Tasting Reports

Benziger was founded in 1980 and is based in Sonoma Valley, making a wide variety of wines from different grapes.

9 Wines that Are Sonoma Strong

Explore the many sides of Sonoma with these new reviews of California Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and more

Augustus Weed

Nov 18, 2019

Laurent Gruet, winemaker at New Mexico’s Gruet Winery.

Alphabetical Listing

Alphabetical Guide to U.S. Sparkling Wines

Dec 31, 2019

Piattelli, located in the Cafayate Valley, is a consistent source of values from Argentina’s leading grapes.

Alphabetical Listing

Alphabetical Guide to Argentina

Dec 31, 2019

Luciano Sandrone is a family-owned winery that celebrated 40 years in 2017.

Tasting Highlights

10 Stellar Piedmont Reds at 90+ Points

Barolo and Barbaresco for $50 or less, great-value Barbera and more new reviews from Italy

Bruce Sanderson

Nov 14, 2019

Ponzi focuses on the Chehalem Mountains AVA of the Willamette Valley.

Tasting Highlights

9 Oregon Pinot Noirs at 90+ Points

These new reviews of 2016s and 2017s from Willamette Valley offer excitement aplenty

Tim Fish

Nov 11, 2019

The view from Dr. Loosen's Ürziger Würzgarten vineyard

Tasting Highlights

11 Rieslings from Germany and Alsace

It’s a showdown! Newly reviewed whites up to 92 points

Aleks Zecevic

Nov 7, 2019

Canoe Ridge was established in 1989 by a group of Washington farmers and businessmen.

Tasting Highlights

8 Washington Wines for $25 or Less

From Cabernet to Syrah to Riesling, these new releases deliver bang for the buck

Tim Fish

Nov 4, 2019

Monte Xanic in Baja California’s Valle de Guadalupe.

Tasting Reports

Baja's Boom

Against the odds, the Mexican wine industry is thriving

Aaron Romano

Dec 15, 2019

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Alphabetical Guide to Champagne

Dec 15, 2019

Champagne's diversity is on full display, with differing production techniques and vintage conditions resulting in an array of styles and interpretations.

Tasting Reports

Big Tent

New producers and a breadth of styles are broadening the appeal of Champagne

Alison Napjus

Dec 15, 2019

The founders of Duorum started the project 12 years ago by planting 370 acres of indigenous varieties in the Douro Valley.

Tasting Highlights

9 Great Values from Portugal

Discover everything the country has to offer with these $20-or-less new reviews

Gillian Sciaretta

Oct 28, 2019

Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta received the 2018 Wine Spectator Wine of the Year award for the 2015 Sassicaia from her family's Tenuta San Guido estate.

Tasting Reports

Tasting the Top 10 Wines of 2018

Kindred spirits and wines born of passion

Oct 25, 2019

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande general director Nicolas Glumineau (left) and Louis Roederer CEO Frédéric Rouzaud

Tasting Reports

6 Vintages and New Beginnings at Château Pichon Longueville Lalande

General director Nicolas Glumineau and Louis Roederer CEO Frédéric Rouzaud share a vertical reaching back to 1982 as they discuss the Bordeaux estate's future

Emma Balter

Oct 24, 2019

Castelli del Grevepesa is a cooperative of more than 120 winegrowers.

Tasting Highlights

8 Italian Reds at 90+ Points

It's all about Sangiovese, Tuscany's star grape, in today's selection of new releases

Eszter Balogh

Oct 24, 2019

Winemaker Lourdes Martinez Ojeda crafted this report’s top wine.

Alphabetical Listing

Alphabetical Guide to Mexico

Dec 15, 2019

Wine Spectator Alert

Stay up-to-the-minute on important wine stories

Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Greater Life Expectancy

Jan 22, 2020

A case of Resting Beethoven Face on a monument at the Tiergarten at Berlin

Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research

Jan 23, 2020

Set phasers to sun: Data (Brent Spiner, left) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) catch some shade during filming at Sunstone Winery last spring.

Make It So: How a Not-So-French Vineyard Got Cast as Star Trek's 'Château Picard'

Jan 24, 2020

Drying out for a month is easy. Practicing moderation is a lifelong endeavor.

Dry January Is B.S. How About Moderation March?

Jan 24, 2020

What Am I Tasting?

Jan 24, 2020

Ratings Flash Newsletter

Alerts when your favorite types of wines are added to the database

Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Greater Life Expectancy

Shawn Zylberberg

Jan 22, 2020

Unfiltered

Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research

Collin Dreizen

Jan 23, 2020

Unfiltered

Make It So: How a Not-So-French Vineyard Got Cast as Star Trek's 'Château Picard'

Ben O'Donnell

Jan 24, 2020

Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice

Dry January Is B.S. How About Moderation March?

Mitch Frank

Jan 24, 2020

Tasting Reports

9 Wines that Are Sonoma Strong

Alphabetical Guide to U.S. Sparkling Wines

Alphabetical Guide to Argentina

10 Stellar Piedmont Reds at 90+ Points

9 Oregon Pinot Noirs at 90+ Points

11 Rieslings from Germany and Alsace

8 Washington Wines for $25 or Less

Baja's Boom

Alphabetical Guide to Champagne

Big Tent

9 Great Values from Portugal

Tasting the Top 10 Wines of 2018

6 Vintages and New Beginnings at Château Pichon Longueville Lalande

8 Italian Reds at 90+ Points

Alphabetical Guide to Mexico

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