Wine and Vintages: Interesting Stories from Wine Spectator

Lake County Wine Pioneer Orville Magoon Dies at 87 (Wine Spectator)
The founder of Guenoc Estate Vineyards and Winery built a promising foundation for the area

Unfiltered: New Wines for Drew Barrymore, Christie Brinkley (Wine Spectator)
Plus, Christie Brinkley loves Prosecco so much that she’s making her own, Fred Schrader introduces new Sparky cigar, and China’s Silk Road wine train arrives in France

A Journey Through the World of Great Wine at the 2016 Grand Tour (Wine Spectator)
Wine Spectator’s 15th annual tasting series kicked off in style in New York

8 & $20 Recipe: Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Crepes (Wine Spectator)
Turn leftovers into an elegant dish, top with an indulgent lemon-ricotta sauce and add a lively Italian white

Will Americans Buy 2015 Bordeaux Futures? (Wine Spectator)
The vintage is the most promising in years, but it will take the right prices to draw customers—both old and new—to Bordeaux

At Home With Restaurateur Donatella Arpaia (Wine Spectator)
The chef and restaurateur built a lake house getaway outside New York City

8 & $20 Recipe: Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Crepes (Wine Spectator)
Turn leftovers into an elegant dish, top with an indulgent lemon-ricotta sauce and add a lively Italian white

Sommelier Talk: Harley Carbery Knows Wine in Vegas (Wine Spectator)
From Dairy Queen to Grand Award winners, this proud Canadian now champions wine at Aureole Las Vegas

Unfiltered: Mondavi Family’s Purple Heart Wines Benefit Veterans (Wine Spectator)
Plus, chef Jacques Pépin’s new charity Pinot Noir, Sotheby’s auction will benefit Thomas Jefferson Auditorium in Bordeaux, and Idaho gets a new AVA

Foley Family Wines Buys Stryker Sonoma (Wine Spectator)
Bill Foley, owner of Chalone, Chalk Hill and Sebastiani, will rename it Foley Sonoma; his daughter will be winemaker

Veni, Vidi … Vino! Italy’s Wine Fair Draws a Global Crowd (Wine Spectator)
Vinitaly and OperaWine put wine at the center of Verona in April

Wine Auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit in Talks with Potential Chinese Partner (Wine Spectator)
Hong Kong’s Madison Wine Holdings is looking to buy a 45 percent stake in the auction house

Purchasing Pinot: Washington’s Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Buys Sonoma’s Patz & Hall (Wine Spectator)
Founding partners will stay involved at highly regarded winery; Washington company wanted a Sonoma Pinot Noir house

11 Capital Wine Lists To Try in Washington, D.C. (Wine Spectator)
For wines foreign and domestic, these restaurants’ lists have our vote

Wine Terroir Is All Just Myths, You See (Wine Spectator)
No data, no good

California Winemaker Denis Malbec, 46, Dies in Car Accident (Wine Spectator)
Born into a winemaking family at Château Latour, the enologist embraced California wine, working in Sonoma and Napa

Jackson Family Wines Acquires Oregon’s Penner-Ash Wine Cellars (Wine Spectator)
The big California wine company continues its Oregon expansion with Lynn Penner-Ash’s top-quality winery

Star Sommelier Kevin Vogt Leaving Emeril Lagasse’s Restaurants To Open Napa Valley Wine Store (Wine Spectator)
After 20 years presiding over one of the world’s best wine programs, Vogt is ready for new vinous challenges

Shibumi Knoll Winery Owner Don Ross Dies At 74 (Wine Spectator)
A NASA engineer turned vintner, Ross found success in Napa Valley with Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon

Unfiltered: John Oliver Picks Fight With Long Island Wine (Wine Spectator)
Plus, a photographer shows what happens when beautiful people drink three glasses of wine, and Burgundy fraudsters are convicted

Marchesi di Barolo Winery Acquires Barbaresco Producer Cascina Bruciata (Wine Spectator)
The historic Barolo wine producer expands its holdings in nearby Barbaresco

Amateur Winemaker Develops Solution For Making Wine Smell Even Better (Wine Spectator)
A former pulmonary medicine professor developed a filter to preserve aromatic compounds

8 & $20 Recipe: Chicken Piccata With a Lemony Austrian White (Wine Spectator)
A spicy, fruity Grüner Veltliner enhances a classic recipe

Grilled Branzino Recipe and 16 Kosher Wines for Passover (Wine Spectator)
Israel-born chef Michael Solomonov updates the holiday table; plus our editors pick 16 great kosher wines

Sommelier Talk: Robby Younes of Grand Award–Winning Restaurant Latour (Wine Spectator)
The son of a Lebanese general and protégé of an ambitious Bordeaux-phile is on a quest to build the biggest wine list in America

Etienne Hugel, Dynamic Champion of Alsatian Wine, Dies at 57 (Wine Spectator)
Tireless and wickedly funny, Hugel was the public face of his family’s winery as it grew globally

Grilled Branzino Recipe and 16 Kosher Wines for Passover (Wine Spectator)
Israel-born chef Michael Solomonov updates the holiday table; plus our editors pick 16 great kosher wines

Unfiltered: Mad-As-Hell French Winemakers Take (Spanish Wine) to the Streets (Wine Spectator)
Plus, counterfeit-buster Bill Koch auctions off his (authenticated) wines and the Obamas drink Catena Zapata in Argentina

Australia’s Innocent Bystander Wines Sold (Wine Spectator)
Yarra Valley Vintner Phil Sexton sells volume brand to Brown Brothers to focus on single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay label Giant Steps

Constellation Buys The Prisoner Wine Company for $285 Million (Wine Spectator)
Less than a year after buying Meiomi, the company sees potential in the red blend Dave Phinney created

Louis Latour, Former President of Burgundy Winery Maison Louis Latour, Dies at 83 (Wine Spectator)
Tenth generation to run the wine firm was not afraid to follow his vision or take on controversy

Barbara Richards, Cofounder of Napa’s Paloma Vineyards, Dies at 83 (Wine Spectator)
Vintner moved to Spring Mountain in 1983 and developed one of California’s finest Merlot vineyards

Wally’s Auctions Division Puts Sale on Hold While It Looks For A Partner (Wine Spectator)
The Los Angeles retailer is in talks with an international auction house

Is Chenin Blanc the Great Forgotten Grape? (Wine Spectator)
Overlooked, often untasted, certainly uncelebrated, Chenin Blanc gets no respect

What’s the Future for the U.K.’s Wine Industry? New Study Finds Climate Change Brings Both Promise and Risk (Wine Spectator)
While warming temperatures benefit English wine quality, expanding vineyard regions face threats from heavy rains, frosts

Arizona Passes Consumer-Friendly Winery Direct Shipping Law (Wine Spectator)
Gov. Doug Ducey signs bill permitting Arizona residents to buy and receive wine directly from in- and out-of-state wineries

Unfiltered: Italy Activates Wine-Fermenting Robots (Wine Spectator)
Plus, Champale beer survives Champagne suit, Kuvée set to compete with Coravin, and an English gin born in French vineyards

Wine Comes to Myanmar (Wine Spectator)
As the Asian nation opens to the world, a nascent local wine industry hopes to flourish

Protecting Health or Spreading Fear? The Battle Over GMO Labeling Goes National (Wine Spectator)
After chefs help block a bill before the U.S. Senate, a Vermont law mandating that products with genetically modified ingredients contain labels will take effect

8 & $20 Recipe: Arctic Char With Orange-Scented Fennel and Onions (Wine Spectator)
An Italian white adds depth to this tasty, healthy fish recipe

Château Margaux Director Paul Pontallier Dies (Wine Spectator)
Winemaker helped revitalize the famed Bordeaux first-growth

Sommelier Talk: Daniel McCullough of Napa’s Oenotri (Wine Spectator)
In the heart of California wine country, this somm’s true love is still Italy

NASA and Harvard Experts Find Climate Change Has Fundamentally Altered French Wine Harvests (Wine Spectator)
Rising temperatures have improved quality in recent decades, but have also changed the relationship between rain and vine, suggesting loomingtrouble

Unfiltered: Mouton Cadet Taps Robert Trent Jones Jr. for Ryder Cup Label (Wine Spectator)
Plus, the Dallas Cowboys lasso Concha y Toro, Bordeaux’s newest export market is outer space, a mega-restaurateur becomes the ‘Billion Dollar Buyer,’ and more

California Court Dismisses Arsenic Lawsuit Against Wineries (Wine Spectator)
The suit claiming 83 California wine brands contain dangerous levels of arsenic has been settled in wineries’ favor, but plaintiffs’ lawyers vow to fight on