Champagne: Suenen Deconstructed

This level of farming is rare anywhere in Champagne and goes a long way toward explaining Suenen’s ascent among Côte des Blancs’ leading growers....

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California, Sonoma County: Peter Michael’s New Releases

The 2023 and 2024 vintages offer a new lens with which to view Peter Michael’s wines, which are always balanced yet crafted in a hedonistic style....

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California: Recent Releases from the San Luis Obispo Coast

The San Luis Obispo Coast continues to find a unified identity between its historical subregions and its emerging microclimates....

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Germany, All Along the Rhine River: The 2025 Releases from Ahr, Mosel & Nahe Down to Baden

This report mostly features 2024 wines, plus a few late-release 2023s, some exciting sparkling wines and a handful of rereleases from older vintages....

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Champagne: Two Decades of Dom Ruinart

Ruinart’s contemporary success owes much to Frédéric Panaïotis. Signed with a gently reductive house signature, this report examines their latest work....

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France, Jura: The Arbois Syndrome

The Jura is a magnet—the landscape, the people, the food, the wines—and always requires more time. But each trip generates new reasons to return....

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California, Sonoma County: The 2023 Vintage at Dumol

The idyllic 2023 growing season has resulted in a stunning lineup of cellar-worthy Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from Dumol winegrower and proprietor Andy Smith and his winemaker, Jenna Davis....

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Austria, Styria: Erste and Grosse Lage Wines from 2020 to 2023

This report focuses on wines from southern Styria, including the excellent 2021 vintage, the accessible 2022s, some early 2023s and even a few 2024s....

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California, Sonoma Coast: Sphaerics – New Star Rising

Sphaerics was founded by winemaker Laura Jones and her husband, Brian Ball. They’ve quickly grown their portfolio from one Chardonnay to three and have recently purchased their first estate vineyard...

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California, Sonoma County: New Bottlings from Senses Wines

Among these 2022 and 2023 releases are three new additions to the Senses lineup: a West Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and two wines with fruit from the Dutton-Bodega Vineyard, a...

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