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James Suckling

What About Australian Wines?

I read with interest the well-researched story by my colleague Daniel Sogg on the decline of Australian wine imports in the United States, and I had to wonder if it could be attributed to more than just the exchange rate between the U.S. and Australian dollar. Read more


James Laube

To Open or Hold New Wines: The Drinker's Dilemma

Have we become the most impatient wine drinkers in the world?

I ask this in view of the fact that more fine wine gets drunk earlier than ever before.

That’s no big surprise, since more fine wine gets released earlier than ever before. Read more


2008 Harvest

Deciding When to Pick in Tuscany

Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer

So far, 2008 has been one of a kind. The always long awaited rainfall in winter did not end until spring. Read more


Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer

Deciding When To Pick in Tuscany

Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer is blogging for Wine Spectator as part of our 2008 Harvest Winemakers' Blog. Read more


Harvey Steiman

The Beauty of a Spiral

The forest of spiral-topped bottles in front of me attested to just how fast things can change. It seems like only yesterday that a twist-off was a rare thing to see on a wine bottle.

The sight cheered me up so much I grabbed my video camera to share my joy. Read more


2008 Harvest

Winemaking Seasons

Posted by Brian Loring

I’m lucky to work in an industry where I don’t have to do the same thing all year long. In my previous life as a software engineer, every day was pretty much the same: Go to work, sit in a cubicle and write software. Read more


Bruce Sanderson

The Essence of Tokaj

Patrick d’Aulan of Château Dereszla in Hungary’s Tokaj region was in the United States on vacation and stopped by our office to show me the latest releases of the estate’s two Eszencias.

Both are from the superb 2000 vintage, a year d’Aulan calls “one of the best vintages of the last century,” and along with 1993, the best contemporary vintage since the fall of the Communist-controlled production there. Read more


James Laube

A Dizzying Mix of California Cabernet Styles

As someone who reviews a lot of California Cabernets—nearly 800 in the past year alone—I know how hard it is to sum up the character and quality of a given vintage.

There’s a lot of diversity out there in wine styles. Some is due to variations in the growing season. Read more


2008 Harvest

Why I Don't Freak Out (That Much) Anymore at Harvest

Posted by Adam Lee

My mother-in-law is a bit of a pack rat. In fact, my father-in-law says that, when they die, we should check all of the books in the house before throwing anything out because he swears there’s money hidden in them. Read more


Adam Lee

Why I Don't Freak Out (That Much) Anymore at Harvest

Adam Lee is blogging for Wine Spectator as part of our 2008 Harvest Winemakers' Blog. To read more of his posts, visit that blog.

My mother-in-law is a bit of a pack rat. Read more


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