Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Wine Enthusiast Magazine is one of the most respected and quoted authorities in the world of wine and spirits. We feature the hottest trends in everything related to wine. Our seasoned editors do the work for you, with over 700 expert ratings and reviews in each issue. Plus, in-depth features on all aspects of cocktails, spirits, beer, inventive wine and food pairings, trendy recipes, savvy travel features, and more.

Masthead • VOLUME 37, NUMBER 6

Pub Letter • For this year’s Future 40, we went back to look forward.

Out + About • SIPS AND SNAPS AROUND THE GLOBE

Grappa Opener • Forget what you think about it tasting like gasoline, the much maligned spirit might be one of the tastiest ways to drink green.

Grappa

Hybrids

Karen MacNeil • With a staggering number of people saying they are going dry this month, Karen MacNeil offers an extra-dry alternative and an appeal to remember all the ways in which wine brings us together.

ROM–Butter Noodles • The nostalgia and flat-out comfort of this dish will satisfy your inner child (and the adult you will appreciate the deceptively sophisticated suggested wine pairing).

Pairology: Beets • FINGER-STAINING RED BEETS are one of the most versatile of root vegs. Raw and sliced thin, they add an extra crunch to a salad or slaw. Roast, boil or steam them and they show off their soft side, making the perfect addition to tray-bakes, stews or stir fries. You can find them pre-packaged—canned, pickled, in chutney or hummus. And they make a hearty meat-free main that even avowed carnivores will devour. (Beet Wellington, anyone?) Given its versatility and diversity of expression, it’s no wonder they match up so well with a plethora of wines.

Okbtoberfest Beer • If you can’t make it to Munich for the world’s biggest beer festival, don’t worry. Your local brewery likely has you covered.

Vintage Vantage—Oktoberfest

Tools of the Trade–Pruning hook

AVA Dossier

COM Doughnut Daquiri • Crisp, autumnal nostalgia, served up.

Raki • How local distillers maintain the cornerstone of cultural tradition.

Rum Discovery • After 300 years, rum distilling returns to a historic St. Kitts property.

Cheers • Starting on page 100 you will find a few hundred of the thousands of wines we blind tasted and rated for this issue. You’ll also meet Michael Alberty, Tom Capo and Reggie Solomon, three of our reviewers, and learn their thoughts on innovation in wine. Spoiler alert: They aren’t talking about AI and robo-tractors.

Viewpoint–More than just vinifera • There’s much more out there than the European grape varieties we might have been taught to think are the only ones that make fine wine.

Future 40 • Meet the emerging tastemakers, innovators and advocates changing the way we drink (and maybe toke).

TikToktails • How mixology gets memed.

Arkansas • Finding fine wine, critter cuisine (including quite a few beaver tails) and the meaning of family in the Arkansas woods.

Massal Selection • Growers and winemakers around the world are embracing the art and science of sélection massale.

Oktoberfest • It’s not that unusual to see a dead body at Oktoberfest and other insights from the 200-year-old festival in Munich, Germany.

BG Cover • OCTOBER 2024

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The Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide

California

Oregon

Canada

Argentina

Beaujolais

Spain

Portugal

Austria

New Zealand

Croatia

Spirits

Last Drop: Wellness ≠ Wineless • For Managing Editor Stacy Briscoe, a fitness life can still equate to a life with wine.