Wine&Spirits december 2017 vol. 36 a wineandspirits number 8 x wineandspirits 20 departments 1 2 8 Editor's Note Contributors Fined & Filtered Tasting Climate Change by Tara Q. Thomas Cover illustration by Rik Olson. tastings 16 17 18 Happenings 88 Wine by the Bay: Outakes from the W&S Top 100 40 81 Books: Peter Liem's Champagne At a Glance W&S Scores Defined Year's Best Knechting the Dots: Red Light by David Schildknecht 41 Champagne 53 US Cabernet Sauvignon 66 Barolo & Barbaresco 71 Rioja Focus On 88 6 WINE & SPIRITS DECEMBER 2017 Top 100 photo by Eric Wolfinger 17 51 English & US Sparkling 75 Porto New Releases 12 Best for $13 or Less 78 North American 85 Importedhttp://www.instagram.com/wineandspirits http://www.twitter.com/wineandspirits