Everything You Need to Know About Wine Country—Read Our 2025 Wine Issue
Plus, we announce the winners of our annual wine competition.
Thomas J. Story
If you’ve ever enjoyed a tasting flight mere yards from where the grapes that made the wine you’re drinking were grown; if you’ve ever driven the winding roads of a viticultural area; or—let’s just say it—if you have a pulse, “Wine Country” is one of those phrases that makes you go “aaaahhh.” The picturesque rolling hills, the people passionate about turning fickle grapes and unpredictable weather into transcendent juice, the pursuit of an irrational but always delightful tradition, charming hotels, and, above all, delicious wine often served with exceptional food.
It’s with that vision of a complete and total Western lifestyle experience in mind that we put together this issue to accompany the announcement of the winners of the annual Sunset International Wine Competition. Thousands of bottles from the wonderful wine countries of the world were tasted, the winners selected, the medals given. And to honor the wineries and people who have created such drinkable art, we’re sharing stories of visionary hoteliers and winemakers, restaurateurs, architects, and designers who create the living backdrop against which wine is grown, made, poured, and enjoyed.
Cheers to the winners (see them here)—and to the talents who make life in the West, and the life of wine, worth toasting!
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