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Market Monitor
By: Stephen Tanzer
Recent and impending developments affecting the retail wine market:
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2008 and 2007 White Burgundies
By: Stephen Tanzer
The 2008 vintage brought yet another September miracle for the white wines of Burgundy, yielding often dramatic wines with greater sweetness and flesh to buffer their firm acidity than the more classic, mineral-driven 2007s. My annual coverage features the top prospects from both of these intriguing vintages.
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New Releases from Australia, Part 2
By: Josh Raynolds
In the second part of his annual look at Australia, Josh Raynolds covers the vast range of styles offered by this large and diverse wine producer, noting the irony that at a time when Australian wine is struggling to overcome image problems as marketing-driven and predictable, the country is actually producing wines that are better and more interesting than ever before..
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New Zealand Sauvignon and Pinot
By: Stephen Tanzer
My annual look at New Zealand's juicy, vibrant sauvignons and pinots features a wealth of wines from a benign succession of vintages. But selection is critical to getting bottles with real concentration and flavor complexity.
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The Best New Wines from Spain, Part 2
By: Josh Raynolds
In his extensive second installment on Spain, Josh Raynolds highlights reds from the cooler 2006 growing season, which he reports are typically lower in alcohol and easier to drink than wines from the preceding warmer vintages. His overview of new releases from Spain proves the point that no country can match Spain for value today.
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