Twenty-Plus Years of Wine Spectator's Top 100
Looking back on past Wines of the Year, and how we came up with the idea for the list
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 3:00pm ET
Today we begin the countdown of our Wine Spectator Top 10 wines of 2010. That's a small slice of the Top 100, and those 100 wines are chosen from more than 15,000 reviewed in blind tastings this past year. It's not easy to pick out the best, and our list always generates a lot of attention and discussion. That's exactly why we do it.
Our Top 100 started out in 1988. We were brainstorming for ideas. I'd just read Rolling Stones' Top 100 albums of (I think) all time, and thought that would work perfectly for us covering wine.
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