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Market Monitor
By: Stephen Tanzer
Recent and impending developments affecting the retail wine market.
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2001 and 2000 Rhone Valley Wines
By: Stephen Tanzer
With 2001 increasingly looking like a great year for the Southern Rhone Valley (and a very good vintage in the North), my annual tour of the region uncovered a gold mine of great red wine values.
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Dolcetto and Barbera
By: Stephen Tanzer
These versatile, food-friendly wines from Italy's Piedmont region are perfect, affordable choices for everyday consumption. Here are more than 100 of the best examples in the retail market today.
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Austria 2001: Crazy, Often Remarkable
By: David Schildknecht
A second straight vintage of extremes, featuring a cool, rainy September followed by a freakishly warm October, produced a crop of brisk, juicy rieslings and gruner veltliners. Once again, managing botrytis well was the key to making excellent wine.
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2000 Vintage Ports
By: Stephen Tanzer
The millennium year was kind to this great collectible wine, producing a superripe crop of vintage ports with compelling fruit, opulent texture and surprisingly lush tannins.
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