February 2018


February 2018
Wines of the Future


Editor’s Note
Cabernet & Nero: Tales of Two Coasts
Editor’s Note
Contributors
Fined & Filtered
California’s North Coast housing crisis, by Elaine Chukan Brown
Happenings
Books
Meehan’s Bartender Manual, reviewed by Rachel DelRocco
Tastings
Year’s Best
US Syrah & GrenacheNorthern Rhône Wines
Mosel Rieslings
Finger Lakes Wines
West Coast Rieslings
Portuguese Wines
Focus On
AustraliaSouth Africa
New Releases
Best for $12 or LessNorth American
Imported
Editorial Features
Destination: Vancouver


With access to fresh seafood, proximity to local farms and more than 300 local wineries, Vancouver offers some of the most exciting dining around. Treve Ring tours the city’s highlights for great food and drink.
Red, White & Green


With all the noise about sustainability these days, Tyler Colman looks at some of the measures that matter.
Mediterranean McLaren Vale


Given longer dry spells and higher temperatures, vintners in McLaren Vale are planting alternatives to shiraz. Allison Bart reports on some of their more delicious successes.
Mountain Rescue


David Schildknecht follows the Betterung, a group of vintners bent on reclaiming abandoned vineyards on some of the Mosel’s most terrifyingly steep slopes.
New Wave Cabernet


Joshua Greene heads to Australia’s Indian Ocean coast to consider what makes Margaret River cabernet sauvignon unlike anything else in the world.