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The Best and the Rest: Thoughts on Talent, Simplicity and Aggregated Marginal Gains in Wine Production

This essay argues that when we reduce the cumulative process of winemaking to “talent,” we misunderstand the dynamics of progress in wine production....

News & Views

William Kelley • 06 Feb 2025

Opinion winemaking thoughts + opinions

What Is a Yield?

Yield is one of the most-cited metrics in wine, but for wine quality and style, the most meaningful metrics are berry size and wine depth and concentration....

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William Kelley • 04 Mar 2024

winemaking viticulture

Bordeaux in 2023: The State of the Art

This essay offers an extensive personal overview of Bordeaux’s state of the art in 2023, informed by 15 weeks of visits to over 500 châteaux over the last calendar year....

News & Views

William Kelley • 08 Mar 2023

France winemaking viticulture

Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: William Kelley

Taking over coverage of Bordeaux has been rich with interest, so I’ve dedicated this year’s “favorites” entirely to the reds and whites of the Gironde. I hope this selection may...

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William Kelley • 23 Nov 2022

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Five Questions With Erin Larkin, Our New Australia Reviewer

We sat down for a glass of wine with Larkin to learn more about her background, her approach to writing wine reviews and her plans for her coverage of Australia....

People & Places

William Kelley • 17 May 2022

wine tasting australia

Reviewers’ Favorites 2021: William Kelley

Many hardworking, talented farmers and winemakers in Burgundy and Champagne fly under the radar precisely because they can’t boast a famous name. William Kelly’s selection of “favorites” for the year...

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William Kelley • 10 Nov 2021

Burgundy Champagne discovery

Wine’s Naturalistic Fallacy: Thoughts on Style and Site Expression

The aspiration to “add nothing and take nothing away,” is far from new. But does the pursuit of purity and “transparency” end in authenticity or merely in homogeneous neutrality?...

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William Kelley • 23 Feb 2021

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Discovering Burgundy Wines on a Budget

Given the escalating prices of Burgundy’s grandest grands crus, the rewards of looking further afield have never been greater....

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William Kelley • 08 Feb 2021

chardonnay pinot noir French Wine

France, Burgundy: The Côte d’Or’s 2019 Vintage

2019 is a thrilling year for Pinot Noir, delivering wines bursting with head-turning perfume and fresh, succulent fruit. In Chardonnay, 2019 is more heterogenous....

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William Kelley • 19 Jan 2021

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