Using the pharmaceutical measurement for a drop (0.05ml), we could easily establish a per-drop value based on a bottle’s listed volume and price. According to my handy pocket edition of the Christie’s ...

These are must-know regions beyond Napa Valley and Sonoma County. After Prohibition, California was more or less a wine wasteland. Napa Valley and Sonoma County came back to prominence first and ...

This award has never been about ‘cheap’ so much as the quality-price-ratio. Grosset, a previous winner, is a perfect example in that put these wines alongside others of similar quality from around the ...

But that’s the whole point of this annual Greatest Values of the Year roundup: highlighting wines that cost $20 or less but taste like they cost more. This is my eighth annual roundup of my 12 ...

It’s bittersweet that six wines appearing in this year’s Halliday Wine Companion received 95 or 96 points, all six with the value rosette. Find out more. This edited extract is from the 2021 Halliday ...

Balance is a less objective assessment of where a wine falls on a spectrum that stretches from fruity hedonism to austere asceticism, while sophistication is a more subjective value judgment.

Still, it suffers from those consumers, looking for everyday drinking wines, overlooking the region as its value wines are not known among most people outside of France. “We consider Beaujolais ...

Great Values: Southern France Wine Spectator senior editor Kim Marcus brings you three wines from the Languedoc. Besides great fruit and structure, each costs under $23 and scored 90+ points. They ...

The variety of Languedoc wines is remarkable, with everything from a delicate Roussanne-based white to a zesty Mauzac sparkler to a bold Syrah that captures the warmth of the Mediterranean even on ...