October 2004 Issue
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October 2004 Tastings
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Year's Best:
> Values > Zinfandel > Syrah > Australian Shiraz > Rhône > Burgundy > Brunello > Tawny Porto > American New Releases > Imported New Releases
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> Wine & Spirits' Best New Sommeliers 200
Four of the hottest new names behind America's best wine lists, from our Annual Sommelier Poll. |
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> Dial 'S' for Sommelier
Ray Isle shanghais six New York sommeliers into a game of telephone with wine and food. |
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> Raiders of the Lost Zin
Rod Smith reports on the renaissance of some of California's oldest zinfandel vineyards, hidden away in the Russian River Valley. |
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> Giant Steps
Fiona Morrison, MW, visits three young vignerons at work restoring the Rhône's ancient terraces and making some of the region's best wines. |
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> Revolution Rock
Patrick J. Comiskey heads to Walla Walla's stony vineyards to taste a new style of syrah, and talk with the band of winemakers producing it. |
