is far from new. But does the pursuit of purity and “transparency” end in authenticity or merely in homogeneous neutrality?...

Given the escalating prices of Burgundy’s grandest grands crus, the rewards of looking further afield have never been greater....

2019 is a thrilling year for Pinot Noir, delivering wines bursting with head-turning perfume and fresh, succulent fruit. In Chardonnay, 2019 is more heterogenous....

Here are our reviewers' peaks of the year....

Our reviewer of Burgundy, Chablis, Beaujolais, California Central Coast and Washington State shares his highlights of 2018 in this extensive report....