Family Ties

In this issue, Wine Spectator spotlights twelve young innovators from renowned family-run estates across Italy, daughters and sons from a new generation who are assuming leadership roles and making a palpable, positive impact. Some focus on the business side, delivering sales and marketing savvy in a changing industry. Others are assessing and fine-tuning the vineyards and cellars for best practices and sustainable wine quality for the coming decades. In all their various roles, these young men and women are bringing 21st-century eyes to their wineries with the goal of continued longevity for their family legacies front of mind.

Read editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken’s introduction to the April 30, 2026, issue, which includes our annual tasting report on the top wines of Piedmont from senior editor Bruce Sanderson, as well as a feature on the newest wine to come from Napa’s historic To Kalon vineyards, where senior editor James Molesworth investigates.

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