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1 month ago | 
newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Jason Wilson
Stating the obvious: Serious Napa Cabernet ain’t cheap, and many highly-coveted wines from highly-prized estates are only available via allocation lists—which have long waiting lists themselves. While the number of unavailable wines herein may frustrate, a good chunk of the below are still easy to find. This may also state the obvious, but when dealing with Napa Cabernet, it’s a good rule of thumb here to assume that pricing is far more a function of market demand rather than pure quality.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Alexandra McInnis |JR Thomason |Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson
When discussing the wines of Alto Piemonte, the subsection of Italy’s Piedmont region that’s north of the famous Langhe, many people reach for the word “renaissance.” But it’s almost impossible not to. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Alto Piemonte was reborn, with DOC status granted to its individual appellations and a major initiative to replant its abandoned vineyards.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | JR Thomason |Alexandra McInnis |Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson
It’s easy to pick on the Bordeaux Grand Crus. They’re just so uncool. A still-strong association with the famed but deeply-unfashionable critic Robert Parker hasn’t helped, even though he pretty much stopped scoring Bordeaux in 2015.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Patrick Comiskey |Jason Wilson
Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:🍇 “Tradition dictates that Grenache must be constrained. Except when it’s not. In the last decade and a half a host of California Grenache producers . . . have veered away from the heat zones, and eased up on ripeness. An entirely new style has emerged, transparent and lean, aromatic, mineral, lifted.”🐣 The next generation of phenomenal Loire Cab Franc producers. 🫰 15 wine pros on their favorite bargains.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Patrick Comiskey |Jason Wilson |Fintan Kerr |Susannah Skiver Barton
Grenache is heat-seeking. Everybody knows this. Grenache hugs the Mediterranean Sea like a pasty-faced Scandinavian in search of a suntan in February. It thrives in torrid Barossa and arid Spain, it cozies up to cobblestones in Châteauneuf-du-Pape as if those fist-sized rocks were slippers.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Jason Wilson |Fintan Kerr |Susannah Skiver Barton
It was early evening in Barcelona—that wonderful time in Spain when work is over, but the sun is out, and dinner is still a few hours away. I lounged outside a buzzing bar called Morro Fi, drinking vermouth over ice, and nibbling olives, potato chips, and convervas, those tinned fish that are such a delicacy in Iberia. Morro Fi is sleek and modern, with a minimalist interior and equally minimalist menu. “We only serve vermouth, beer, and snacks,” said owner Marcel Fernandez.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson |Nils Bernstein
February is typically a slow season for new whiskey releases, but there are still a few noteworthy bottles to keep an eye on, hailing from Kentucky, Colorado, and Indiana. There’s an American single malt of advanced age, and a single-barrel bourbon that’s even older—both pretty spendy. Also on the high end: Woodford Reserve’s full-size bottles of Double Double Oaked, available for the first time nationwide.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Nils Bernstein |Jason Wilson |Susannah Skiver Barton
In the world of wine, the idea of age-worthiness and astronomic price has sadly become conflated. A few months ago, I wrote a plaintive essay against the idea of wine collecting as an “investment,” fueled by predictions from critics on pricey bottles from certain regions and producers that will presumably increase in value as the years roll on. I made the case that there’s something intangible, ineffable about aging wine.
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2 months ago | 
newwinereview.com | Nils Bernstein |Jason Wilson |Susannah Skiver Barton
It’s the country’s second-largest wine producing state, but there are a lot of mixed messages out there about Washington wine.On one hand, it’s known for corpulent collectors’ reds like Cayuse, Leonetti, and Quilceda Creek; on the other, for everyday sippers from Chateau Ste. Michelle, and Columbia Crest. Cab and Riesling dominate the market but canny connoisseurs will want to seek out Rhône varieties and Sauvignon Blanc.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
newwinereview.com | Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson
Few industries rely more heavily on tradition and legacy than whiskey. And when it comes to American whiskey, bourbon—and its Kentucky roots—dominate the conversation. But that leaves out a huge chunk of the story—something Laura Fields is trying to change.
