In this issue, Wine Spectator spotlights food writer, television personality, activist and wine star Padma Lakshmi. Explore the life and times of Top Chef’s award-winning host and everything she has done in the food and wine world since leaving the show in this issue’s cover story!
Read editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken’s introduction to the Nov. 30, 2024, issue, which includes tasting reports for Argentina’s recently released Malbecs and Chardonnays as well as the 2021 vintage of California Merlot!
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