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2025 Wine of the Year
Wine Spectator’s annual Top 100 list brings together our editors’ picks for the most exciting wines blind-tasted over the past year, culminating in our Wine of the Year. In 2025, we honor Château Giscours Margaux 2022—an exemplary Bordeaux bottling with a story of triumph in turbulent times.
Plus, get our annual tasting report on the wines of Australia, a spotlight on sparkling wines from the United States and a travel feature on the Andalusian city of Seville in southern Spain.
Cover Stories
The Top 100 Wines of 2025
Tasting Reports
The Case for Australia
Alphabetical Guide to Australia
Alphabetical Guide to U.S. Sparkling Wines
Features
Grapevine
The Year in U.S. Winery Deals
Guilty Pleas in $99 Million Wine Ponzi Scheme
Redefining Luxury at Napa’s Trois Noix
Departments
Our 2025 List
The Wines Are Alright
New Energy in Southern Rhône’s Lirac
Celebrity-Packed 2025 U.S. Open Showcases Wine and Cocktails
TOP 100 WINES OF THE YEAR Join Wine Spectator’s senior editors as they discuss this year’s Top 10 in our annual video series. Plus, find matching recipes and in-depth articles related to this year’s Top 10, and scroll through wine history with our Top 100 lists back to 1988. And be sure to enter our sweepstakes to win the Top 10 Wines of 2025!
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HOLIDAY PARTY PLANNING We’ve called upon leading chefs to share some of their favorite dishes for seasonal entertaining, while Wine Spectator editors recommend crowd-pleasing, budget-friendly wines!
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