The SOMM Journal

{ SOMMjournal.com }  5 first press Vintage Point co-founder David Biggar shows us a few of the stars from the portfolio at San Francisco's Boulevard Restaurant. THE GUYS IN THE WHITE HATS SMALL, NIMBLE WINE BUSINESS INNOVATOR VINTAGE POINT CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY—AND KEEPS ON OVERDELIVERING

• 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