Each Wine Spectator editor generally covers the same wine regions from year to year. These "beats" remain constant, allowing each lead taster to develop expertise in the region's wines. A taster's initials at the end of a wine tasting note indicate that the rating and review were created by that taster in one of our blind tastings. View bios of the senior tasters by clicking on their names.
James Laube, Senior editor, Napa
Tasting beat: California
Kim Marcus, Managing editor, New York
Tasting beat: Austria, Greece, Portugal, southern France
Thomas Matthews, Executive editor, New York
Tasting beat: New York, Spain
James Molesworth, Senior editor, New York
Tasting beat: Argentina, Bordeaux, Chile, Finger Lakes, Loire Valley, Rhône Valley, South Africa
Bruce Sanderson, Tasting director, New York
Tasting beat: Burgundy, Champagne, Germany, Italy
Harvey Steiman, Editor at large, San Francisco
Tasting beat: Australia, Oregon, Washington
Tasting staff: Tim Fish (California), Alison Napjus (Alsace, Beaujolais, Italy), Nathan Wesley (Argentina, southern Italy) and MaryAnn Worobiec (California, New Zealand)
Associate tasting coordinator: Augustus Weed (Napa)
Assistant tasting coordinators: Margaret Raber and Christina Zapel (New York)
