A Year of Tasting Yields Our Wine of the Year

Wine Spectator's editor and publisher reflects on the process of deciding this year's Top 100 wines

A Year of Tasting Yields Our Wine of the Year
Editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken (David Yellen)
From the Dec 31, 2022, issue

In this issue, Wine Spectator names our 2022 Wine of the Year and celebrates our Top 100 list, which spans popular wine regions in France, Italy and Spain and also includes gems from Portugal, Hungary and Israel.

Read the rest of Wine Spectator editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken's introduction to the Dec. 31, 2022, issue, including a spotlight on our new podcast, Straight Talk.

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