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Announcing the Wine of the Year
Our Wine of the Year provides an emphatic answer to the Napa Cabernet value question, punching above its weight for quality and priced well below the triple-digit entry point for top-flight reds from the premier region. Plus, there’s enough to go around.
Our annual Top 100 list, crowned by the Wine of the Year, honors the most exciting wines blind-tasted by our editors over the year. In 2022, the countdown began with the more than 5,000 wines earning 90 points or more and culminates with a roster of not-to-be-missed bottles from across the globe, representing delicious drinking, value, availability and, most of all, passion in the vineyards and cellars.
Plus, tasting reports on Australia and U.S. sparkling wines, terroir-driven chocolate bars and much more.
Cover Stories
The Top 100 Wines of 2022: Wines 11 to 100
Tasting Reports
Fresh Takes
Alphabetical Guide to Australia
Alphabetical Guide to U.S. Sparkling Wines
Grapevine
Many Europeans Happy With Harvest
Wine Spectator Introduces New Podcast Series
Wine Spectator Hosts 41st Wine Experience
Lynn Penner-Ash Steps Back
The Cheese Whisperer
Terroir in a Bar
Savvy Shopper
Departments
A Year of Tasting Yields Our Wine of the Year
The Top 100 Through Time
Sonoma Snags Supporting Role in Wine Country Comedy
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TOP 100 WINES OF THE YEAR Join Wine Spectator's senior editors as they discuss this year's Top 10 in our annual video series. Plus, discover more original content: Find matching recipes and in-depth articles related to this year's Top 10, and take a look through wine history with our full set of Top 100 lists back to 1988. Plus, enter our sweepstakes to win the Top 10 Wines of 2022!
HOLIDAY PARTY PLANNING We've recruited leading chefs to share some of their favorite dishes for seasonal entertaining, while Wine Spectator editors recommend crowd-pleasing, budget-friendly wines!
WHAT AM I TASTING? Test your tasting skills in our mystery wine game. Every two weeks, we post a tasting note with clues from the color, aromas, flavors and structure. Then, you guess the variety, region, appellation and age of the wine. Good luck!
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