William Kelley

What Is a Yield?

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....

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Bordeaux in 2023: The State of the Art

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....

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Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: William Kelley

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...

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Five Questions With Erin Larkin, Our New Australia Reviewer

We sat down for a glass of wine with Larkin to learn more about her background, her approach to writing wine reviews and her plans for her coverage of Australia....

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People & Places
Reviewers’ Favorites 2021: William Kelley

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...

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Wine’s Naturalistic Fallacy: Thoughts on Style and Site Expression

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?...

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Discovering Burgundy Wines on a Budget

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

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France, Burgundy: The Côte d’Or’s 2019 Vintage

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....

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Best of 2019: William Kelley

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

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Meet Julie Cavil, Krug’s New Cellar Master

The Wine Advocate's William Kelley sat down with Cavil for her first interview in her new capacity....

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