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Based in Santiago, Chile, Patricio Tapia has witnessed Chile's
struggle to move beyond its reputation for "fighting varietals"
to wines that show the true character of the country. Last year,
he showed how a group of vintners was taking the challenge
head-on, using the long-ignored país. In this issue, he tracks
the rise of a new identity for carmenère, the country's signature
variety (p. 18).

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June 2018 Vol. 37, No. 3
PUBLISHER AND EDITOR

Joshua Greene

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Tara Q. Thomas
REGIONAL WINE EDITORS

Stephanie Johnson
Patrick J. Comiskey * Patricio Tapia

Deanna Gonnella, W&S assistant editor, is a graduate of NYC's
International Culinary Center's Classic Culinary Arts program, a private chef and our in-house expert on all things culinary. She's also
worked the floor as a sommelier, and advised buyers at Vintry Fine
Wines in Manhattan, so she knows a thing or two about wine. She
stepped up to lead our annual Retailer Challenge, focused on the
best wines for NY pizza. (p. 30)

TASTING DIRECTOR

Sarah Sutel Looper
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Deanna Gonnella
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Karen Moneymaker
TASTING COORDINATORS

Allison Bart * Rachel DelRocco
Erik Siering
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

David Darlington
ART DIRECTOR

Mike Rush

Originally from Wisconsin, Patrick J. Comiskey honed his wine
chops in San Francisco, first as a sommelier, then as an editor
and critic for this magazine. Since 2004, he's been based in
Los Angeles, traveling to and from our Bay Area office for tastings. No longer: With this issue, he needs only to go as far as
LA's Arts District, our new West Coast home base, and a culinary mecca with a happening wine scene. He shares the highlights on page 22.

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

Vivian Ho
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA

Elena Bessarabova-Leone
JUNIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Helena Xu
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

John Anderson * Elaine Chukan Brown * Tyler Colman
Jordan Mackay * Fiona Morrison, MW
David Schildknecht * Erik Tennyson
REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS

Cover artist Dane Chong got his start designing clothing and
conceptualizing album covers at VP Records. A graduate of
the Art Institute of Philadelphia and the School of Visual Arts
in NYC, he now runs Weso Creative, a Queens-based graphic
design firm that doubles as a community art center.

Jeremy Pangilinan shot our new favorite neighborhood spots in
the Arts District of LA (p. 22). He's a graduate of Otis College of Art
and Design, in the Westchester neighborhood of LA, and when he's
not out rock climbing, he's shooting the backs of whales, or actors
on the back lots of studios in Century City. His work has appeared in
Vogue, US Weekly, on Viacom and Discovery, and you can find more
of it at akafotoboy.com.

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Bill Addison (Atlanta) * Ben Canaider (Australia)
Bill Ward (Midwest) * Alan Tardi (Italy)
C I RC U L AT IO N & M A RKE T I N G
WEBSITE COORDINATOR

Janusz Sikora
CIRCUL ATION CONSULTANT

Charles Squires

photo of D. Gonnella by Mike Rush; P. J. Comiskey by Eric Wolfinger; J. Rayyis by Charles Roussel

Jamal Rayyis's 30-year interest in the Languedoc-Roussillon stems
from an encounter with Domaine de Fontsainte Gris de Gris, a pink
wine from gray-skinned grapes made in Corbières. That wine, he
says, inspired a pilgrimage to Narbonne, as well as his fascination
with wines from underappreciated regions. He reviews Paul Strang's
new edition of Languedoc-Roussillon on page 80.

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