Wine&S & pirits contents december 2019 VOLUME 38 NUMBER 7 features 24 PIEDMONT'S GREAT WHITE HOPE? Stephanie Johnson ventures to the Colli Tortonesi, where she finds an eccentric group of vintners growing timorasso, aspiring to create the white counterpart to Barolo. 30 VANISHING ELDERS 38 WASHINGTON'S CABERNET Why don't more Napa Valley cabernet vintners see virtue in old vines? David Darlington investigates. SURVIVORS Between the harsh winters and widespread virus, Columbia Valley's cabernet vines rarely make it to old age. Patrick J. Comiskey considers how and why the oldest patches have survived. WINE & SPIRITS DECEMBER 2019 5