The World of Fine Wine - Issue #79

The World of Fine Wine Issue #79 is a quarterly wine journal of essays, verticals and vintage reports.

History and sparkling wine are well served in this number. Rod Phillips writes on wine during the French Revolution and, separately, on Canadian Pinot Noir; Tom Stevenson visits Ca' del Bosco in Franciacorta; Michael Schuster tastes 2012 Salon Le Mesnil alongside 2014 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs, and elsewhere the 2020 wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Anne Krebiehl MW reviews the latest Arras releases from Tasmania, Simon J Woolf covers Austria's best single-vineyard bottlings, and Neil Beckett reports on 2022 Burgundy and the Hospices de Beaune auction. Tastings take in 2021 Burgundy, 2018 Barolo and Oregon Chardonnay.

Burgundy and Barolo buyers will recover the cover price on the tasting reports alone. The Arras piece is worth reading for anyone tracking Tasmanian sparkling, and the Champagne verticals suit drinkers who put fizz away for years.