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Food & Wine Mouthing Off | Wine Reviews & Pairings
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Wine-Tasting Workout F&W collects experts’ exercises to help even a wine know-nothing become an insightful taster. |
What Sommeliers Know Best F&W grilled 25 sommeliers about everything. Here, their wisdom. |
Best Online Wine Shops From mega-sites to unsung insiders, these websites will help you buy great wines online. |
50 You Can Always Trust F&W’s picks for the most reliable, most readily available wines in the world—50 that won’t let you down. |
Most Trustworthy Wineries F&W’s Wine Guide highlights 500 of the most reliable producers. Ray Isle picks some favorites. |
50 Classics You Must Try What is a classic wine? It’s a wine that gives a definitive sense of a region or a style. |
150 Best Wines for $15 or Less
25 of Executive Wine Editor Ray Isle’s favorite bargains. Plus: Reds (Cabernet, Shiraz, Merlot, and Malbec) from some of the world’s best wineries; more than 60 refreshing Whites, like unoaked Chardonnays and zippy sparkling wines; and impressive Rosés from top regions like Rioja and Provence. |
10 Best Bargain Wines in the World Ray Isle blind-tasted 120 popular, under-$13 wines to discover the best, most delicious, easiest-to-find red and white values. |
In Search of Good Cheap Wine Ignore cheap Pinot, stock up on Malbec and other rules of bargain hunting from Ray Isle. |
America’s Best and Most Accessible Value Wines Ray Isle makes it easy to find a wonderful bottle no matter where you are—even if it’s a so-so wine shop or a chain restaurant. |
15 Rules for Great Wine and Food Pairings Ray Isle created pairing principles for the world’s best wines, then the F&W Test Kitchen came up with stellar recipes to match. |
Versatile Wines That Pair with (Almost) Anything Ray Isle canvasses restaurant wine pros to find the most versatile wines—bottles that also work with all kinds of meals at home. |
20 Wine Pairings to Try Before You Die Some think matching wines and foods is an exercise in snobbery. But these extraordinary pairings will make you a complete convert. |
Best CA Wineries to Visit California has thousands of winery tasting rooms, but the 75 here offer new experiences. |
A Road Trip into the Heart of American Terroir A star sommelier zips through the hilly wine country between Atlanta and Washington, DC. |
Spanish Wine Country Travel Guide A gorgeous spot, with futuristic hotels, avant-garde restaurants and monasteries now wineries. |
Bargain Bordeaux Travel France’s Bordeaux reqion has an affordable side. F&W explores its intriguing wineries, restaurants and hotels. |
The Ultimate Wine Geek Road Trip F&W’s Ray Isle drives 1,707 miles on a journey through Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Austria. |
Buying Guide | Wine Ratings Search
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Vintage Chart A year-by-year guide to the overall quality and drinkability of the wines by world regions.
Best Buy Cheat Sheet Take this list of value superstars with you on your next shopping spree.
News & Reviews Ticker | Current Web Edition (30 posts) in 6 minute rotations. Click to go to source.|
Wine Enthusiast Web Edition |
The Enthusiast 100 2013 Our favorite wines of the year. |
Top 100 Best Buys 2013 The year’s best value wines. |
Top 100 Cellar Selections 2013 The year’sbest reviewed collectibles. |
Wine for Beginners Learning to love wine is like really appreciating music or art—your pleasure is proportionate to the effort you make. |
Red Wine Basics Characteristics of red wine grapes. |
White Wine Basics Characteristics of white wine grapes. |
Wine Pairings Each season offers opportunities for the worlds of food and wine to do a graceful pas de deux. |
Wine and Cheese Wine and cheese are two of life’s great culinary pleasures, and finding the perfect match can be a delicious endeavor. |
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Wine Spectator Daily Wine Picks Under $15/$15 to $30/Over $30 |
Top 100 2013
The Top 100 reviewed in 2013, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. Here you’ll find every Top 100 list, from 2013 to 1988. |
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Alsace:
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Chile:
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Rhone/CA:
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Weekly Wine Buys | Curated by Wine Alert
Every week, we present a number of wines representing unique buying opportunities. Selection criteria include such things as high quality/price ratio, exceptional scarcity, or favorable pricing relative to the average retail price.
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eRobertParker.com Wine of the Day |
Robert Parker: 30 Years of Wine Trends A concise history from the world’s most famous wine critic.
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The New York Times Eric Asimov | Critic |
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San Francisco Chronicle Combined Wine/Drinking |
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Top 100 Wines 2013 | California Oregon Washington
The top wines coming from the West Coast right now are the best in a generation. They excel in familiar forms we know and love, like Pinot Noir and Cabernet. Yet they push boundaries, they pursue greatness with grapes both long forgotten and newly discovered on these shores. They represent a great momentum that is changing the way we enjoy wine. |
Descending Wine Course Easy-to-digest lessons, leading to an archive of essential tips that’ll make you an oenophile. |
The New Rules of Wine We talked to the best sommeliers, vintners, and career winos around to rewrite the book on this fermented-grape-juice thing. |
Everything You Know about White Wine Is Wrong “The only thing red wine does better than white is stain your clothes.”– Alan Richman |
How to Beat An Overpriced Wine List
We’ve all had the experience of sitting down for dinner with a date or a client at an unfamiliar restaurant and having to deal with a wine list where every bottle seems to be in triple figures. Alan Richman reveals the secrets to finding values on an expensive wine list. |
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Bigger Than Your Head
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Eno Bytes
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James Suckling Fmr. Editor, The Wine Spectator
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Jamie Goode’s Wine Blog
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Ken’s Wine Guide The latest 20 posts in 4 minutes
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Matching Food & Wine U.K. Pairing Site The latest 20 posts in 4 minutes
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Snooth Reviews & Pairings
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Vine Sleuth Uncorked Education, Pairings & Events
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