Contents

The Editor Speaks

(Try and Stop Him)

Warm-Up Act

(Before We Get Started It's Time To Chat)

Chateau d'Esclans

Chapoutier

(Rise, and Rise, of a Maestro)

Delas

(They've Got The Wine and They've Got The Place)

An Interview with Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

(How the Mighty have Grown, and Grown)

Domaine Gayda

(Home Thoughts From Abroad)

Tasting Canada Wines

(Reasons To Drink Canada Dry)

Tasting South African Wines

(A Difficult Year Finishes With A Flourish)

Wines of California

(Preaching to the Converted?)

Hopwine USA

(The Americans are Here)

Vine Conversations