June 2019




Departments
Editor’s Note
BYO Summer Thirst
Contributors
Fined & Filtered
The Canning Line by Karen Moneymaker.
Happenings
Letter from Bordeaux
Fiona Morrison, MW, on 2018 en primeur.
Tastings
Year’s Best
Top 100 Values of the Year
US Zinfandels & Mixed Blacks
Sicilian Wines
Ribera del Duero Wines
Maipo Reds
Focus On
Canned Wines
Campanian Whites
Armenia
Uruguay
New Releases
Imported
US
Editorial Features
Retail Challenge: San Francisco


Looking for a great bottle for your favorite Sichuan BYO? Six SF retailers vie to find the best match for $20 or less. Barbara Haimes reports on the tasting and the feast.
Jamaican Rum


Rachel DelRocco Terrazas heads to Kingston to taste the spirit the locals prefer.
Noah’s Vines


Armenia’s 6,000-year history of wine production virtually abandoned, a host of expats are returning to explore local varieties and ancient techniques, fashioning one of the most exciting new wine regions at the bridge between Europe and Asia. John Szabo, MS, reports.
Atlantic Tannat


Julie H. Case lands in Montevideo to discover how the tannic grape of France’s Madiran has found its New World calling in refreshing and bright coastal reds.
Special Report: W&S Value All-Stars


46 wineries you can count on for delicious drinking at $20 or less.
Teldeschi Red: Classic Dry Creek Zin


Through interviews with Joel Peterson and the Teldeschi brothers, as well as his own experience with Teldeschi’s grapes, David Darlington reports on a family of growers who have shaped the identity of Dry Creek.
Tastings
Year’s Best
Focus On
New Releases
Imported
US
Best Buys at $XX or Less
Editorial Features
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