Wine Enthusiast - October 2022

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Above & Beyond
Our focus on sustainable farming, classic techniques,
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94 Cellar Selection
2019 Estate Petit Verdot
High Valley
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2019 Estate Zinfandel
High Valley
2019 VINTAGE
92 Points
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Estate Syrah High Valley
92 Points
2017 Volcano Ridge Vineyard
Estate Malbec High Valley
91 Points
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High Valley
Family-owned and operated.
100% estate-bottled.
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October 2022
49
Emerging
Tastemakers
and Innovators
BY THE EDITORS OF
WINE ENTHUSIAST
Cover Photography
by Matt Sayles
Jackie Summers  • Founder and CEO, JackFromBrooklyn Inc. • Brooklyn, NY 
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October 2022
Features
106
Prepare
for a good
ribbing
93 100 116
More than Making waves Rice may
one way to on the West not be so
fight scurvy Sonoma Coast regional
93 SEAWORTHY SPIRITS 100 WAY OUT WEST 106 RIB RAPTURE 116 IS THERE SUCH A THING AS

SAKÉ TERROIR?
BY KARA NEWMAN BY VIRGINIE BOONE BY NILS BERNSTEIN
Sugar cane spirits from around the globe What some have long called the “true” Don’t relegate ribs to summer B Y ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA
can take vastly different forms. Sonoma Coast fi nally gets its due. barbecues. These rib recipes are made
It’s complicated.
for leisurely cold-weather cooking—
paired with soul-warming wines or
whiskey to match.
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October 2022
Departments Buying Guide
40 Gamay takes a trek
around the world 121 Reviewed this month
OUT & ABOUT
122 Bordeaux
42 Aft er volcanic eruptions
14 With La Gioiosa, Taste of devastated its soils, 146 Australia
Santa Barbara, Wine & Hip farmers in the Canary 147 Austria
Hop and Toast the Coast Islands dug deep 148 Germany
150 Piedmont
THE CRUSH
Columns 152 Portugal
18 The cannabis-infused 153 South Africa
beverage taste-test 154 California
PUBLISHER’S LETTER
156 Washington
20 Pairing wine with ginger
158 Spirits
10 A New Era
22 Q&A with Cristián Vallejo,
159 Beer
head winemaker at VIK
BY JACQUELINE STRUM
Winery
26 Candy corn grows up in a
VIEWPOINT
whimsical whiskey cocktail
44 From Wine Tasting to
28 These drinks put the boo in
Weed Tasting
booze
32 A winey twist on caramel BY STACY BRISCOE
apples
34 Rosé and country music LAST DROP
with The Chicks
160 Stuck in the Middle
37 The rise and fall and rise
again of vinyl bars BY TODD BRILLIANT
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D RO P
a
I N S P I R AT I O N

of
to broaden your palate
Distinctive blends inspired by
a legacy of artful winemaking
at our Sonoma Estate.
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 6
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