The SOMM Journal

{ SOMMjournal.com }  55 Jean-Georges Vongerichten helmed the five-course winemaker dinner that accompanied the Hundred Acre "Never Before, Never Again" tasting. HITTING THE Hundred Acre Jackpot Imagine tasting 16 Hundred Acre library wines with Jayson Woodbridge himself—accom- panied by a dinner prepared by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Jackpot JAYSON WOODBRIDGE SWEEPS LAS VEGAS WITH THE NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN TASTING by Ruth Tobias / photos by Mona Shield Payne

• Cover
• Letter from the Publisher
• FALLING IN LOVE WITH ITALIAN BUBBLES A Portfolio Tasting with Martini & Rossi's Sparkling Wine Team
• Editor's Notebook
• What's News
• One Woman's View
• Bottom Line
• Steven Spurrier's Letter from London
• The Ransom Report
• Inside Sonoma
• Wheying In
• Good Somm/Bad Somm
• Grape Variety: Glera
• Somm's List
• Company Insight: Grands Chais de France
• SommFoundation: Enrichment Trip to Italy
• NYC Wine Scene
• Wine Books
• Scents & Accountability
• What Somms Should Know
• A COMPLEX TONIC The Generational and Enological Evolution of Angove Family Winemakers
• The Somm Joury
• Q&A: Cassie Sakai
• Terroir
• THE HUNDRED ACRE JACKPOT Jason Woodbridge Sweeps Las Vegas with the Never Before, Never Again Tasting
• CLOSING REMARKS Three California Winemakers Discuss Why They Use Evolutionary Nomacorc Wine Closures
• THE ASZÚ REVOLUTION Modern Styles Redefine the Historic Elixir of Hungary
• THE BIG FIVE The Russian River Valley Wine growers Association Delineates Five Distinct "Neighborhoods" Within the AVA
• AIMING AT THE CENTER Exploring the Wines of Central Europe
• Wine Faults: Cork
• Bordeaux: Pomerol and Fronsac
• THE BRIGHT WHITE STAR OF RÍAS BAIXASA Recap of the Rías Baixas Albariño Seminar
• World of Pinot Noir Preview
• Closing Time