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happenings BY LARA DOUGLASS APRIL 3–6/CO Taste of Vail Info: 970-926-5665, tasteofvail.com 4–7/FL Pebble Beach Food & Wine Info: 1-866-907-FOOD pebblebeachfoodandwine.com 6/CA Whiskies of the World Expo San Francisco Belle, San Francisco Info: 408-225-0446 whiskiesoftheworld.com 6–7/FRANCE Riesling du Monde Music & Congress Centre, Strasbourg Info: portail-vins-du-monde.com 19–20/NY Adirondack Food & Wine Festival Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa, Lake Placid Info: 518-523-2544, mirrorlakeinn.com 20/DC A Vintage Affair Park Hyatt Washington Info: 301-704-2254 boardofvisitors.com/a-vintage-affair 21/CA Celebrate Earth Day in Green Valley Iron Horse Vineyards, Sebastopol Info: 707-887-1507 ironhorsevineyards.com/events/ Hosted by Iron Horse in collaboration with the Green Valley Foundation and National Geographic, this day-long celebration of local fare raises funds that go toward environmental awareness programs. This year’s keynote speaker is Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and The World Until Yesterday. MAY 1/NY Wine & Spirits Top of the List Tasting Metropolitan Pavilion, New York Join the editors of W&S to taste the Top 50 wines in America’s most popular restaurants (page 60) with dishes from NY’s most notable new drinking destinations (page 40). Info: 212-695-4660, x17 wineandspiritsmagazine.com APRIL 2013 Publisher and editor Joshua Greene executive editor Tara Q. Thomas senior editor Luke Sykora tasting director Carson Demmond associate editor Lara Douglass senior corresPondents Patrick J. Comiskey • Patricio Tapia David Darlington MAY 1–4/DC Heart’s Delight Wine Tasting & Auction Info: 703-248-1720 heartsdelightwineauction.org 2–5/TN Hospice du Rhône Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN Info: 805-784-9543, hospicedurhone.org art director Elena Bessarabova-Leone associate art director 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 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 15–19/MA Nantucket Wine Festival White Elephant Hotel Info: 508-228-1128 nantucketwinefestival.com The highlight of this weekend of galas and tastings is the lineup of dinners with winemakers, each limited to 20 seats. 17–19/CA Paso Robles Wine Festival Info: 805-549-WINE, pasowine.com 17–21/NY The Manhattan Cocktail Classic Info: manhattancocktailclassic.com 18/CA Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival Goldeneye Winery, Philo Info: 707-895-WINE, avwines.com 19–20/ENGLAND RAW Fair London Info: rawfair.com 18–19/CA Taste Alexander Valley Info: 888-289-4637, tastealexandervalley.org An opening gala of reserve and library wines at Trione leads into a weekend of food and wine tasting at over 30 Alexander Valley wineries. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Wine & Spirits - April 2013

Wine & Spirits - April 2013
Editor’s Note
Happenings
Contents
Fined & Filtered The Digital List
Cognac: The New Wave
The Funky Bits: Alice Feiring on terroir expression in Comté
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru
Pinot Noir’s Nerve Center
Where Tuscany Meets Liguria
Insider Chianti
Where to Eat & Drink in New York
24th Annual Restaurant Poll
Introduction
US Pinot Noir
Austria
Portugul Reds
White Burgundy
Loire
Tuscan Reds
US New Releases
Imported New Releases
Extreme Values

Wine & Spirits - April 2013