The SOMM Journal

REAL FARMERS REAL FARMERS REAL FARMERS WHO MAKE WHO MAKE WHO MAKE REAL WINE REAL WINE REAL WINE From our farm to your table. Authentic Sonoma wines, handcraed from 100% Sonoma County grapes. Vineyard manager Jake Terrell and his dog, Willie. ©2017 Kobrand Corporation, Purchase, NY www.kobrandwineandspirits.com

• Cover
• Letter from the Publisher
• THE GUYS IN THE WHITE HATS
• Editor's Notebook
• Notebook
• One Woman's View
• Bottom Line
• Planet Grape
• Good Somm/Bad Somm
• Somm's List
• Barrel Tastings: Jadot
• Getting Geeky
• Champagne: Vitalie Taittinger
• Wine and the Outdoors
• Wheying In: Fresh Cheeses
• Wine from the Alps: Kettmeir
• South America: Bodega Colomé
• Event Wrap-Up: VINO 2017
• A SPARKLING CONTINUITY
• The View from Blue: DRC 2014 Vintage
• Carte Blanche: Biondynamic Tasting
• Fine Spirits: Cráneo Mezcal
• DISCOVERING THE VIRTUES OF ALEXANDER VALLEY
• UNDERCOVER UMPQUA
• PREMIERE NAPA VALLEY
• REVEAL WALLA WALLA VALLEY
• Wine Classification: Austria's DAC
• Q&A: Eric Larkee in Miami
• Wine List Economics
• "NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN"
• Enologists: Michel Rolland at André Lurton
• The Grower's Outlook: Napa's Mountain Fruit
• Scents & Accountability: Pyrazines
• Cellar View: Caymus Special Selection
• Steven Spurrier's Letter from London
• Down Under: Cool-Climate Australia
• Climate Matters: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• Closing Time: Kim Spence in Dallas