The SOMM Journal

84 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 { what we're drinking } Uncorking France's Best-Kept Secret CENTURIES-OLD VIN DE LIQUEUR PINEAU DES CHARENTES PREPARES TO MAKE A BIG SPLASH by Richard Carleton Hacker / photos by Josh Freedman

• Cover
• Vox Populi: Who Do You Admire?
• PUSHING PINOT GRIGIOUPWARD
• Editor's Notebook
• Discoveries: Revel Spirits
• One Woman's View
• Beer(d) Science
• The Ransom Report
• Good Somm/Bad Somm
• Elevating the Rockies
• Restaurant Retrospective: Vespertine
• Wheying In
• Bottom Line
• A JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE "KING OF WINES"
• What We're Drinking: J'NOON
• Champagne: Salon and Delamotte
• Milestone: La Scolca
• VISION + PASSION
• Variety Viewpoint: Jolivet
• Steven Spurrier's Letter from London
• The SOMM Joury
• Variety Viewpoint: Planeta's Nero d'Avola
• Meet the Wine Director: Ryan Bailey ofL.A.'s NoMad
• South American Wine:Trapiche Medalla
• THE MOTHER VINE
• Score on Sparkling: Gratien & Meyer
• Verticals: Cayuse
• Enological Education
• Vinification: J. Lohr
• Outings: Hospice du Rhône
• THE GOLDILOCKSFACTOR
• What We're Drinking: Pineau des Charentes
• DEEP TIES AND DIVERSE TERROIR
• A CINDERELLA STORY
• KEEPING IT ON THE DOWN-SLO
• Who's Who in Spirits: David Ravandi
• Scents & Accountability
• Cultured Tastes: L.A. Times Food Bowl
• Hungary: NMR Foodscreener
• Closing Time: Division Wines