Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator rates over 15,000 wines per year, in every price range, to fit every occasion. Read about the world's great wineries and winemakers and visit restaurants with outstanding wine lists. Plus, each issue features delicious recipes and pairs them with the perfect wines.

The Man With the Plans

Wine Spectator

FEEDBACK

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING ERNEST

Straight Talk

Cult Cabernet Crime

Russian Oligarch Forced to Liquidate Stake in French Wineries

California’s Newest AVA Is All About the Coast

IN MEMORIAM

America’s Chef-in-Chief • Two new shows broaden and extend Julia Child’s legacy

Julia on Wine

Chocolate by the Bay

Cabernet Country • Washington’s top red variety shines in recent vintages

SAVVY SHOPPER

SPECTATOR SELECTIONS

Women Take the Lead in Italy’s Alpine Vineyards • Elena Walch’s Standout Pinot Grigio Vigna Castel Ringberg Reaches New Heights

DRC: Power and Grace

No, Your Wine Is Not Packed With Sugar

Creative FORCE • Dave Phinney, the mind behind The Prisoner Wine Co. and other innovative projects, keeps raising the bar

BEHIND the LABELS • Phinney has created dozens of memorable labels over the years. Here is a sampling of them, with intel on their inspirations.

A RICH PAST …

A BRIGHT FUTURE

In the PHINNEY SPIRIT • Savage & Cooke Distillery brings new life to Mare Island as a craft beverage destination

PHINNEY and FRIENDS

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE • Brunello’s best producers combated the hot, dry summer of 2017 with careful work in both vineyards and cellars

Sparkling CONVERSATION • 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD OF BUBBLY WINE

VINCENT CHAPERON • THE CHEF DE CAVE FOR DOM PÉRIGNON, THE WORLD’S FAMOUS BUBBLY

ARNAUD WEYRICH • THE FRENCH WINEMAKER AT THE HELM OF CALIFORNIA’S ROEDERER ESTATE

ED CARR • THE PIONEERING VINTNER BEHIND TASMANIA’S HOUSE OF ARRAS

ALESSANDRO FURLAN • THE PROPRIETOR OF PROSECCO SUCCESS STORY CA’ FURLAN

COCKTAILS THAT FIZZ SPARKLING • WINE–SPLASHED DRINKS TO CELEBRATE GRADS, DADS AND THE ARRIVAL OF SUMMER

A GROWER OF WINE • TONY SOTER HELPED SET THE COURSE FOR NAPA CABERNET BEFORE CHAMPIONING PINOT NOIR IN CALIFORNIA AND ULTIMATELY OREGON

Buying Guide

SPECTATOR SELECTIONS

About the Buying Guide

New Wines From Around the World

New Wines From Around the World

Elizabeth Banks Pairs Wine With … Live Snakes? • Canned wine brand Archer Roose continues to reimagine marketing with a short-lived reptile rewards program