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Founded in 2012 by famed CBS sports commentator Jim Nantz and Peter Deutsch of Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, The Calling is driven by a passion for showcasing the true potential of California wine and a commitment to family-owned vineyards. With that spirit of collaboration, these featured wines channel the essence of Sonoma terroir from fog-covered hillsides to windswept oceanfront vineyards.
Wine Spectator’s Top 10 Wine Values of the Year returned for 2022, yielding another exciting and diverse crop of widely available wines rated 90 points or higher and priced at $40 or less.
You can read more about these wines in the February issue of Wine Spectator and here at WineSpectator.com, but without any further ado… let the countdown begin!
Few pairings are as happy as cheese and wine, and some matches are straight-up sublime. Case in point: Creamy brie and bright Champagne. Find out why they're a match made in heaven!
At Wine Spectator's 2022 New York Wine Experience, the Bordeaux first-growth’s spirit shines in a vertical tasting covering four decades with Mouton-Rothschild co-owner Philippe Sereys de Rothschild.
Winemaker Mike Waller, a protégé of Calera founding winemaker Josh Jensen, gives us a look at Calera's de Villiers vineyard parcel and how he and Jensen learned to make it a success for Pinot Noir.
In Bordeaux's Pauillac appellation, Château Lynch Bages co-owner Jean-Charles Cazes gives us a tour of the estate's new cellars and a taste of the young 2020 vintage, the first produced in Lynch Bages' new state-of-the-art facility.
Portugal is home to a wide range of notable wines that sometimes don’t get the attention they deserve. Among them are the full-bodied reds and aromatic whites of southern Portugal’s Alentejo DOC. Join Wine Spectator's Alison Napjus and Kristen Bieler for this fun introduction to Alentejo, including how to say it, which grapes are the region's stars, what to expect from the wines and which foods to pair them with.
Château Cheval-Blanc technical director Pierre-Olivier Clouet shares his fondest memory of his nearly 20 years at this iconic St.-Emilion estate on Bordeaux's Right Bank, and the 2011 vintage connected to it.
Credit: Filmed and edited by Petrus Desbois
At Wine Spectator's 2022 New York Wine Experience, the Bordeaux first-growth’s spirit shines in a vertical tasting covering four decades with Mouton-Rothschild co-owner Philippe Sereys de Rothschild.
What's the right way to pop a bottle of sparkling wine? Watch this quick and easy tutorial for everything you need to know!
How well do you know these exciting traditional-method sparkling wines from Italy's mountainous Trentino region? Wine Spectator's editors introduce us to this historic region and its winemaking traditions, terroir, key grapes and much more!
Few pairings are as happy as cheese and wine, and some matches are straight-up sublime. Case in point: Stilton blue cheese from England and Port fortified wine from Portugal's Douro Valley.
