August 2019
Departments
Editor’s Note
To the beach
Contributors
Fined & Filtered
Mexican wine crosses the border, by Rachel DelRocco Terrazas
Happenings
WSLA Drink + Eat 2019
Snapshots from the W&S benefit for LA Waterkeeper.
Best Buys for $12 or Less
Tastings
Year’s Best
Summer Sparklers
US Rieslings
Vinhos Verdes
Galician Wines
Provence Rosés
US Rosés
Greek Wines
Focus On
Chile Costa
Baja
New Releases
Imported
US
Editorial Features
Sparkling Taco Crawl
The Wine & Spirits team hits the streets of Los Angeles with bubbles for camarones and carnitas.
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Patrick J. Comiskey explores the rise of artisanal, site-expressive sparkling wine in California and Oregon.
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Patricio Tapia heads to the coastal hills of Penedès, where growers are focusing on local varieties to fascinating effect.
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Wines from Greece’s white volcanic island have become as popular as the international tourism that threatens to overrun the vines. Tara Q. Thomas reports on one of the world’s most distinctive wines coming of age.