Top 5 Wines of the Week: October 14, 2011

In some ways, sipping the world's wines can be a hopeless endeavor; there's so much wine out there that we could sample wine all day long and still get nowhere near tasting everything. That doesn't mean we won't try! From a French Côtes du Rhone Blanc to a New Zealand late-harvest Riesling, here are five memorable wines we quaffed this week, and why we loved them.