Other Questions

Related to when charts are updated, why vintages don't appear to be current, why not every region has a chart.

I lost my vintage chart wallet card from the magazine. How do I get another one?
If you are a member of WineSpectator.com, you can visit the Vintage Charts section of our website and click on the Wallet Chart PDF link to print as many ne...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 3:36 PM
Why haven't you rated the most recent vintage in the region I'm interested in? I'm already seeing some of the wines on store shelves.
In most cases, we taste hundreds of wines before rating a vintage; at a minimum, for small subregions, we sample dozens of wines. For some wine types, blind...
Wed, 1 Oct, 2014 at 6:12 PM
Why haven't you rated this year's / last year's vintage? The most recent vintage year in some charts is a couple of years old.
In most cases, we taste hundreds of wines before rating a vintage; at a minimum, for small subregions, we sample dozens of wines. Few wines are released in ...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:41 PM
Why don't you have vintage charts for some countries, regions and grapes?
Not all regions or wine types call for a vintage chart. We've created charts for regions that meet three basic criteria:   A substantial amount o...
Sun, 31 Aug, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Why don't you have vintage charts for Canada?
Too few Canadian wines from each major region and grape/style are exported to the U.S. market--a surprising and disappointing situation considering the prox...
Wed, 24 Sep, 2014 at 2:56 PM
Why don't you have a vintage chart for all of California (or Italy, or France...) as a whole?
Some wine regions are so large--with such varied climates and weather conditions--that a single vintage rating could be more misleading than revealing. We t...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:44 PM