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What's Hot in the U.S. in 2013?

Top Honor For Baroness Philippine de Rothschild

Chinese Wineries Target European Market

French Producers Feel Impact Of E.U.-China Trade Row

Features

Top 12 Wine Fakes

Maureen Downey selects her favorites from amongst the many counterfeit wines she has encountered.

An Easy Way to Open Champagne

New invention extracts the pain from pulling a cork.

Interviews

L-R: Domaine Drouhin in Oregon; Véronique Drouhin-Boss; Maison Joseph Drouhin vines in Burgundy

Q&A: Veronique Drouhin-Boss, Domaine Drouhin & Maison Joseph Drohin

"My grandfather said the wines of Burgundy need to be complex, they need to be elegant, they need to age well. My father said, since you are the one that tasted the most, you need to make sure in the future you respect that."

Q&A: Doug Shafer, Shafer Vineyards, Napa Valley

"If we were 10 or 15 miles away in Sonoma I wouldn't be making hillside cabernet. This little spot is like Goldilocks and the Three Bears: not too hot, not too cold, just right."

Unusual Suspects

Cork collector Duane Saunders' lovingly restored BMW Isetta

Drinking E. European Wine? Save That Cork!

Wine lovers take all forms, including those who treasure the packaging as much as what's inside. Claire Adamson reports.

Science Corner

Seasonal workers pick grapes in Champagne; a "Clever Robots for Crops" technician (C) carries out tests on a manipulator

Champagne Keen to Investigate Machine Harvesting

Increased employment costs prompt a new look at picking the region's grapes.

Case Study

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

Tyler Colman gets the lowdown on this "unsung" third growth located in St. Julien.

Food & Drink

Eric Guérin & Pigeon

One chef, one ingredient, matching wines.

Thierry Marx & Roussillon Apricots

One chef, one ingredient, matching wines.

The Bookshelf

The Legends Behind the Folklore Of Wine

Richard Vine considers some of the curious stories that surround the subject of wine.

A Wine To Remember

Tom Lubbe & 1978 Chateau Rayas

Olivier Bernard & 1964 Domaine de Chevalier

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.

Chenas is smallest of the ten Beaujolais Cru wine-growing areas. It takes its name from the forests of oak trees (chênes in French) that once dotted the surrounding hillside. Many of the vineyards that previously belonged to Chenas have now passed into the hands of its southern neighbor, Moulin-a-Vent.... more

Recommended wines

Want wine advice? Our 'Best Buys' recommendation feature will find the best value wines for your money.

Parellada is one of the three principal grape varieties (alongside Macabeo and Xarel-lo) used in the production of Cava. Native to mountainous Catalonia, Parellada performs best at higher altitudes, where the growing season is longer and cooler, allowing the grape's trademark acidity and citrus flavors to develop fully.... more

Asian Palate Jeannie Cho Lee

Jeannie Cho Lee MW is a wine critic, consultant, author and educator from South Korea, now based permanently in Hong Kong. In 2008 Jeannie became the very first Asian-born Master of Wine (MW), and just three years later appeared on Decanter Magazine’s ‘Power List’ of the world wine trade’s most influential figures.... more

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