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GRAPEVINE • Year in Review: 2021 By the Numbers

2022 Vintage Chart

Wine Spectator Looks to the Future • Major assignment changes as Kim Marcus passes the baton. Expanded duties for veteran editors and welcome to a new senior editor

Looking Back—and Forward—with Kim Marcus • Our senior editor reflects on his life in wine and what the future may hold

Foley Family Wines Buys Sonoma Icon Chateau St. Jean

All Drinking Increases Heart Disease Risk? New Study Says, Not So Fast

Gear Up to Serve Vintage Port

A Trio of Can’t-Miss Port Pairings

Vintage Port’s Elegant 2019s • Understatement defines these freshly styled versions from a dry, cool year

SAVVY SHOPPER

Rethinking Hefty Bottles

TOP 1O VALUES of 2021 • OUR EDITORS SPOTLIGHT THE BEST-PRICED WINES OF THE YEAR

$40 or less WINE QUEST • WINE SPECTATOR EDITORS REPORT ON TIMELY SMART BUYS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

BORDEAUX • PRIME TERROIR MAKES CÔTES DE BORDEAUX A FERTILE SOURCE FOR LOVELY MERLOTS

WHITE BURGUNDY • CHARDONNAYS FROM BOURGOGNE BLANC, MÂCON-VILLAGES AND CHABLIS OFFER AUTHENTIC CHARACTER AT APPROACHABLE PRICES

PIEDMONT • THIS PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN REGION BOASTS GREAT WINES AND GRAPES, BOTH RED AND WHITE

PROSECCO DOCG • WITH OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES IN THE $30 RANGE, THESE BUBBLIES ARE AN AFFORDABLE SPLURGE

SICILY • THE ISLAND’S TERROIR-DRIVEN REDS FROM NERO D’AVOLA, NERELLO MASCALESE AND FRAPPATO ARE GLOBALLY UNIQUE

RIOJA RESERVA • IN SPAIN’S VAST RIOJA CATEGORY, COUNT ON RESERVAS FOR THE SWEET SPOT OF RICHNESS, STRUCTURE

PORT • PORTUGAL’S LATE-BOTTLED VINTAGE WINES ARE READY TO DRINK TONIGHT

CALIFORNIA CHARDONNAY • FRESH CHARACTER FROM OCEAN BREEZES PROPELS WELL-PRICED STANDOUTS FROM THE CENTRAL COAST

CALIFORNIA’S EMERGING WHITE VARIETALS • OFF-THE-BEATEN-PATH GRAPES AND CREATIVE BLENDS OFFER NEW FLAVORS, MATCH WELL WITH FOOD

WASHINGTON SYRAH • DIVERSE GROWING REGIONS SUPPORT QUALITY VERSIONS OF THIS RHÔNE-STYLE RED

OREGON • LED BY PINOT GRIS, THIS STATE’S WHITE WINES OFFER VARIETY, VIBRANCY AND VALUE

AUSTRALIA • WITHIN A VAST LAND, DRILL DOWN ON REGIONAL TERROIRS FOR MORE EXCITING BOTTLES

MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC • A CADRE OF FAMILY-RUN BRANDS ADDS HEART AND SOUL TO THE POPULAR NEW ZEALAND CATEGORY

CHILEAN CABS & BLENDS • TOP VERSIONS MIX THE STRUCTURE OF FRENCH WINES WITH BOLD NEW WORLD FRUIT

INTO THE GROOVE • IN FRANCE’S RHÔNE VALLEY, RESILIENT OLD VINES AND CANNY VINTNERS PROPEL SUCCESS IN A STRING OF HOT, DRY YEARS

JAMES MOLESWORTH’S RECOMMENDED WINES FROM THE RHÔNE VALLEY • More than 925 wines were reviewed for this report. A free alphabetical list is available at WineSpectator.com/RhoneAlpha022822. WineSpectator.com members can access complete reviews for all wines tasted using the online Wine Ratings search.

40th ANNIVERSARY • The Pleasure Of Being Together

Tasting the Top 10 of 2020 • Exciting wines from around the world comprise this elite list

Tasting the Top 3 Wines of 2019 • A comparison of some of the most exciting reds of that year’s Top 100

BRING HOME THE GOOD LIFE

Star Power • Wine world luminaries pour their best, regale us with their tales

Jon Bon Jovi and Jesse Bongiovi • Rock star and son present their Languedoc rosé, explain their charity efforts—and sing

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