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Don't Forget Your Toothbrush on World Sherry Day

Luxury Lots Lure Bidders to Napa

Singaporean Pays $10m For Bordeaux Chateau

Acker Merrall's $5 Million Anniversary Sale

Science Corner

One of the team of "butterfly confusers" out among the vines

The Butterfly Battle in Champagne

Caroline Henry dons wet weather gear to report from Champagne on an annual campaign to trick the deadly grape worm.

Features

L-R: Ntsiki Biyela and Howard Booysen will be among the first recipients of Wine for the World funding

A Helping Hand For Young South African Producers

$25,000 target to provide U.S. expertise to promising winemakers in the Rainbow Republic.

The Fall of the British Wine Empire

As the London Wine Fair 2013 kicks off, our new columnist, Tim Atkin MW, asks whether reports of the U.K. wine trade's demise are greatly exaggerated.

Interviews

Q&A: Gina Gallo, Winemaker

"I’d hope people would remember me as fun, honest, and someone who loved making wine and her community."

Q&A: Charlie Arturaola, Sommelier

"Tuscany is my favorite. I love the hospitality and romanticism of the Italians. Tuscany is what takes my heart away."

Unusual Suspects

Wine On the Wall

For many wine lovers, wine crates hold an aesthetic appeal. But with cardboard boxes taking over, where can one find them? A French entrepreneur has the solution.

Case Study

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About... Chateau Montrose

First-growth quality from billionaire brothers' second-growth estate.

The Bookshelf

Blood On the Vines

Wine and crime fiction are natural bedfellows.

A Wine To Remember

Ashley Hepworth & 2003 Ausone

Lilian Barton & 1945 Léoville Barton

Food & Drink

Christophe Raoaux & Asparagus

One chef, one ingredient, matching wines.

Gala Dinner Launches Cannes Film Festival

Pouring rain and chilly critics dampen Cannes opening.

Critics Pick

What the Critics Are Drinking...

Star Wines

The Top 10 best value wines in the world, as rated by the world's wine critics.

California is comfortably the United States' largest wine region. Occupying the southern two-thirds of the US west coast (Oregon and Washington make up the rest), the state spans almost ten degrees of latitude and 850 miles (1370km) of coastline. With mountains, valleys, plains and plateaux, the topography here is as complex as the climate.... more

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Dafni is a white wine grape from the Greek island of Crete. It bears the name of a beautiful Greek nymph, whose bewitching beauty caused the sun god Apollo to fall deeply in love with her. The Greeks named the bay tree laurus nobilis after her, and in turn the 'Dafni' grape, whose wines bare a distinctive laurel-leaf scent.... more

Stephen Tanzer

Stephen Tanzer is a US-based wine critic. He has edited and published his bi-monthly International Wine Cellar newsletter since 1985. This bimonthly guide is funded entirely by its subscribers and is widely respected for its down-to-earth, independent approach and freedom from advertising.... more

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