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Previous issue: Sept. 30, 2008
Cover Story
Europe’s Best Bargains With the dollar touching new lows against the euro, it’s time for fans of Old World wines to focus on bottlings that ease the budget. We present more than 200 wines priced at $15 or less that don’t skimp on character
Values Guide The complete list of reds, whites and rosés sorted by score, price and and country of origin
- WineSpectator.com Value Wine Finder: Website members can browse our exclusive, convenient lists of the world's top wine values and top value producers, plus use the Personal Wine List tool to create a shopping list of the wines you want.
Features
Tasting Reports
Australia’s Refined Reds Aided by a series of balanced vintages, winemakers Down Under are aiming for elegance
- WineSpectator.com: An alphabetical chart of all wines tasted for this report is available.
Wine
Aging Australian Reds The best Shirazes and Cabernet Sauvignons the country has to offer prove their mettle with time
A Decade in the Bottle
- WineSpectator.com BONUS VIDEO: Learn more about Australian wines with Harvey Steiman, who has conducted a series of video tastings covering Cabernet, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz.
People
Havana’s Best Sommelier Zudlay Nápoles pursues her wine passion in an unlikely place
Cellar Notes
Southern Rhône: Gigondas Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s “little cousin” is showing off its own style
- WineSpectator.com BONUS VIDEO: Join James Molesworth as he tastes a pair of wines from two distinct areas within Gigondas, the hillside and the plateau. Plus check out his 2006 and 2007 Southern Rhône vintage analysis and his blogs from his visits to many other Southern and Northern Rhône estates during June and July 2008. Members can read all about his tastings of the 2007 barrel samples and soon-to-be-released 2006 wines.
Departments
This Issue
This Issue Marvin R. Shanken
Upfront
Government suspends imports of Montepulciano and St.-Emilion wines; link between red wine and breast cancer remains unclear; Pax Wine Cellars embroiled in lawsuits; proposed web-ad rules anger French winemakers; GrapeVine
- WineSpectator.com Keep up with breaking news as well as the people, places and happenings that wine lovers are talking about.
Tastes
Cooking with spirits; Sydney hot spots; American chocolate makers
- WineSpectator.com Try more dishes that involve cooking with spirits. Website members can find recipes for chicken sauté with bourbon and roast pork with tarragon brandy sauce in our Recipe Search.
Dining Out
Dining Out San Francisco
- WineSpectator.com Find information on more great dining destinations in our online Restaurant Search, which features more than 4,000 restaurants with Wine Spectator award-winning wine lists. Members can now add their own ratings and reviews.
Savvy Shopper
The Saavy Shopper Reds from Australia and Tuscany, plus German Riesling
Columns
James Laube Wine and politics
- WineSpectator.com In recent blog posts, James Laube discusses why restaurants shouldn't charge for "dead" wines and how they should price older wines, plus he wonders how wine producers came up with some of the odd brand names on the market.
Matt Kramer Is wine art?
Bruce Sanderson German Riesling through the years
James Molesworth To taste or not to taste
Letters
Collecting
Wine Spectator Auction Index drops slightly in the first half of the year; a vertical tasting of St. Henri, Penfolds’ “other” Shiraz
- WineSpectator.com: Complete tasting notes for the Penfolds St. Henri vertical discussed in this report are available.
- WineSpectator.com: Website members can search the site's complete Auction Price Database, which tracks prices and performance for more than 12,000 collectible and cellar-worthy wines recently sold at commercial auctions. Also available are analyses of the latest auction results and a calendar of upcoming auctions.
Wine Talk
Wine Talk Actor Dennis Haysbert
The Buying Guide
View a list of all tasting notes from this issue. Or for more than 203,000 tasting notes, use WineSpectator.com's Wine Ratings Search, where you can sort by region, variety, vintage, price, score and tasting date.
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CELEBRATE OUR 200,000TH WINE RATING: WineSpectator.com will soon reach a milestone: 200,000 wine ratings in our online database! Celebrate this achievement with free access to our site from Sept. 23 until Oct. 1. Check out our entire ratings database, editors' blogs and more at no cost. VIDEO CONTEST FINALISTS: The submission period for Wine Spectator's second annual video contest has ended, and our editors have selected the best entries. Now it's time for you to choose your favorite. Vote on our Web site from Sept. 8 through Sept. 14. The first-place winner will receive a pair of tickets to the Wine Experience, and the top video will be revealed on WineSpectator.com on Tuesday, Sept. 16. VIDEOS: We now have hundreds of free videos on our Web site. Check out some of the latest:
FALL ENTERTAINING: We present some wines and recipes to help ease your transition from the warm summer weather into crisper fall temperatures. HARVEST REPORTS: Learn about the quality of the 2008 crop straight from the winemakers as the grapes come in. |
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CALIFORNIA TASTING HIGHLIGHTS: Senior editor James Laube and our other California editors are now posting weekly highlights from their latest tastings. Check the Web site often for scores and notes on hot new Cabernets, Pinot Noirs, Syrahs and more. THE AUCTION ADVANTAGE: Fall is a busy season for wine auctions. Find out what your wines are worth using our Auction Price Database, which tracks the performance of more than 12,000 collectible wines. Plus, read analysis of the latest auction results. |
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