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This Week: Cristaldi's Top 100 Wines of 2025 and Sonoma County Buyer's Guide
It’s the week of December 15, 2025.
My Top 100 Wines of 2025 have landed, just in time for any very last-minute holiday gifts for yourself or otherwise. You know what to do. Check it out.
And ICYMI, I spent considerable time traveling around and tasting my way through Sonoma County. See what I had to say about the 340+ wines I tasted, rated, and reviewed.
Don’t miss out on: Cristaldi’s Top 10 Wines from Fredericksburg Food & Wine. Or our recent Rogue Valley coverage.
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Cristaldi’s Top 100 Wines of 2025
Cristaldi’s selects his Top 100 wines of 2025.
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