This wine seems as if it could do another 15 years in the cellar without blinking. 2002 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Clos des Noelles Excelsior , $22, Louis/Dressner Selections. 2000 Michel Br é geon Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Gorgeois , $22, Fruit of the Vines Imports. Perhaps even the seafood stereotype entirely. MORE >>

The Aszu is run off to casks, and a slow second fermentation takes place for at least two years in underground cellars. Secrets of the Cellar. Lazlu takes us on a magical tour of the cellar, where the bottles of wine glow orange in the darkness like some luscious gold elixir. 2000 (white peach) and 2002. uneven. MORE >>

John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. But being younger than the gentleman I just mentioned, I do not have the same reserves of old vintages of white Burgundy or white Bordeaux in my cellar, and so premox has really hit my collection hard. Are these wines forcibly better? MORE >>

2002 Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling, Eden Valley. 2000 Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon, Tasmania. 2002 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling, Clare Valley. 2002 Peter Lehmann Reserve Riesling, Eden Valley. 2002 Seppelt St Peters Great Western Shiraz, Great Western, Grampians. 2002 Castagna Genesis Syrah, Beechworth. MORE >>

It is incredibly glamorous and the cuisine (mushroom soup and steak) is paired with Chateau Pichon Longueville 2000 (delicious with its black currant and tobacco flavors), Les Tourelles de Longueville (their second wine), 1990 Chateau Pibron – another AXA acquisition. The Cellar. VerticalTasting Chateau Longueville 2000 - 2009. MORE >>