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Smart Buys
We are always excited to recommend wines that deliver high quality at affordable prices. Our blind-tasting methodology, eliminating knowledge of producer or price, helps us find them. This issue highlights more than 700 such wines.
Cover Stories
Smart Buys for the Cellar & Table
Tasting Reports
North and South
Alphabetical Guide to Rhône Valley
The Port Runneth Over
Alphabetical Guide to Port
Features
Tyrolean Avant Garde
Grapevine
Five Great Whiskies for Wine Lovers
Departments
Smart Buys
Italy Ups Its Vineyard Game
Restaurants: SOS
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