NEW!
Best of the Best
California Cabernet Sauvignon and Proprietary Red Blends
QRW Tasting Team
Meet 14 of California’s deepest, richest, most complex reds
NEW!
Best of the Best
California Pinot Noirs
QRW Tasting Team
Today, California Pinot Noir is better than ever—here are our 9 top picks
NEW!
QRW’s 34th Annual Best of The Best:
• California Cabernet Sauvignon
• California Pinot Noir
• California Chardonnay
• California Zinfandel
• California Merlot
NEW!
Introducing 2014
1000 Stories Zinfandel
Richard Elia
Native varietal gets new narrative
June/July 2016
All Things Grape
Randy Sheahan
NEW!
A Wine Who’s Who Quiz
Randy Sheahan
Test your Wine Who’s Who IQ!
NEW!
2011 Brunello
Tom Maresca
Following a Hard Act
NEW!
Chianti Classico
Tom Maresca
A Guide for the Perplexed
NEW!
All Things Grape
Randy Sheahan
April 2016
NEW!
James Carmody
Richard L. Elia
Boston Wine Expo president steps down
NEW!
The Legacy of Giacomo Tachis
Tom Maresca
A Contrarian Opinion
NEW!
Rosé Champagne Tastings
QRW Tasting Team
Champagne and California Rosé
Best of the Best 2012 Cru Bourgeois
QRW Tasting Team
Chateau Phelan Segur wins Best of the Best.
All Things Grape
Randy Sheahan
December 2015
Quiz: Wine Wit
Randy Sheahan
Can you match speakers to their wine quips?
NEW!
QRW’s 33rd Annual Best of The Best:
• California Sparkling Wines
• Blind Vintage Champagne Tasting:
Top Six Bubblies
• Non-Vintage Champagne: Brut and Blanc de Blancs
• California Cabernet Sauvignon & Proprietary Red Blends: 2012 the Great Cab Vintage
• California Pinot Noirs
• California Sauvignon Blanc
QRW’s All Things Grape and Small
September 2015
July 2015
April 2015
February 2015
A Feast For Gourmands At WGBH Chef's Gala
Katie Curley-Katzman
Wine and food in perfect pairings at the station's annual Food & Wine Festival
St. Emilion’s Only American Winemaker
Katie Curley-Katzman
“Wine connects people if you connect with purpose. Wine is a cultural currency.”
Some Wine History...
French Rosé Country
Sue Dixon
Alta Vista Wines: The Benchmark of Argentinean Malbec
Katie Curley-Katzman
Smith Madrone: Wines of the Gods
Katie Curley-Katzman
Walla Walla: The New Napa
Richard L. Elia
An Eden in eastern Washington:
Mullan Road Cellars
and the
next generation of great reds.
Lovely Loire
Castles, pastoral sites, and food friendly wine
Yvonne Horn
Wine in Literature
A literary and oenology IQ quiz
Richard L. Elia
Test your literary wine IQ!
Elena Walch:
An Estate in the ‘Hands of Women’
Tom Hyland
Walch is overjoyed her daughters have joined her.
“The three of us now run the estate — it remains
in the hands of women!”
Updated Vintage Wine Chart
Randy Sheahan
Wines of Campania: Red, White and
Pure Gold
Introduction and A Little Bit of History
Romancing the Vines and What's in a Name
A Selection of Campania’s Pure-Gold
Producers
Tom Maresca
Chocolates and Wine?
The answer is Port
Richard L. Elia
Valentine Vintages
QRW’s Annual Holiday 2015 Champagne Tasting
QRW Tasting Team
QRW’s 32nd Annual Best of The Best:
• Non-Vintage Champagne
• California Cabs/Red Blends
• California Pinot Noir
• California Merlot
Mireille Guiliano’s Ode to an Oyster
Richard Elia
The ‘ambassador to the art of living’ introduces us
to another personal affair
The 31st Annual Best of The Best
California Sparkling Wines
QRW Tasting Team
14 Brut and Blancs de Blanc sure to enliven the moment
QRW Photo Gallery
The Who's Who of QRW Magazine
A Great Barolo Vintage
2010: Cause for Celebration
Tom Maresca
The São João Festival:
Portugal’s Largest Street Party
Richard Elia
Non-Vintage Champagne —
The House Style
QRW’s 30th Annual Best of The Best:
• California Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet-Based Blends
• California Pinot Noirs
• California Merlot
• California Chardonnays
• Non-Vintage Champagne
QRW’s 29th Annual Best of The Best:
• California Cabs and Bordeaux Blends
• Champagne Tasting
• California Pinot Noir
• California Zinfandel
QRW’s 28th Annual Best of The Best:
• California Cabernet Sauvignon
• California Pinot Noir
• California Zinfandel
Cecile Bonnefond: Woman CEO is running the “New” Piper-Heidsieck
Richard Elia
At our “30th Annual Best of the Best Non-Vintage Champagne Tasting,” the
biggest surprise was Piper-Heidsieck. It was the first time this Champagne
made the cut, and we were impressed by the quality of reserve wine in the
cuvée, along with its flavor and texture. Wine like this deserves a story
so we inquired about this with Piper’s new CEO, Cecile Bonnefond.
WGBH Chef’s Gala A Family Affair For Donelan Wines
Katie Curley-Katzman
Meet Joe Donelan and sons Trip and Cushing of Donelan Family Wines.
All Things Grape and Small
Randy Sheahan
Retired Louis Jadot’s Lardière is back to work as he takes charge of Jadot’s newest acquisition, Resonance Vineyard . . .
The House of Taittinger
Julie Whitlow
Evidence abounds that the family is once again the quintessence of the product which has only improved in depth, character, and quality.
Meet Tara Empson: Rising Young Star
in Italian Export Wines
Nancy Schultz
With her ready smile and sun-tinged auburn hair, Tara, daughter of Empson wine specialists Neil and Maria, now oversees the Milan office of the family business, whose goal is to deliver consistent Tuscan-style wine to the American table.
Wine Scene
Blantyre’s Masseto Tasting • 27th Annual Smoker • Sommelier Challenge • In praise of Roederer USA
Best of The Best:
Champagne Tasting 2012–13
QRW Tasting Team
Discover which bubblies broke through above the rest for our tasters.
Style Doyenne: Mireille Guiliano
All about QRW columnist and author Mireille Guiliano and her the best selling French Women ... series.