Imbibe Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Odds are, your familiarity with Cava, the sparkling wine of Spain’s Catalonia region, may simply be as a cheap bottle of bubbles. Producers of the wine are pushing the regulating body, D.O. Cava, for stricter rules for quality, aiming to improve the wine’s global image and subsequent value.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2017, she founded the Hue Society to champion inclusivity in the wine industry and was named an Imbibe 75 Person to Watch in 2020. Since then, she’s continued to rack up accolades, such as VinePair ’s 2022 Advocate of the Year and Wine Enthusiast ’s 2023 Social Visionary of the Year. But that changed in 2011. this year. “I

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

On his and the other organic vineyards from which he sources, he hand-harvests separate lots, then micro-ferments them with native yeast to create the palette of wines he blends for Cava in the off-grid cellar he built into the bones of a 19th-century winery on his estate. Still others labeled their wines D.O. In response, the D.O.

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Cheers

MAY 8, 2024

With a few notable exceptions, most spirit and wine categories were down in sales compared to 2022. In total, 58 spirits , 26 wines and 16 RTDs qualified as Growth Brands this year, based on 2023 calendar year sales. Overall wine decreased 3.4% That’s not to say there are no bright spots and growth areas in the wine industry.

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VinePair

AUGUST 12, 2024

Father’s Day in Bavaria is a bit different,” laughs Helen Busch, beer sommelier for the German Kraft brewpubs and bars in Vienna and London. Increasingly we find our passengers are most interested in wines from the vineyards we pass by on the train. There’s not much better than a walk with a beer on a sunny day.” says Smith.

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VinePair

MARCH 9, 2025

The topic of red wine might bring to mind some of the great wines of the world: bold Napa Cabs, elegant Pinot Noirs from Burgundy , or structured Sangiovese from Brunello di Montalcino. Here, we asked wine pros from across the country to share the hidden gem reds they look to when theyre searching for a good value.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Napa Valley is Americas premier wine region. But the region is still relatively new in the wine world, and its success can be traced through a series of game-changing producers. Then, through the 80s and 90s, a number of wines received such intense acclaim (i.e., And which wine led the way? It was the 1973 S.L.V.

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