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The Best New Cotes du Rhone Releases
IWC, France: Rhône & Beaujolais
, Apr 2014
Given the wide range of styles, not to mention varying levels of quality, within the far-reaching and all-encompassing "Cotes-du-Rhone" category, generalizing about the wines would simply be simply impossible--or at the very least, highly misleading
2012 and 2011 Northern Rhone Wines
IWC, France: Rhône & Beaujolais
, Mar 2014
Winegrowers in the northern Rhone Valley have enjoyed a virtually unbroken string of good to legendary vintages (with 2002 being the bad guy) since the early 1990s, a run of luck that is unprecedented in this often-cool continental climate
The Wines of Southern Italy
IWC, Italy: Center & South
, Mar 2014
Southern Italy is an increasingly interesting place for wine lovers to visit, virtually or in person
2011 Red Burgundies
IWC, France: Burgundy
, Mar 2014
At its best, 2011 is a vintage of considerable charm for the red wines of the Cote d'Or--and especially those from the Cote de Nuits
Best New Releases from Argentina
IWC, Argentina
, Mar 2014
Making vintage generalizations for this huge wine-soaked country is a tricky proposition--after all, we're talking about well over a thousand miles from Salta in the north to the main wine-producing areas of Patagonia in Argentina's extreme south
Vertical Tasting of Chateau Branaire-Ducru
IWC, Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Bordeaux
, Mar 2014
Branaire-Ducru is a storied Bordeaux property whose wines are remarkably consistent and high in quality
Vertical Tasting of Chateau Pavie Macquin
IWC, Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Bordeaux
, Mar 2014
Château Pavie Macquin is one of the most improved Saint-Emilion wines of the last 20 years
Focus on Chile
IWC, Chile
, Feb 2014
Slowly but surely, Chile has been gaining respect for producing more than just a handful of world-class wines
2012 and 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas and Vacqueyras
IWC
, Jan 2014
Following the universal success of the 2010s in the southern Rhone Valley and the sometimes-as-stellar 2009s, 2011 was predestined to land in their shadows unless the vintage turned out perfectly
2012 Red Burgundies
IWC, France: Burgundy
, Jan 2014
For a vintage that produced so many utterly compelling red Burgundies, 2012 could easily have been a disaster