Wine & Spirits - April 2013 - (Page 2)
happenings
BY LARA DOUGLASS
APRIL
3–6/CO
Taste of Vail
Info: 970-926-5665, tasteofvail.com
4–7/FL
Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Info: 1-866-907-FOOD
pebblebeachfoodandwine.com
6/CA
Whiskies of the World Expo
San Francisco Belle, San Francisco
Info: 408-225-0446
whiskiesoftheworld.com
6–7/FRANCE
Riesling du Monde
Music & Congress Centre, Strasbourg
Info: portail-vins-du-monde.com
19–20/NY
Adirondack Food & Wine Festival
Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa, Lake Placid
Info: 518-523-2544, mirrorlakeinn.com
20/DC
A Vintage Affair
Park Hyatt Washington
Info: 301-704-2254
boardofvisitors.com/a-vintage-affair
21/CA
Celebrate Earth Day in Green Valley
Iron Horse Vineyards, Sebastopol
Info: 707-887-1507
ironhorsevineyards.com/events/
Hosted by Iron Horse in collaboration with
the Green Valley Foundation and National
Geographic, this day-long celebration
of local fare raises funds that go toward
environmental awareness programs. This
year’s keynote speaker is Jared Diamond,
author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and The
World Until Yesterday.
MAY 1/NY
Wine & Spirits Top
of the List Tasting
Metropolitan Pavilion,
New York
Join the editors of
W&S to taste the Top 50
wines in America’s most popular restaurants
(page 60) with dishes from NY’s most notable
new drinking destinations (page 40).
Info: 212-695-4660, x17
wineandspiritsmagazine.com
APRIL 2013
Publisher and editor
Joshua Greene
executive editor
Tara Q. Thomas
senior editor
Luke Sykora
tasting director
Carson Demmond
associate editor
Lara Douglass
senior corresPondents
Patrick J. Comiskey • Patricio Tapia
David Darlington
MAY
1–4/DC
Heart’s Delight Wine Tasting & Auction
Info: 703-248-1720
heartsdelightwineauction.org
2–5/TN
Hospice du Rhône
Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN
Info: 805-784-9543, hospicedurhone.org
art director
Elena Bessarabova-Leone
associate art director
Mike Rush
graPhic designer
David Nuñez
contributing Writers
Max Allen • John Anderson • Lou Bustamante
Tyler Colman • Anthony Giglio • Jordan Mackay
Fiona Morrison MW • David Schildknecht
Bill St. John • Victor de la Serna
regional corresPondents
Bill Addison (Atlanta) • Ben Canaider (Australia)
Victoria Pesce Elliot (Miami) • Jonathan Kauffman (San
Francisco) • Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl (Midwest)
David Tamarkin (Chicago) • Alan Tardi (Italy)
contributing artists/PhotograPhers
15–19/MA
Nantucket Wine Festival
White Elephant Hotel
Info: 508-228-1128
nantucketwinefestival.com
The highlight of this weekend of galas and
tastings is the lineup of dinners with winemakers,
each limited to 20 seats.
17–19/CA
Paso Robles Wine Festival
Info: 805-549-WINE, pasowine.com
17–21/NY
The Manhattan Cocktail Classic
Info: manhattancocktailclassic.com
18/CA
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival
Goldeneye Winery, Philo
Info: 707-895-WINE, avwines.com
19–20/ENGLAND
RAW Fair
London
Info: rawfair.com
18–19/CA
Taste Alexander Valley
Info: 888-289-4637,
tastealexandervalley.org
An opening gala of reserve and library wines at
Trione leads into a weekend of food and wine
tasting at over 30 Alexander Valley wineries.
WINE & SPIRITS
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sPecial corresPondent
20–22/ENGLAND
London Int’l. Wine Fair
Info: londonwinefair.com
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Matthew Farruggio • Michael Gross • Kelly Puleio
Sergio Pérez Ramírez • Eric Wolfinger
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W. Charles Squires
event & Marketing Manager
Cord Medina
Website coordinator
Janusz Sikora
distribution
Curtis Circulation Company
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vice President
Marcy T. Crimmins
director of finance
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http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com
http://www.whiskiesoftheworld.com
http://www.heartsdelightwineauction.org
http://www.portail-vins-du-monde.com
http://www.hospicedurhone.org
http://www.mirrorlakeinn.com
http://www.nantucketwinefestival.com
http://www.boardofvisitors.com/a-vintage-affair
http://www.pasowine.com
http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/events/
http://www.manhattancocktailclassic.com
http://www.avwines.com
http://www.rawfair.com
http://www.londonwinefair.com
http://www.tastealexandervalley.org
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Wine & Spirits - April 2013
Wine & Spirits - April 2013
Editor’s Note
Happenings
Contents
Fined & Filtered The Digital List
Cognac: The New Wave
The Funky Bits: Alice Feiring on terroir expression in Comté
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru
Pinot Noir’s Nerve Center
Where Tuscany Meets Liguria
Insider Chianti
Where to Eat & Drink in New York
24th Annual Restaurant Poll
Introduction
US Pinot Noir
Austria
Portugul Reds
White Burgundy
Loire
Tuscan Reds
US New Releases
Imported New Releases
Extreme Values
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