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• Cover
• A DIVERSE RANGE OF SPARKLING WINES
• Letter from the Editor
• Discoveries: Henriot
• Editor's Notebook
• One Woman's View
• Mastery
• Ransom Report
• What We're Drinking
• Bottom Line
• Inside Sonoma
• Steven Spurrier's Letter from London
• Wheying In
• Good Somm/Bad Somm
• Somm's List
• Packaging: Grand Chaise de France
• Soil Types: Russian River Valley
• Upcoming Events:Wine Speak Paso Robles
• Beer'd Science
• THE GLORY OF GARNACHA
• Washington Wine Auction
• What's New with Kim Beto: Mionetto
• Wine History
• Scents & Accountability
• SEVEN CITIES, 21 SCHOLARSHIPS
• A MENDOCINO MASTERPIECE
• Wine O'Clock: Rhône Valley VineyardsCasino Night
• Industry Synergy with Courvoisier
• San Francisco Wine School
• Q&A: Mirko Marchi
• Fundraiser: Puerto Rico
• AOC: Gaillac
• THE EVOLUTION OF WASHINGTON WINES
• BEYOND THE WINE GLASS: A NEWGLASS CEILING
• CLOSING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
• Industry Tasting: Stags Leap District
• THE UNDULATINGRUSSIAN RIVER
• Napa Valley Spotlight: St. Supéry
• A Bartender's Taste: Laphroaig
• A CLASSIC TASTING AT SONOMA'SSINGLETHREAD FARM
• Industry News:The Aftermath of the Wine Country Fires
• Furmint Ambassador
• Closing Time