In this issue, Wine Spectator celebrates Isabel Ferrando’s incredible achievements in Châteauneuf-du-Pape over the past two decades as a self-made overnight success. Our cover story follows Ferrando’s rise to prominence in the Southern Rhône, starting out with a vineyard no one else wanted and quickly turning it into an estate producing some of the most uniquely elegant and impressive examples of Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the past 20 years.
Read editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken’s introduction to the Mar. 31, 2026, issue, which includes our annual tasting report on top red and white wines from the Rhône Valley from senior editor Kristen Bieler, as well as Wine Spectator’s very first tasting report on the wines of Georgia from senior editor James Molesworth!
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