You Think You Know Malbec Wine. You Are Wrong
A new wave of subtle, structured wines out of Argentina are poised to change the way the world sees the famous fruit bomb grape.
Italian Winemakers Look Toward the Past
Some of the most adventurous winemakers in Italy are looking backward rather than forward-to the ways wine was made hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Read on for some lingo you need to know.
The Most Famous Champagne You Probably Never Heard Of
Founded 150 years ago, Champagne Ayala is one of the oldest bubbly producers in the world and one of the most important in the history of champagne.
10 things to know about sparkling wines outside France's Champagne region
Here are 10 things to know about some of the other more prominent sparkling wine producing regions:
A sommelier reveals 9 incredible US wine regions that aren't Napa
While most people turn to France and Italy when they think of incredible wine regions, there are plenty right here in the US.
EIGHT IRRITATING HABITS OF PEOPLE IN THE WINE TRADE
The wine trade is largely made up of wine lovers happy to be working in an industry where they can indulge in their personal love of wine, but it also breeds some irritating habits.
How To Never See Wine The Same Way Again: See It As A Blind Person Would
How is blindness an advantage when it comes to tasting wine?
How to say wine words correctly - and avoid a little embarrassment
Some fairly common wine words can be tricky to say, too.
Traditions matter to young wine buyers
Now more than ever, it's how you are selling wine to your tables in a restaurant rather than rattling off a series of tasting notes and leaving it at that. As our knowledge increases about where our food comes from and how it's grown, I see many millennials looking at their wine the same way. Tradition and heritage do matter.
Why Do People Buy Second Label Wines?
Let's start with the essential characteristics that sommeliers look for in a wine: the nose, taste and the finish. The three areas to look for in wealth management are brand, services and value.
Italian Wine Exploration Map
To put it into perspective, if you tasted a new Italian wine each week, it would take you 20 years to taste your way through Italy.
In Slovakia, a Wine Region Waiting for the Spotlight
Slovak Tokaj is one of the smallest wine regions in the world, according to local tourism organizations and wine producers, with only 2,241 acres.
How Yeast Affects The Taste of Wine
So much of our understanding of flavor in wine comes from a focus on grapes, but there is another major ingredient involved in winemaking that greatly affects the flavor. Yeast.
New Coppola Line
Francis Ford Coppola Winery has unveiled its Director's Great Movies range, a limited edition lineup featuring classic film-themed labels. An offshoot of the winery's Director's Collection, the Director's Great Movies series comprises three entries, including Jaws, a 2015 Chardonnay; King Kong, a 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon; and The Wizard Of Oz, a 2014 Merlot. Each expression features a movie poster-style label created by artist Laurent Durieux and retails at around $21-$24 a 750-ml.
TOP 10 WAYS TO WIND UP A WINE LOVER
From waiters overfilling your wine glass to restaurant mark-ups and poor pronunciation, we round-up the most irritating habits guaranteed to tick-off a wine lover.
Italy's Next Wine Frontier
Friuli, on the border of Austria and Slovenia, has become one of Italy's most exciting wine regions thanks to its complex, aromatic whites.
WHY IS CHAMPAGNE SO EXPENSIVE?
Many reasons. Let us explain why Champagne is so damn expensive.
These 5 big beer companies have a global monopoly stranglehold
How the Color of Your Wine Matters, According to One Napa Winery
We see before we sniff or taste, so color sometimes colors our perception of certain types of beverages
Discount wine chain in CT sues state over minimum liquor prices
In an eight-page anti-trust lawsuit filed in federal court in Connecticut, Total Wine & More of Bethesda, Md., argued that the retail prices on some products are 24 percent higher in Connecticut than in surrounding states
How the wine label became an art form
With the wine industry estimated to be worth US$303 billion annually, winemakers have been raising their game in an effort to grab our attention in an overcrowded marketplace
Castle Island Expands Distribution, Releases Seasonal Festbier
Beginning this week, the brewery's beers will be available as far North as the New Hampshire and Maine borders.
United States wine production: 1880 versus 2015
Annual wine production data are provided in gallons for each state of the USA for which there was significant wine volume at the time.
Rating the future of wine sales in post-scoring world
Throughout the 1990s, the industry lamented how much power was bound up in point ratings that reflected one man's personal preferences
Winegrowing Areas Of Santa Barbara County
One of California's most beautiful and exciting viticultural regions lies ... just 90 minutes north of the seemingly endless urban sprawl of Los Angeles. Santa Barbara ... is making some of the most thrilling wines in America. ... From ocean-cooled valleys to stark mountain vineyards; from racy syrah to velvety pinot noir to the prospect of great cabernet; from rustic ranchers to reclusive celebrities - if any wine region can have it all, it's Santa Barbara.
