Cover photo © 2009 Jim Scherer Stylist: Catrine Kelty

Brut Strength: QRW’s Best Non-Vintage Champagnes / QRW Tasting Staff

Magnum Opus: Bruno Paillard Champagne / Eleanor and Ray Heald

The Elusive Grand Cru: Clos de Vougeot / Clive Coates, M.W.

QRW’s Writers Describe Their Bottles of the Year

Italian Wine: Piedmont Pastiche / Tom Maresca

Birds of a Feather: Flock Wines / QRW Staff

Under the Tuscan Sun: Lodovico Antinori’s New Venture / Tom Hyland

Wining and Dining: Another Venice / Edward and Mireille Guiliano

Black Beauty: Banfi’s BelnerO Sangiovese / QRW Staff

Wine of the Quarter: Las Rocas Garnachas / QRW Staff

William Hill Flourishes Under a New Owner / Eleanor and Ray Heald

A Great Balancing Act: Napa’s Clos Pegase / Richard Paul Hinkle

Peggy Fleming’s Crossover to Winemaking / Yvonne Michie Horn

An Iconic Tasting: Top California Red Blends / QRW Tasting Team

Singular Napa Wines from Trinchero / Eleanor and Ray Heald

Balance Drives Napa’s Bell Wine Cellars / Gerald D. Boyd

G’Day, Dude: Wattle Creek Winery / Richard Paul Hinkle

Beaunes of Contention: Tollot-Beaut Wines / Peter Cobb

Oz Bodkins! Jacob Creek’s Wines / QRW Staff

New-est Zealand: Mohua and Peregrine Wines / QRW Staff

Washington State Wine: Here’s to You, Doctor Clore / QRW Staff

Deep Focus: Australia’s Robert Oatley Wines / Larry Walker

The Honey Trail: How Sweet It Is! / Judy Mattera

Double Somersault at King Estate / QRW Staff

Best of The Best: California $12 and Under Wine Values / QRW Staff

The Photography of Jim Scherer

DEPARTMENTS

All Things Grape and Small / Randy Sheahan

Wine Scene / QRW Staff

• Green As A Moral Imperative — Rutherford Wine Co.
• Audrey and Barry Sterling: Thirty Years After
• New CEO Emma Swain of St. Supéry
• Divas Uncorked
• Chef Daniel Bruce and the 21st Boston Harbor Wine Festival
• Winesong! Mendocino’s Annual Wine Auction and Tasting
• Second Annual Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
• Rick Sayre’s 30th at Rodney Strong
• J. Lohr Vineyards in the Pink
• Puglia’s Fancy Food Show
• New Wine Company

Wine Quiz: Champagne Challenge / Randy Sheahan

Book Review: The Complete Châteauneuf-du-Pape / Randy Sheahan

CigarTalk: Holy Smokes! / Richard Carleton Hacker

Dernier Cri: Ho, Ho, Ho! / Randy Sheahan