While the United States of America seems to be currently going through some sort of identity transformation, certain things about this massively
influential nation are locked in. The endless vibrancy and diversity of its artand music cultures for one; another is its exponentially expanding wine
industry, similarly endowed with a surplus of New World boldness and flair. In this issue, we close in for an exciting taste of what's happening at both ends
of the American wine industry, from the ultra-affordable players nudging and winking at the high flyers, to the zenith of American winemaking, the
high flyers themselves, who throw their resources – financial and otherwise – into the crafting of wines to equal the best in the world (more often than not
visualising the lofty beacon that is France, home to so many benchmarks).
