Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Wine Enthusiast Magazine is one of the most respected and quoted authorities in the world of wine and spirits. We feature the hottest trends in everything related to wine. Our seasoned editors do the work for you, with over 700 expert ratings and reviews in each issue. Plus, in-depth features on all aspects of cocktails, spirits, beer, inventive wine and food pairings, trendy recipes, savvy travel features, and more.

Masthead • VOLUME 37, NUMBER 5

Pub Letter • Italy is everyone’s favorite unruly rebel.

Out & About

Coffee Vermouth • Coffee vermouth adds a jolt to cocktails.

COM: Tomatini • A martini but make it tomato.

Pairology: Olives

AVA Dossier: Senoita • Creativity and complexity thrive in this Arizona AVA.

Hybrids: Marachel Foch • An atypical grape gains cult-classic status.

Chianti Classico—Lamole • The tiny star of Chianti Classico shines a light on holistic winemaking.

Vintage Vantage—Lamborgini

Tools of the Trade—Punchdown

ROM—Red Wine Pasta • Isn’t there an overused Federico Fellini quote about life, magic and wine? No wait. That’s not quite right, but this dish might have you believing in the power of wine to transform.

Kolsch Beer • Proper Kölsch service is a communal experience.

Odd Jobs—Geraldine Kavanaugh • Geraldine Kavanagh spends her days picking and plucking in the wilds of Ireland for a distillery.

Cheers

Viewpoint—Italian Ingredients • Going local is truer to the spirit of the cuisine than blindly adhering to the DOP versions.

Forward 50 Restaurants • Where we most want to eat and drink right now.

Post Modern Barolo • The famed Piedmont region refuses to be defined by the tension between its past and present.

Abruzzo • A whirlwind culinary adventure that contains the exact right amount of whole fish heads.

Slovenia • How a resurrection in winemaking took place in Friuli, where three cultures meet and political borders are, at best, arbitrary.

Own-Rooted • A new wave of viticulturists experiments with ungrafted plantings.

Stuzzechini • The Italians might not have invented happy hour, but they may have perfected it and added stuzzichini, or snacks, that go hand in hand with the tradition (which is not as old as you might think it is).

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The Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide

Northeast Italy

Piedmont

Tuscany

Central Italy

Sicily & Sardinia

Beaujolais

Provence

Spain

Spain

Hungary

Oregon

Spirit Intro • Infuse complexity into your cocktails.

Spirits

Last Drop: Dancing Around Wine Language • That time Writer-at-Large Jeff Porter got dragged after a quote in The New Yorker.