Wine Prices
Features
The Best Coffeemakers - A roundup of the top brewers on the market today
Embrace Your Inner Wine Snob
Split Personality - Only a river separates Spanish and Portuguese Albariño vineyards, but the wines they make are radically different
California Takes on the World - During the roaring 1990s, the Golden State challenged Bordeaux as the global leader in wine prices, but does it have staying power?
California Under Pressure - With the boom times over, high-priced wines are stacking up
What's Behind the Bottle Price? - When it comes to figuring a wine's final price, production costs count, but image is the wild card
Restaurant Wrangling - Customers and sommeliers are wrestling over the wine list prices in restaurants across the country
Domaine Courbis - Best recent wine: Cornas La Sabarotte 2000 (91, $50, 415 cases made)
Paul Coulon & Fils - Best recent wine: Châteauneuf-du-Pape Boisrenard 2000 (95, $50, 1,000 cases made)
Delas - Best recent wine: Hermitage White Cuveé Marquise de la Tourette 2000 (94, $50, 350 cases made)
Domaine de la Mordorée - Best recent wine: Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bois 2000 (94, $99, 1,700 cases made)
Georges Vernay - Best recent wine: Condrieu Les Terrasses de l'Empire 2001 (93, $29, 2,080 cases made)
The Legacy of Walter Clore - How a child of dust-bowl Oklahoma became the father of Washington state's wine industry
4 Trailblazing Bodegas
Spain's Shifting Landscape - New wine regions show promise, and Priorat claims the high ground of quality
The Rhône Continues Its Run - 2000 is the third strong vintage in a row for France's Rhône Valley, and 2001 looks promising, too
Homage to Barcelona - Catalonia's capital reaches the top tier of European dining
News
The Return of the Fetzer Boys - After selling Fetzer Vineyards a decade ago, the brothers are reentering the California wine business with a new set of projects
Near-Perfect Harvist Promises Exceptional Vintage for Burgundy
Grapevine
Federal Trade Commission Looks at State Barriers to Online Wine Sales
Colheita Madeira Makes Its Debut
Whatever happened to ... William Bonetti
Columns
Mr. Tencaity
Obsess + Excess = Success
Why Is Wine So Expensive?
Auctions
Auctions Usher in Season With Strong Sales - Vintage Bordeaux and Burgundy lead the charge into the fall season
California Often a Bellwether for Market - Hammer prices are up, but still fall well below retail
The Buying Guide
The Buying Guide for this issue is available here.
