

Departments
Editor’s Note
Bubbles Come First
Fined & Filtered
Alissa Bica bellies up to the amaro bar and experiments with grappa.
Our staff reviews the latest additions to the industry’s bookshelves: Chianti Classico: The Atlas, The Wine Bible, The Concise Guide to Wine & Blind Tasting, Via Carota
Patrick Comiskey visits Mother Tongue in Los Angeles.
Susannah Smith reports on truffles from North Carolina.
Personal Taste: Turning 21
Cristie Norman considers a spiderweb of taste memories from tea to Coche-Dury.
Tastings
100 Best for $20 or Less
US Chardonnay
Burgudy
Barolo & Barbaresco
US Cabernet & Blends
Mendoza Malbec
New Releases
Editorial Features
Bubble Refresh


As the climate changes, Tyler Colman reports on chalk-grown English fizz coming of age and Joshua Greene checks in on site-defined sparklers across North America.
Napa Valley Resilience


Will the bounty of the valley be defined by cabernet sauvignon? Dan Petroski of Massican and Leo McCloskey of Enologix share their perspectives on the future of California’s premier wine-growing region. Interviews by Elaine Chukan Brown and David Darlington.
Prohibited No Longer: American Single Malt


American Single Malt isn’t new, but it is newly legal. Chantal Martineau reports on the diversity of new American whiskies.
This story appears in the print issue of Winter 2022.
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