April 2000



In This Issue:

Destination Restaurants
>From Alsace to Zinfandel, W&S travels to a dozen top restaurants where a passion for regional wines or spirits drives aficionados to their doors.


Napa's Chardonnay Survivors
>As the Napa Valley has evolved, many of its chardonnay vines have migrated to the cool soils of Carneros. Rod Smith considers the upper-valley chardonnays that survived replanting and continue to thrive.


Once Bitten
>David Schildknecht got the gruner veltliner bug five years ago, but he's no longer alone. What is it that's so seductive and beguiling about Austria's native white?

 

Fire & Spice
>Which wines can handle curry? Bill St. John breaks out his mortar, pestle and corkscrew in search of answers.


Dot.Com Diners
>Where are today's young Internet moguls eating, and which wines are they drinking? Taylor Antrim wines and dines with the cell phone-and-laptop set.


Exclusive Feature
The W&S 11th Annual Restaurant Poll
>What are the hottest-selling wines in America's most popular restaurants? W&S's authoritative annual overview tracks the best-sellers and the up-and-comers alike.


PLUS:

  • April Tasting Stats
  • Top 10 Chardonnays
  • Best Values Under $10
  • American Chardonnay
  • Vintage Port 1997
  • American New Releases
  • Imported New Releases