In the wake of the failed Chateau Montelena sale, James Laube looks at buying and selling prospects in Napa Valley

• James Suckling addresses rumblings about those wines that weren't named Wine of the Year

• James Molesworth looks at the 2008 vintage in the Rhône Valley

• Harvey Steiman wonders if you're elated or embarassed by the annual hoopla surrounding Beaujolais Nouveau

• Bruce Sanderson enjoys a remarkable vertical of Louis Roederer's flagship Champagne, Cristal

Harvest 2008: Stéphane Ogier says that harvesting late paid off in the Côte-Rôtie

• Josh Bergström signs off from the promising 2008 harvest in Oregon

Brian Loring explains his 15 percent rule

• Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer details why Brancaia spends so much money each year on new barrels

• Adam Lee explains how he blends, and why that's so important in this vintage

• Jeremy Seysses shares his final thoughts on the 2008 Burgundy vintage