Cover photo © 2010 Jim Scherer Pinot Noir Champagne Glass courtesy Riedel

QRW’s 26th Annual California’s Best of The Best / QRW Tasting Panel

• California Chardonnays
• California Syrahs
• California Zinfandels
• California Merlots
• California Pinot Noirs
• California Cabernets and Red Blends
• California Sparkling Wines

California’s Best of Best Bargains: $12 And Under Gems / QRW Staff

Wine of the Year: Cristal Rosé / QRW Staff

The Ultimate Wine Glass: Riedel’s Vinum XL / Richard L. Elia

On, Wisconsin: Sonoma’s Dutcher Crossing Winery / Richard Paul Hinkle

Pinot Perfection: Sonoma’s MacMurray Ranch / Eleanor and Ray Heald

Spotlighting Ribera del Duero / Richard L. Elia

The Magician of Monte Bello: Paul Draper / Eleanor and Ray Heald

Wining and Dining: London Redux / Edward and Mireille Guiliano

Second to None: Château L’Arrosée / QRW Staff

Meet Alsace’s Séverine Schlumberger / Richard L. Elia

Designing Woman: Port’s Natasha Bridge / Peter Cobb

Andean All-Star: Argentina’s Graffigna / QRW Staff

Bravo Brancott / QRW Staff

New and “Amazing”: South Africa’s La Capra Wines / QRW Staff

What Wine Can Be: Oregon’s King Estate / Richard Paul Hinkle

As We Like It: Motos Liberty / QRW Staff

The Photography of Jim Scherer

Handsome Profile: Merryvale’s Graham Wehmeier / Larry Walker

Grand Master: Kendall-Jackson’s Randy Ullom / Eleanor and Ray Heald

Marvelous Merlot: Washington’s Columbia Crest / QRW Staff

No Laughing Matter: The Other Guys / QRW Staff

What’s In A Name? / Al Vuona, Jr.

DEPARTMENTS

All Things Grape and Small / Randy Sheahan

Wine Scene / QRW Staff

• Industrial Chic: Legal C Bar
• 3rd Pebble Beach Wine And Food Show
• Auction Napa Valley
• 3rd Annual Pacific Symphony Wine Event
• Jackson Hole Wine Auction
• Blantyre

CigarTalk: Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum / Richard Carleton Hacker

Dernier Cri: Worst of the Worst / Randy Sheahan