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Cover Story
The 2008 Top 100 This year’s honor roll reflects the global reach of wine; for the first time ever, our Wine of the Year comes from Chile, and Canada and Israel make the cut, increasing the number of countries represented to 14 and expanding the diversity of the Top 100
- WineSpectator.com BONUS VIDEO: Top 10 of 2008—What makes a wine a member of this exclusive club? Find out in this series as Wine Spectator's senior editors discuss this year's top 10 wines.
Wine of the Year For its compelling combination of quality, price, case production and excitement, Casa Lapostolle’s Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005 is 2008 Wine of the Year
Profiles of Wines Nos. 2 to 100
Wines of the Year 1988 to 2007
Highest-Scoring Releases of 2008
Features
Tasting Reports
Brut Strength While prices remain high overall, well-priced Champagnes for the holiday table are available
- WineSpectator.com: An alphabetical chart of all wines tasted for this report is available.
Best American Sparkling Wines Domestic bubblies offer an attractive alternative to Champagne, and there’s also plenty of luxury to be found
- WineSpectator.com: An alphabetical chart of all wines tasted for this report is available.
- WineSpectator.com BONUS VIDEO: Take a tour of Schramsberg with Hugh Davies, who carries on his parents' vision of making America's top sparkling wine. Join Hugh in the historic caves and learn how sparkling wine is made.
Oregon’s Pinot Noir Diversity Wild swings in vintage conditions provide Oregon vintners with opportunities—and challenges
- WineSpectator.com: An alphabetical chart of all wines tasted for this report is available.
- WineSpectator.com BONUS VIDEO: Oregon's Willamette Valley produces top-quality Pinot Noir. Harvey Steiman highlights two of the valley's six distinct sub-AVAs, McMinnville and Yamhill-Carlton.
People
The Gray Fox With subtlety and skill, entrepreneur Joseph Henriot is making his mark in Champagne and Burgundy
Wine
2008 California Wine Experience Winemakers, chefs and fans gather in New York to celebrate outstanding West Coast wines, despite the troubled economy
- WineSpectator.com: Complete coverage of all the Wine Experience seminars, plus a photo gallery from the Grand Tastings and video highlights of the events.
Books
Books for Wine Lovers Our editors’ guide to notable reads from 2008
Departments
This Issue
This Issue Marvin R. Shanken
Upfront
Plans to expand the Russian River Valley appellation meet resistance; Australia’s Coonawarra region threatened by building of a new highway; Brunello to remain 100 percent Sangiovese; probe continues; out-of-state retailers given same shipping rights as wineries; Robert Mondavi Institute Opens at UC, Davis; GrapeVine
- WineSpectator.com Keep up with breaking news as well as the people, places and happenings that wine lovers are talking about.
Tastes
An Italian feast for the holidays; Champagne cocktails; inside El Bulli; dry ice
- WineSpectator.com Members can find more fish and shellfish dishes in our online Recipe Search.
Savvy Shopper
The Saavy Shopper Big reds from California, Australia and France
Columns
James Laube Recession wines
- WineSpectator.com In recent blog posts, James Laube finds that trading down in wine purchases can have its upsides, discovers a pleasant dining surprise while in Oakland, California, and reminisces about Oregon pioneer David Lett.
Matt Kramer Wines of the year
Letters
Collecting
A tasting of 1998 Oregon Pinot Noirs reveals impressive wines from a watershed vintage; wine-auction markets give mixed signals
- WineSpectator.com Keep tabs on the changing auction market. Website members can search our complete Auction Price Database, which tracks the prices and performance of more than 12,000 collectible and cellar-worthy wines recently sold at commercial auctions. Also available are analyses of the latest auction results.
Wine Talk
Wine Talk Alto wine director Eric Zillier
The Buying Guide
For more than 216,000 tasting notes, use WineSpectator.com's Wine Ratings Search, where you can sort by region, variety, vintage, price, score and tasting date.
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TOP 100 OF 2008: What makes a wine a member of this exclusive club? Find out as Wine Spectator's senior editors discuss this year's Top 10 wines in a video series. Plus, get a handy printable list of the full Top 100. HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING: If you're hosting friends or family, we'll help you pull off a great party with crowd-pleasing recipes and wines that won't bust your budget. Plus, get great gift ideas. HOLIDAY SPARKLERS: Take a video tour of Schramsberg with Hugh Davies, who carries on his parents' vision of making America's top sparkling wine. 2008 CALIFORNIA WINE EXPERIENCE: The highlights of this year's most popular seminars were captured in three new videos:
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