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happenings BY LARA DOUGLASS OC TOBER 2/NY Brooklyn Shaken & Stirred The Green Building, NYC Info: bkshakenandstirred.eventbrite.com 11–14/NY NYC Wine & Food Festival Info: nycwineandfoodfestival.com Wine&Spirits October 2012 Vol. 31, No. 6 PUBLISHER AND EDITOR JOSHUA GREENE SENIOR EDITOR TARA Q. THOMAS A S S O C I AT E E D I T O R S CARSON DEMMOND • LUKE SYKORA A S S I S TA N T E D I T O R LARA DOUGLASS SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS PATRICK J. COMISKEY • PATRICIO TAPIA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DAVID DARLINGTON ART DIRECTOR 13—14/CA San Francisco Craft Spirits Carnival Fort Mason Pavilion Info: craspiritscarnival.com The team behind SF Vintners Market turns their attention to small-batch spirits at this event, with educational seminars, dinners and a grand tasting. ELENA BESSARABOVA-LEONE A S S O C I AT E A RT D I R E C T O R MIKE RUSH GRAPHIC DESIGNER DAVID NUÑEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITERS MAX ALLEN • JOHN ANDERSON • LOU BUSTAMANTE TYLER COLMAN • ANTHONY GIGLIO • JORDAN MACKAY FIONA MORRISON MW • DAVID SCHILDKNECHT BILL ST. JOHN • VICTOR DE LA SERNA REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS 17/CA Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 City View at the Metreon, San Francisco Info: 415-255-7736, x2, wineandspiritsmagazine.com Fresh-shucked oysters, live music, dishes from the Bay Area’s best new restaurants and the chance to mingle with some of the world’s best winemakers and taste their wines: This is the Top 100, featuring Wine & Spirits’ Wineries of the Year 2012. BILL ADDISON (ATLANTA) • BEN CANAIDER (AUSTRALIA) VICTORIA PESCE ELLIOT (MIAMI) • JONATHAN KAUFFMAN (SAN FRANCISCO) • DARA MOSKOWITZ GRUMDAHL (MIDWEST) DAVID TAMARKIN (CHICAGO) • ALAN TARDI (ITALY) CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS BARTOMEU AMENGUAL • NICHOLAS BASILION • MARK BREWER MARVIN COLLINS • MATTHEW FARRUGGIO • ERIC WOLFINGER C I RC U L AT I O N & M A R K E T I N G C I RC U L AT I O N D I R E C T O R 25–29/Italy Salone Del Gusto/Terra Madre Turin Info: salonedelgustoterra madre.slowfood.com W. CHARLES SQUIRES EVENT & MARKETING MANAGER CORD MEDINA W E B S I T E C O O R D I N AT O R JANUSZ SIKORA DISTRIBUTION CURTIS CIRCULATION COMPANY NOVEMBER 1–4/CA Big Sur Food & Wine Festival Info: 831-667-0800, bigsurfoodandwine.org A weekend of California wines in Big Sur, including a Wine & Swine dinner featuring a carve-oﬀ of local hogs. Subscriptions: 888-695-4660 $29.95 per year; Canada, add $10; Overseas airmail, add $30 (US funds). Send subscription inquiries and changes of address (old and new) to the editorial office. ADVERTISING A S S O C I AT E P U B L I S H E R LEO H. LOHRMAN East Coast Office 203-381-9331; Fax 203-386-8472 ACCOUNT MANAGER (WEST COAST) SAMANTHA GROSETH 212-695-4660 x31; Fax 212-695-2920 WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE, INC. PRESIDENT JOSHUA GREENE VICE PRESIDENT MARCY T. CRIMMINS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ROY SCHNEIDER, JR. 2–4/CA SLO Harvest Celebration San Luis Obispo Info: slowine.com 7–8/NY Rhône Rangers NYC Tasting City Winery Info: 800-467-0163, rhonerangers.org 11–12/OR ¡Salud! Oregon Pinot Noir Auction Portland Info: 503-681-1850, saludauction.org 14–18/CA San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Info: 877-808-WINE, worldofwineevents.com 16–18, 30–Dec 2/NY Deck the Halls Weekend Seneca Lake Info: 877-536-2717, senecalakewine.com Editorial and Business Office Wine & Spirits, 2 W. 32nd St., Suite 601, New York, NY 10001, 212-695-4660. Unsolicited manuscripts and photography should be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed return envelope. Email: info@wineandspiritsmagazine.com Wine & Spirits Magazine is published eight times a year by Wine & Spirits Magazine, Inc. 2 West 32nd St., Suite 601, New York, NY 10001 Contents © Copyright 2012 by Wine & Spirits Magazine, Inc. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without written consent of the publisher. Printed in the USA http://bkshakenandstirred.eventbrite.com http://bkshakenandstirred.eventbrite.com http://www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com http://salonedelgustoterramadre.slowfood.com http://salonedelgustoterramadre.slowfood.com http://www.bigsurfoodandwine.org http://www.slowine.com http://www.senecalakewine.com http://www.saludauction.org http://www.rhonerangers.org http://www.worldofwineevents.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Wine & Spirits - October 2012

Wine & Spirits - October 2012
Editor’s Note
Happenings
Contents
Fined & Filtered: Jordan Mackay on Microlists
Skin Deep
Books: Josh Greene interviews Julia Harding, MW, about Wine Grapes
Spirits: Wild new whiskies, by Lou Bustamante
Best New Sommeliers 2012
Structured California Chardonnay
Nuits Blanches
Bourbon & Country Ham
New & Notable Bay Area Restaurants
Extreme Values: Great Buys for $10 or Less
Overview
American Chardonnay
Red Burgundy
Australian Shiraz
Bierzo & Galician Reds
American
Imported
Levi Dalton on Chinato

Wine & Spirits - October 2012