What makes a wine a member of this exclusive club? Find out as Wine Spectator’s senior editors discuss each of the Top 10 Wines of 2015 in a video series and explain how we pick them. Plus, learn how Wine Spectator reviews wines in blind tastings, hear from the winemakers and vintners who have produced Top 100 wines, and explore the regions, grape varieties and wine styles featured in this year’s list.
Bonus Videos
Inside Wine Spectator’s Tasting Department 
How We Pick the Top 100 
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Peter Michael (1 of 5): Sonoma, Peggy Lee & A Big Bear 
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Peter Michael (2 of 5): Coastal Tango 
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Peter Michael (3 of 5): Because It’s Afternoon Somewhere 
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Peter Michael (4 of 5): Best Thing I Have Ever Done 
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Peter Michael (5 of 5): Finding Heaven in Napa at Au Paradis 
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Top 10 of 2013 Revealed: No. 10 Quilceda Creek 
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Top 10 of 2006 Tasting: No. 2 
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Masi Amarone: Perfect Ruby 
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JM Visits Klein Constantia 
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Oregon’s Classic ’08 Bergstrom Pinots 
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Two Tuscans: Altesino & Caparzo 
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Sangiovese Love in Montalcino 
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Wine No. 5 of 2011 Reveal: Dehlinger RRV Pinot 
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#5 of 2011: Tasting Dehlinger RRV Pinot 
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Sauvie Styles: New Zealand’s Cloudy Bay 
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Madeira: Tasting History with Blandy’s 
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Wine No. 3 of 2008 Reveal: Quinta do Crasto 
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Top 10 of 2008 Tasting: No. 3 Quinta do Crasto 
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Building a Legacy: Washington’s Baer 
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Top 10 of 2011 Revealed: #6 Baer Ursa 
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Terroir Hunter: Pedro Parra 
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Montes: Coming to Apalta 
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Montes Alpha M 
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Montes: Defining Success in Chile 
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Growing Classic Rhônes in Amador County 
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Grenache Love with Helen Keplinger 
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Roamin’ Rhone: Blending CA with Keplinger 
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James Molesworth with Keplinger on Rhone Reds 
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Walk Down Felton Road in Central Otago 
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Central Otago Pinot Noir with Felton Road 
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Tasting Wine No. 10 of 2009 
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Chardonnay, New Zealand Style, with Kumeu River 
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Wine No. 1 of 2013 
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Rioja Rules with CUNE Winery 
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Rioja’s Riches: Jesús Madrazo of Contino 
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Wine No. 5 of 2010 
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Tasting Wine No. 5 of 2010 
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Cristal Clarity 
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Cristal Champagne Shines Through the Years 
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Tasting the No. 6 Wine of 2009 
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Top 10 of 2009 Revealed: #6 Chappellet 
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Antinori (1 of 4): Introducing Tignanello and Solaia 
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Antinori (2 of 4): Tignanello & Solaia Vineyards 
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Antinori (3 of 4): Tasting Terroir 
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Antinori (4 of 4): Grape Selection & Oak Regimens 
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Bold Bandol 
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Wine No. 5 of 2014 
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Michel Chapoutier on Hermitage Red 
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Chapoutier Whites 
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Value and Terroir in Roussillon with Chapoutier 
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James Molesworth Visits Chapoutier in Hermitage 
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Chapoutier, Master of Hermitage 
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Chapoutier: Single-Vineyard Hermitage 
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Ravines Wine Cellars 
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Tasting with the Grands Crus