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The Top 100
The Top 100 brings together our annual picks for the most exciting wines blind-tasted over the past year, culminating in our Wine of the Year. In 2024, we honor Viña Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Puente Alto Vineyard 2021—an exemplary Chilean bottle with a powerful story to tell.
Plus, our annual tasting report on the wines of Australia, a wine focus on sparkling wines from the United States and a retrospective tasting of premium South African dessert wines.
Cover Stories
The Top 100 Wines of 2024: Wines 11 to 100
Tasting Reports
Australia’s Forward Motion
Alphabetical Guide to Australia
A New World of Bubbly
Alphabetical Guide to U.S. Sparkling Wines
Features
Richard Geoffroy’s Third Act
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance
Jackson Family Wines Down Under
Grapevine
Duckhorn Sold for $1.95 Billion
Two Pinot Noir Specialists Partner On a Napa Cabernet
Sonoma County Wine Auction Raises $1.6 Million for Children’s Charities
Pairing Plate: American Sparklers
Departments
Chile Tops Our List of 100 Most Exciting Wines
Champagne’s Great Debate Is Not So Great
Cheers to 2025
Wine Talk: Basketball Writer Marc J. Spears
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TOP 100 WINES OF THE YEAR Join Wine Spectator’s senior editors as they discuss this year’s Top 10 in our annual video series. Plus, find matching recipes and in-depth articles related to this year’s Top 10 and scroll through wine history with our Top 100 lists back to 1988. And be sure to enter our sweepstakes to win the Top 10 Wines of 2024!
DAILY WINE PICKS Every day of the week, get a recently reviewed wine handpicked by our editors for its value, collectability or another “wow” factor that makes it worthy of the spotlight. Visit WineSpectator.com to see each day’s pick, plus the full archive of these standout wines.
HOLIDAY PARTY PLANNING We’ve recruited leading chefs to share some of their favorite dishes for seasonal entertaining, while Wine Spectator editors recommend crowd-pleasing, budget-friendly wines!
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