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Market Monitor
By: Stephen Tanzer
Recent and impending developments affecting the retail wine market:
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2006 and 2005 White Burgundies
By: Stephen Tanzer
These consecutive very ripe vintages produced many wonderfully rich and potentially outstanding wines, with the 2006s generally showing more early sex appeal than the often deeper but less immediately forthcoming 2005s.
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New Releases from Australia, Part 2
By: Josh Raynolds
Josh Raynolds has covered as many different regions and styles as possible in his annual coverage of Australia, in the hopes that his enthusiasm for the diversity offered by Australia will inspire even the oft-burned shiraz point-chaser to give that continents wines another try.
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New Zealand Pinot and Sauvignon
By: Stephen Tanzer
Its hard to imagine more refreshing and food-friendly categories of wine than New Zealands sauvignons and pinots. In recent vintages, the sauvignons mostly manage to avoid the excesses of screechy acidity and pungent green pepper on the one side and overripe tropical fruit character on the other, while New Zealands pinots are achieving a level of texture, depth and complexity not previously seen in these wines.
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The Best New Wines from Spain, Part 2
By: Josh Raynolds
In his second installment on Spain, Josh Raynolds focuses on the portfolios of several top importers, all of whom offer ridiculously affordable bottles that deliver vibrant fruit, impressive balance and often startling complexity compared to similarly priced wines from anywhere else.
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