In the Nov. 15, 2006 Issue

Napa's Best Cabernets

Cover Story

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets - The best of the best since 1990, with insights into why these wines excel

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: Beyond Napa - A look at the best from the rest of the state

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: California Cabernet at Auction - Napa's top wines offer opportunities for buyers and sellers

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: Top 50 at a Glance

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: The Rising Stars of Napa Cabernet

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: Quality-To-Price Ratio

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: Scoring History 1990—2003

Napa's Top 50 Cabernets: 10-Year Retail Price Comparison and California's Top-Scoring Cabernets

Features

Tasting Reports

A Tricky Vintage For California Cabernet - 2003 delivers many lean, expensive wines in the wake of poor harvest weather

Carter Cellars - A Grand Award restaurateur makes a pilgrimage to Napa

Schrader - Success strikes twice for this Napa vintner

Sequum - Improving vineyards from the ground up

Split Personality In the Rhône - In 2004, the south excels across the board, while the north shows highs and lows

Schrader - Success strikes twice for this Napa vintner

Carter Cellars - A Grand Award restaurateur makes a pilgrimage to Napa

Dining

Inside the Restaurant Awards: Elysée - Discovering a new Vinland in a Norwegian wine cellar

Mediterranean in the Rockies - Colorado cuisine looks to Southern Europe

Menu

First, Taste Some Wine - New Zealand-born chef Peter Gordon adapts recipes to match the wine

Travel

Sun, Surf and Fine Wine in San Diego - California's largest beach town grows into a dining destination

People

The Bad Boy of California Wine - Fred Franzia, the man behind Two-Buck Chuck, takes no prisoners in his drive for success

The Mayor of Wine - San Francisco's Gavin Newsom brings innovation to Napa Valley and City Hall

Sonoma Mavericks - Seven winemakers who followed their own paths and pushed the boundaries in Northern California

Educating Winemakers - Grants from the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation provide key support to students in the enology and viticulture program at UC, Davis

Departments

This Issue/Marvin R. Shanken

This Issue: Great Napa Cabernet

Upfront

New Direct-Shipping Laws Under Fire - Legal volume caps often make transporting wine impossible for large producers

GrapeVine

Friends Mix Business With Pleasure To Create Outstanding Napa Reds

Gary Andrus' Kiwi Winery Placed in Receivership

Wine Spectator School Launches Wine-Pairing Course

Napa Talent Heads to Sierra Foothills - Fair Play stakes its claim on Rhône varieties

A New Classification in St.-Emilion

Wine & Health: Drinking Wine May Not Lead to Heartburn

Dining Out

Dining Out: Cut, Simon L.A. - Two new Los Angeles restaurants reach in opposite directions

Tastes

Tastes: IN THE KITCHEN with Sam Gugino: Buttery Beef

Tastes: New Kid on the Block: Argan Oil

Tastes: Check Your Temperature

Tastes: What Is Coffee Worth?

Columns

A Case of Cabernet Nostalgia

Getting There

Winemaking Passion in Israel

Collecting

Prime-Time Passion - Stephen McPherson wants to make wine a star

Yes We Cancan: Charity Auction Spotlights Washington Wines

Tour de Bordeaux Raises Funds for Landmine Victims

Wine Talk

Wine Talk: Richard Branson

The Buying Guide

The Buying Guide for this issue is available here.