In this issue

This annual awards issue recognizes restaurants with the most exciting wine lists.
Plus, Chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud at this Grand-Award winning restaurant.

Big Wine Players Target Pinot Noir - Plenty of small winery owners are cashing out, either because they're looking to retire or they see selling as the best way to keep their label growing

Plenty of small winery owners are cashing out, either because they’re looking to retire or they see selling as the best way to keep their label growing

2 mins

Harvey Chaplin

Southern Glazer's Chairman

2 mins

Warren Winiarski

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Founder

2 mins

Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation

Forty years of making a difference for future generations of wine and hospitality leaders

4 mins

Events- A Grand Tour for Wine Spectator- a perfect day with an evening of outstanding wines.

A young couple in shorts and festival shirts sped into the ballroom of the New Orleans Marriott on a mission.

2 mins

Sweet Harvest

Chef Dustin Valette shares childhood orchard memories and a recipe for warm plum cake

1 min

A Welcome Taste of Lyon

You’ve got to love a dish they call silk worker’s brains. You’ve also got to wonder how it acquired such a quirky name.

2 mins

JAMES MOLESWORTH Silverado Vineyards Charts Its Future

Silverado Vineyards is located prominently on the Silverado Trail, its winery facility perched atop a hill overlooking its 216-acre estate.

3 mins

KRISTEN BIELER

Can Sensory Analysis of Wine Deter Dementia?

3 mins

DANIEL BOULUD'S AMERICAN DREAM

The French-born New York chef has built an international restaurant empire, but remains hungry

10+ mins

PROSPERING WITH WINE

Restaurant wine programs are energizing dining rooms everywhere, reflecting a renewed investment in creative, well-chosen lists

7 mins

GRASING'S

Dining Synergy in Carmel-by-the-Sea

3 mins

Restaurant Awards- Lazy Bear- Lazy Bear bills itself as a modern American dinner party. But it's so much more.

Lazy Bear bills itself as a modern American dinner party. But it’s so much more. This Mission District restaurant effortlessly strips away the formality of a multicourse dinner and replaces it with conviviality, nostalgia and curiosity. With reverence for time and place, Lazy Bear is an ode to California where guests dine in concert with the season and can explore diverse wines, including an impressive collection of older California vintages.

3 mins

LE BISTRO DE L'HÔTEL

A Temple of Burgundy in Beaune

3 mins

THE YEATMAN

Portugal's best shines in the Douro

3 mins

SPAIN NEVER BETTER

Newly released vintages of the country's prestige reds and a variety of distinctive whites invite exploration

9 mins

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