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WINERY SPOTLIGHT Lazy Creek Vineyards, Anderson Valley, California
Vance Booher, ACWP, CWS
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Preview Issue
2007
Mendocino: The name conjures up towering stands of redwood trees and the stark,
beautiful loneliness of the Pacific Coast. But just a few miles inland from those rocky shores, followin
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WINERY SPOTLIGHT Cheval des Andes, Mendoza, Argentina
David Vogels, CWP
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January 31
2010
This white horse is carrying the ancient spirit of St. Émilion to Argentina.
If you’ve ever wanted to know what a St. Émilion tasted like before phylloxera, there may be a less e
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INTERVIEW Andrew Bell, American Sommelier Association, New York
Matthew Conway, ASA
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March 15
2010
This businessman is known for his ability to educate wine professionals on every level.
Andrew Bell is the president and CEO—and, one might say, the heart and soul—of New York’
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Jason Smith, Bellagio, Las Vegas
Fred Minnick
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April 30
2010
This Master Sommelier is redefining the wine-director position from the vantage point of a luxury resort.
Jason Smith certainly knows his wine: he is equally adept at pairing an
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WINERY SPOTLIGHT André et Mireille Tissot, Montigny-les-Arsures, France
Patricia Savoie
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July 31
2011
“A wine made with love and passion produces emotions. You can find in a wine the personality of those who made it, because every decision has an impact. When we speak of ‘natural’ wines, yo
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Madeira: The Wine of Patience
Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod
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January 15
2013
Jutting from an abyssal Atlantic plain three and a half miles deep, the Portuguese
island of Madeira is the craggy, lush jewel of a tiny archipelago. The name means
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The Wines of Moldova: Discovering velvet behind the Iron Curtain
Jason Tesauro
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November 30
2011
Twice, they slaughtered the spring lamb for us. A 9-year-old chess prodigy, son of a signer of his country’s Declaration of Independence, checkmated me in four moves. And then there was the
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COVER STORY Ribera del Duero
Jason Tesauro
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July 15
2012
Spain’s Ribera del Duero may be a textbook case in the wine world, but it’s a still an unfinished tale. The main characters—we’ll call them Tradition and Modernity—follow a familiar storyline:
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Markus Del Monego, Lufthansa, Essen, Germany
Jason Tesauro
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July 31
2010
Lufthansa’s wine director is the flying sommelier.
Whether it was due to my smoking jacket or to my irresistible combination of sleeplessness and juniper, Lufthansa had bumped m
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COVER STORY Albariño: Putting Rías Baixas on the wine map
Jason Tesauro
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January 31
2010
“Take the roundabout and turn right,” said my GPS in a stiff British accent. But there was no right turn, only a barrier separating pavement from the freshly bulldozed Galician soil where an
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TASTING PANEL Château Musar
Jason Tesauro
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October 31
2010
The ageless legend of Lebanon goes on and on.
“It’s difficult to find the words,” said David Denton, CWE, CSS, of the 1961 Château Musar Blanc. “I had an emotional response to th
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Vino-Tech: Decoding Terroir One Terabyte at a Time
Jason Tesauro
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December 15
2010
Loosely paraphrasing Gil Scott-Heron, the wine revolution will not be Parkerized. Despite the influence of the international style, flying winemakers, micro-oxygenation, and the like on wine
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COVER STORY Baristamour: An Enophile Falls for a New Berry
Jason Tesauro
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June 15
2011
Dear Rosé,
We need to talk. There’s someone else. She runs hot and cold, but w
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Avvinare: the reasoning behind the seasoning
Jason Tesauro
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February
2009
As the Roman Empire’s influence spread through military engagement, trade, and migration, so did the worship of Bacchus and, with it, a campaign for more serious winemaking. Of course, with
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Kristie Jones, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Jason Tesauro
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August
2009
This is one cool cat in the house of mouse.
When my wife suggested we take a family holiday to Walt Disney World, my wine life flashed before my eyes. The kids would love the Mag
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CLOSING TIME Postprandial quaffers
Jason Wilson
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January 31
2011
After-dinner ennui: Whither the postprandial quaff?
Some years before I started writing about spirits, near the end of an unsuccessful work trip, I found myself dining alone in
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TASTING PANEL Rioja Reservas and Gran Reservas
David Vogels, CWP
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July 31
2010
The reservas were stylish, but the gran reservas were stunning.
Considering the affordable prices of the 19 Riojas judged by our eight-member panel, this may have been the best
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CLOSING TIME Wines to meditate on
Jason Wilson
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October 15
2011
Some wines are really worth meditating over.
Sometimes you just don’t want to mix wine with food. I realize this is borderline heresy to sommeliers, but every once in a while, a
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TASTING PANEL Bual and Malmsey Madeiras
David Furer, CWE
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November 30
2012
After-dinner Madeiras impress the panel.
As much we admire its noble cultural history and wistfully recollect our occasional encounters with it, how often do most of us regular
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT 2012 SJ Terroir Experience, Mendocino, California
Randy Caparoso
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October 15
2012
Sommeliers on our annual trek explored Mendocino County from Eagle Peak to the Islands in the Sky.
Bill Summerville, sommelier of La Belle Vie in Minneapolis, succinctly summed up th
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FOR OPENERS A toast to Tom Watson
David Vogels, CWP
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August
2009
The 2009 vintage belonged to Stewart Cink, but let’s raise a glass of Bordeaux to Tom Watson.
I really didn’t think
Sommelier Journal
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TASTING PANEL Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons
David Vogels, CWP
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August
2008
For Sommelier Journal’s first vertical tasting of a single wine, it seemed appropriate to visit Groth Vineyards & Winery in Oakville, Calif.
The winery was just about to rele
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Jill Zimorski, ThinkFoodGroup, Washington, D.C.
Kelly Magyarics
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June 15
2011
This D.C. sommelier has made a career of studying food-and-drink pairings.
Usually as affable and approachable as the Albariño she recommends with
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INTERVIEW Josh Jensen, Calera Wine Company, Mount Harlan, California
Catherine Fallis, MS, ACWP
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July
2009
Limestone is the magic ingredient for this neo-Burgundian winemaker perched atop the Gabilan Mountains.
Calera had been on my radar from the earliest days of my wine education.
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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March
2009
Service Tip
Creating an inexpensive wine-list binder
In my third year of working the floor at our bistro, I decided I needed a new approach to the appearance of
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TASTING PANEL 2007 Garys’ Vineyard Pinot Noirs
Dave Eriksen
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October
2009
Judges for the 2009 Monterey County Fair Wine Challenge weighed in on a cross-section of wines from this renowned vineyard. I was asked to put together a distinguished panel of wine
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WINERY SPOTLIGHT Quady Winery, Madera, California
Catherine Fallis, MS, ACWP
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June 15
2011
A remote winery has blazed a path for California dessert bottlings.
At three hours from San Francisco and two and a half from San Jose, Calif., Quady Winery is very much off the
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE
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July 31
2010
Charlie Palmer Steak on Capitol Hill is a favorite restaurant of many of the nation’s legislators. Under wine director Nadine Brown, it features an all-American wine list representing nearly a
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COVER STORY Elqui and Limarí: Chile’s Northern Valleys
Patricia Savoie
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October
2009
The bus from La Serena airport in far northern Chile to the Elqui Valley runs through a stretch of the Atacama Desert. The dull-gray mountains are prickled with cactus, like stubble on a gia
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SPECIAL REPORT Argentina
Catherine Fallis, MS, CWP
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April
2009
Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world—and the largest of all Spanish-speaking countries—in terms of land mass. Thanks to the majestic Andes Mountains, brilliant year-round sun
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TERROIR Cole Ranch, Mendocino, California
Catherine Fallis, MS, CWP
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October
2008
Ask any sommelier certification candidate about Cole Ranch, and you’ll likely get either a smile or a grimace, depending on the test results.
Cole Ranch pops up frequently in test que
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SHOP TALK
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January 31
2011
What makes a good wine-by-the-glass candidate, and why?
When making selections for my by-the-glass wine programs, I like to keep in mind that serving wine by the glass is universal in
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CLOSING TIME A new tasting vocabulary
Ken Collura
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October 15
2012
The future of tasting notes has arrived.
Throughout my career, I’ve often found myself at odds with wine writers whose descriptions can be so florid and convoluted—both in conv
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TERROIR Soave, Veneto, Italy
Tom Hyland
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January 31
2011
A new vision prevails in a once-maligned region of northern Italy.
A little more than a decade ago, the image of Soave was less than stellar, to say the least. A pleasant, dry wh
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WINERY SPOTLIGHT Barrister Winery, Spokane, Washington
Cara Gardner
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September
2008
A vacation can often be the catalyst for inspiration.
In the case of Greg Lipsker and Michael White, two Spokane, Wash., attorneys on a weekend getaway with their families, th
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COVER STORY South Africa's Coastal Districts on the Rise
Joanna Breslin
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July
2009
South Africa may finally be emerging as one of the world’s great wine-producing countries. Its long history with wine began when the first vines were planted in Constantia in 1655, but its h
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COVER STORY Friuli: Rolling hills and multifaceted wines
Tom Hyland
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June 15
2010
Friuli, like most wine regions in Italy, has multiple personalities. The shimmering white wines produced from hillside vineyards in the eastern reaches of the territory are the trademarks o
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FOR OPENERS Friuli’s strength is Sauvignon
David Vogels, CWP
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December 15
2010
A marketing suggestion for Friulian winemakers: play to your strength.
The Friulians may not be the greatest wine marketers, but they sure know where to take a visitor for maxim
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MATCH POINT Pairing with modernist cuisine
Joyce Goldstein
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April 30
2011
Molecular gastronomy doesn’t necessarily make sommeliers superfluous.
No doubt you’ve been reading about it, and perhaps wondering how this new way of cooking called “molecular
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Montsant: The “Other” Priorat
Ben Narasin
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November
2008
Spain’s recent success in producing high-quality wines at economical prices—first from Rioja, and more lately from Priorat—is paving the way for its lesser-known appellations. It’s a repeati
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TERROIR Champoux Vineyards, Prosser, Washington
Christina Kelly
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July
2009
Some of the best Cabernets in Washington have Champoux on their labels.
Paul Champoux knows the seasons of his vineyard intuitively. As the third generation of a family of farmer
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Todd Thrasher, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, Virginia
Kerry Newberry
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October
2009
Todd Thrasher is a sommelier who’s not afraid to experiment.
Todd Thrasher has
Top Gun
hair. The style is similar to Iceman’s, b
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MAILBOX, NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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March 15
2010
Mailbox
Postcard
In the early ’90s, many Virginia wines were dire and most were middling, with only a few winners from Rhône-varietal pioneer Dennis Horton. Hort
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WINERY SPOTLIGHT MacPhail Family Wines, Healdsburg, California
Catherine Fallis, MS
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August 31
2012
James MacPhail combines a sense of place with family values.
With a background in hotel management yet a love of the great outdoors, James MacPhail decided in 1995 to trade the
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COVER STORY 2012 Sommelier’s Choice
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January 15
2013
For the past three years, we at Sommelier Journal have asked our
contributors and other top wine professionals to select their most memorable
bottlings of
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FOR OPENERS Pedro for President
David Vogels, CWP
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March
2009
Pedro for President? The grape, at least, gets my vote in the pairing competition.
Google “Pedro for President,” and you’ll see a bunch of citations and souvenirs related to the
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COVER STORY Fall Release Report
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October 15
2012
CALIFORNIA
North Coast
Discussing the current harvest, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars winemaker Nicki Pruss lit up: "2012 is setting up to offer both high quality and a h
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APPELLATION Mendoza, Argentina
Fred Minnick
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April 15
2012
Mendoza winemakers are moving beyond Malbec. The picture captures Argentina’s wine industry perfectly. A beautiful woman is silhouetted against the breathtakingly bright blue sky an
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE Spiaggia, Chicago
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January 15
2013
The Challenge: Pair an Old World or New World wine with one of five
courses at the Spiaggia Sommelier Smackdown, observing a price limit of $30 per
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RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT Cyrus, Healdsburg, California
Greg Benchwick
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November
2008
After only three years on the scene, Cyrus has emerged as one of northern California’s preeminent fine-dining establishments.
That’s no small accomplishment in this culinary hotb
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