How does a wine reach the highest ranks? Find out as Wine Spectator’s senior editors discuss each of the Top 10 Wines of 2018 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
Wine Spectator’s Top 100 
How Wine Spectator Picks the Top 100 Wines 
In the Tasting Room at Wine Spectator 
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Dom Pérignon Vertical Tasting—New York Wine Experience 2011 
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In the Vineyard with Mark Aubert 
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Field Blending Old-Vine Zin with Morgan Twain-Peterson 
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Zinfandel Renaissance with Bedrock Wine Co. 
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New Zealand Pinot: A Walk Down Felton Road in Central Otago 
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Produttori del Barbaresco: It Takes the Village 
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Brunello: Unique Wines from Distinctive Soils 
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Beaucastel Seminar: Intro to Châteauneuf 
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Beautiful 2010 Brunello: Sustainable Farming at San Felice 
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Tuscan Sangiovese Seminar with Piero Antinori 
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Tweener State 
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How to Plow Rocks in Châteauneuf-du-Pape: A Visit to Domaine Giraud 
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Exploring Site Character in Châteauneuf: A Visit with François Giraud 
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South Africa: Hamilton Russell 
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#8 of 2009 Tasting: Fontodi Flaccianello Tuscany 
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Wine Star Pierre-Henry Gagey of Louis Jadot 
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Going Green in Napa with PlumpJack’s Gordon Getty and John Conover 
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In the Golan Heights with Yarden 
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In the Vineyard with Isabel Ferrando 
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Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards: Defining Fine Wine 
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Behind the Drouhin Label: One Family, Many Wines