The SOMM Journal

B O R N O F S O N O M A . C R A F T E D B Y K E N W O O D . kenwoodvineyards.com Please enjoy our wines responsibly. 2014 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Wine Enthusiast, April 2017 90 POINTS

• Cover
• Letter from the Publisher
• GOING UP, UP, UP with Santa Lucia Highlands andSmith Family Wines
• Editor's Notebook
• Notebook: Wine Scholar Guild 2017 Trips
• Discoveries: Arrow & Branch Wines
• One Woman's View: Baby Somm
• Planet Grape: No More Geek Speak
• Bottom Line: 2017 Resolutions
• Somm's List
• Good Somm/Bad Somm
• Scents & Accountability
• The View from Blue: Sauvignon Blanc
• Getting Geeky
• At the Vineyard: Clonal Massale at Ponzi
• Santa Barbara: Kimsey in Ballard Canyon
• Steven Spurrier's Letter from London
• Cellar View: Sea Smoke
• Wine Lists: Ristorante Peppone, Los Angeles
• Carte Blanche: Seabold Cellars
• Wheying In: Milk Sugar: Myth vs. Fact
• The Blind Side
• Big Things: Premiere Napa Valley Preview
• Events: World of Pinot Noir
• TOURING HISTORIC TOKAJ A Glimpse of the Future in Hungarywith Szent Tamás Winery and Mad Wine
• Q&A: Mia Van de Water,North End Grill, NYC
• China: The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
• TRAILBLAZERS IN TRANSILVANIA Romania's Jidvei Aims for Quality Wine and aThriving Community
• L'EVOLUZIONE DELL'ISTRUZIONE Banfi's 2017 Cru Artisan College Sharpens ItsFocus on Italy
• SOMMCON 2016 RECAP
• Current Events: On the Road in 2017
• Meet the Wine Director: Michael Ploetz,Finn Town, San Francisco
• SHINING LIGHT ON MONTEREYCOUNTY WINES
• Closing Time: Aaron Wood-Snyderman,The Metropolitan Grill, Seattle