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Market Monitor
By: Stephen Tanzer
Recent and impending developments affecting the retail wine market:
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Focus on Barolo and Barbaresco
By: Stephen Tanzer
Vintage 2000 yielded fleshy, superripe, attractive wines that should offer great early appeal, but the 2001s are more classic and ageworthy. On my recent tour of Italy's Piedmont region, I tasted more outstanding Barolos and Barbarescos than ever before.
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New Releases from Washington State
By: Stephen Tanzer
Thanks to the number of quality-minded new producers emerging every year, and the growing list of excellent syrah bottlings, there is more outstanding wine available than ever before from Washington.
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Austria's Surprising 2003s
By: David Schildknecht
The IWC's Austria expert offers in-depth on-site coverage of Austrias surprising 2003s, a crop of wines that are far more fresh and balanced than one would imagine possible from a summer marked by extreme heat.
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New Vintage Champagne Releases
By: Stephen Tanzer
According to my recent tastings, mostly of new releases from the 1995 through 1999 vintages, the quality of vintage Champagne has never been higher than it is today.
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