The ‘Monumental’ Role Soil Microbes Play in Wine
Great wine starts in the vineyard, presenting a unique taste of time and place defined by sun, sky and soil....
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Is $2,300 Cognac Worth It? Why Expensive Isn’t Always Better
As someone who grew up shopping the clearance section in discount stores, it still warms my bargain-hunter’s heart to find...
Social Sustainability and Inclusivity Can Secure the Future of Wine
“We need to change the narrative on wine,” says photographer Amber Brown. “Many view it as an elitist thing, which...
Sotheby’s Wine Label a Successful Step
The venerable auction house launched its own wines last year, and we wondered how they were doing. Sotheby’s officially launched...
‘New Frontiers of Viticulture’: Emerging Wine Regions Around the World
Five years ago, Klaus Peter Keller led a tasting of his Spatbürgunder, or Pinot Noir, from Germany. He was showing...
A Brief History of Mulled Beer and How to Make It at Home
Mulled wine has been enjoyed for thousands of years. Even the Romans were known to drink hot wine peppered with...
Wine Gets Some Skin in the Game
Common in red winemaking, the idea of extended skin contact is now on trend for whites, too. Over the last...
The Best Napa and Sonoma Wine Vintages to Drink in 2021
It’s hard to overstate how stunning the 2012–2014 vintages in Napa and Sonoma were for pretty much every variety of...
4 Things that Made the 2018 Chardonnay Vintage a Great Year
Nature often rewards grape growers and winemakers with an excellent vintage the year after an extremely challenging one, and we’re...
The Complex Science and Evolving Toll of Smoke Taint
In 2020, a series of wildfires ravaged parts of Northern California and western Oregon, blanketing much of the West Coast...
