March 31, 2013 Issue
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Tasting Reports
Posted: March 31, 2013 By James Laube, MaryAnn Worobiec
March 31, 2013 Issue
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Tasting Reports
New grapes and styles set the tone in a cool 2010 harvest
Posted: March 31, 2013 By James Laube
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Chardonnays and Pinots are lighter and short on flavor; Cabernet won’t be much better
Posted: March 27, 2013 By James Laube
The difficulties of the 2011 vintage for California Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are more evident with every tasting. The 2011 Cabernets are a year away, but you can expect much of the same: variability and a lesser year. It's something you should consider when buying the current Cabernet vintages on the market.
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
New reviews of 2010 bottlings worth stocking up on
Posted: March 25, 2013 By James Laube
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
It's that time of year again
Posted: March 15, 2013 By James Laube
There are quite a few parallels between two of my longtime favorite pastimes, wine and baseball. In fact, the analogies between the two fit like a glove.
The wine and baseball seasons each begin in the winter and end in the fall, with baseball club managers pruning rosters in spring training not long after vineyard managers have finished some pruning of their own. Ballplayers who get sheared find themselves back in the farm system.
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Handling nearly 20,000 wines a year requires serious investment in infrastructure and personnel
Posted: March 11, 2013 By James Laube
Recently, my colleague Harvey Steiman tackled many of the issues, pro and con, of blind vs. non-blind tasting. One aspect I'd like to address is one that's rarely discussed: the cost of staffing and staging blind tastings.
Over the course of more than 20 years, Wine Spectator has developed a methodology for our blind tastings, one designed to keep them independent, consistent and fair to the wines. When you factor in the costs of handling nearly 20,000 wines each year, that methodology costs serious money.
Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2013 Issue
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Features
Senior editor James Laube has been with Wine Spectator since 1981. Living and working in Napa Valley, he is lead taster on the wines of California.
Posted: February 28, 2013 By James Laube
Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2013 Issue
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Columns
Posted: February 28, 2013 By James Laube
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
New reviews from pacesetting California producer Brian Loring
Posted: February 25, 2013 By James Laube
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
More young winemakers are coming on the scene, with greater skill sets
Posted: February 21, 2013 By James Laube
If you're wondering why there are suddenly so many exciting new wines, look no further than the NFL. Last season fans saw the impact of the youth movement on today's game, and a similar thing is happening in wine.
