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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
The highlights of my September tour of Italys beautiful Piedmont region were the big nebbiolo-based wines from the classic 2004 vintage. Barolo and Barbaresco collectors wont want to miss these structured, serious winesworthy successors to the 2001s.
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Austria '06: The Year of Gruner Veltliner
By: Peter Moser
Our Austrian correspondent reports that this vintage yielded concentrated and often quite powerful white wines that nonetheless offer considerable early appeal, highlighted by particularly expressive and deep grüner veltliners.
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Focus on the Central Coast
By: Josh Raynolds
In the IWCs most extensive coverage to date of this vast region, Josh Raynolds was particularly taken by the energy and clarity of the wines from the 2005 vintage, which are a welcome relief for those who value finesse and balance over brute force and extreme ripeness.
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New Vintage Champagnes
By: Josh Raynolds
Champagne prices have never been higher, but for those willing and able to splurge on the best new releases in the market this fall, this report by Josh Raynolds highlights the best available examples in a wide range of styles.
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New Releases from Washington State
By: Stephen Tanzer
Thanks to a string of favorable growing seasons and the continued emergence of talented new producers, our latest overview of the Washington wine scene features more very good to outstanding bottles than ever before.
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