
Recent and impending developments affecting the retail wine market.
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The Rhône Valley has enjoyed a string of very good to outstanding vintages since 1998, and my most extensive coverage to date of this vast region includes everything from classic, ageworthy Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage to a host of Southern Rhône bottlings that rank among the world's greatest red wine values.
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The Italian wine specialist Edward Beltrami offers comprehensive coverage of current releases from Chianti, focusing on the outstanding 1999s.
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By careful harvesting and ruthless selection, many of Germany's top estates managed to make highly satisfying wine from a growing season plagued by rain and rot; on his annual tour, David Schildknecht found the highlights of this tricky vintage.
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