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8 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } OCTOBER/NOVEMBER THE SOMM JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER • VOL. 3 NO. 5 COVER STORY 52 ALL IN! The Riboli Family Goes Big in Paso Robles FIRST PRESS 5 TOKAJ'S NEW GOLDEN AGE How a Quiet Revolution in Mád Will Change the Way We Think about Tokaji FEATURES 58 RIPE FOR RESURGENCE Livermore Valley's New Wave of World-Class Wines & Vineyards 64 AMPLIFYING AMPHORAE IN ALENTEJO Tradition and Innovation at José de Sousa 68 FAMILY (AND CHAMPAGNE) FIRST Seasonal Celebrations with Champagne Taittinger 100 BULLSEYE! In Rural Spain with Arínzano 118 FARMER'S INTUITION Wines from the Heart at Talley Vineyards SOMM CAMP 58 LIVERMORE VALLEY PREVIEW 106 SANTA BARBARA SOMM CAMP The Ballad of Ballard Canyon – Site-Seeing in Sta. Rita Hills – Icons of Santa Maria Valley 124 WILLAMETTE VALLEY PREVIEW DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter from the Publisher 10 Editor's Notebook 14 Discoveries: WineTutor.tv and Frostwatch 16 Technology: BinWise Tackles a New Space 18 One Woman's View: California Pinot Noir 20 Planet Grape: French Viognier 22 Bottom Line: Short Wine Lists 24 Notebook: ADELAIDA 26 Getting Geeky: Red Blotch 28 Scents & Accountability: Dry Extract 30 Conference Partner: SWE 32 The Blind Side: Tropes and Traps 34 Steven Spurrier's Letter from London 36 Good Somm, Bad Somm 38 Fine Spirits: Bib & Tucker Bourbon 40 Variety Show: Central Coast Albariño 44 Chef's Roll|Somm's List 46 Barolo: Fontanafredda 48 Foothills Country: Terra d'Oro 62 Q&A: Chloe Helfand, SLS Las Vegas 72 Cellar View: Moraga 74 Bourgogne: Chorey-lès-Beaune & Saint Bris 78 #MerlotMe: International Merlot Month 80 SommCon "Digging In" Panelists 84 Pacific Northwest: Umpqua Valley 86 New York Blind Tasting: Chardonnays 88 Seminar Series: Digging In to Unique Terroir 98 Appellations: DOP Cariñena 122 Wine Ecology: Rivercap & Snoqualmie 128 Piemonte: Pio Cesare 130 Closing Time: Mitch Einhorn at Lush 52 PHOTO: JEREMY BALL L T L 8 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } OCTOBER/NOVEMBER