December 2002 Issue

December Tasting > December Tasting Stats > Best Values > Top Ten Cabernet & Red Blends > Cabernet Sauvignon & Red Blends > Champagne Buyer's Guide > 2000 Vintage Porto > American New Releases > Imported New Releases

In This Issue: > Paris When It Sparkles When you're wandering in the City of Lights, where's the best place to catch a quick glass of Champagne? Philipp Blom goes on a quest for the best Champagne lists of Paris.   > Banking on Botrytis New investments and a string of superb vintages have brought Sauternes its greatest success in years. Fiona Morrison, MW, stops in at some of the top châteaux. > Winery Dining on the Danube & the Rhine Tara Q. Thomas tours Austria's traditional heurigen, while David Schildknecht checks into some of Germany's best weinstuben, and both of them find a wealth of food and drink for curious travellers.   > Piedmont's Character Actors Nebbiolo is king in Piedmont, but that hasn't stopped the region's top winemakers from blending it with a host of other varieties. David Lynch reports on the rise of the new "Super-Piedmont" wines. > Cabernet Rising Rod Smith climbs Napa Valley's Howell Mountain to unearth the sources of some of California's biggest, boldest cabernet sauvignon.