In this issue, Wine Spectator celebrates Barbara Banke’s global wine empire, Jackson Family Wines. Our cover story follows the growth of the Jackson family, starting as a powerhouse California producer in the 1990s, and how matriarch Barbara Banke’s business acumen has guided and shaped the family enterprise into a global winemaking dynasty over the past three decades.
Read editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken’s introduction to the Dec. 15, 2025, issue, which includes our annual tasting report on top Champagnes from senior editor Alison Napjus as well as a retrospective tasting of Louis Roederer’s Cristal Vinothèque late-disgorged bubblies going back to 1997!
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