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The Top 100
The Top 100 brings together our annual picks for the most exciting wines blind-tasted over the past year, culminating with our Wine of the Year. In 2023, we honor Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018—a success story based on a vision for Sangiovese.
Plus, our annual tasting report on the wines of Australia, a wine focus on sparkling wines from the United States, and a tour of stellar restaurant cheese programs across the country.
Cover Stories
The Top 100 Wines of 2023: Wines 11 to 100
Tasting Reports
Benchmarks and Breakthroughs
Alphabetical Guide to Australia
Sparkling Traditions
Alphabetical Guide to United States Sparkling Wine
Features
Tastemakers’ Cheeses
Grapevine
Mixed Times for Wine
Historic Napa Winery Vine Cliff Sold to SCW Fund Corp.
Pierre Chen Puts 25,000 Wines to Auction
Departments
Our Top 100 Wines and Stories Worth Telling
The Test of Time
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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, find matching recipes and in-depth articles related to this year’s Top 10 and scroll through wine history with our Top 100 lists back to 1988. And be sure to enter our sweepstakes to win the Top 10 Wines of 2023!
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