VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Northern Rhône Valley has some of the most breathtaking vineyards in the world — and some of the most stunning wines. The Northern Rhône has a more continental climate, not as warm as that of the south, and the wines, especially the reds, can be a bit lighter (though not “light”), lower in alcohol, and offer more acidity.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It says something when a well-known TV series about Italian food, in an episode about Puglia, ignores the wines of the region in the heel of the boot of southern Italy. But the wines? I guess the show’s host (a well-known actor) and producers must have figured that Puglia is still a backwater region when it comes to wine.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Eduard Viader grabs a bottle from a riddling rack, pulls off the metal brace that secured the cork, and with his index finger covering the closure to keep it from flying off, uses his clawlike wrench to ease the cork out of the bottle. He spins the bottle to tamp down the fizz and turns it upright.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 29, 2024

We aren’t ones to shy away from additional wines from Merry Edwards, with this wintertime release spanning more 2021 pinot noirs, two whites, and the first sparkling wine we’ve tasted from the winery — this one bottled in honor of the upcoming eclipse.

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VinePair

JUNE 16, 2024

Bottled water is nothing new. While it’s hard to nail down exactly when the very first water bottle was invented, packaging water for transportation dates all the way back to ancient times. It didn’t take long for the environmental impact of these plastic bottles to become obvious.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The renowned sparkling wine fetches a high sum for both its quality and status. The Champagne method requires labor-intensive winemaking practices and a long time aging in the bottle, and the small French region it hails from is full of history and prestige. Average score: 96. Average price: $2,136. Average score: 96.

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VinePair

MAY 14, 2024

When that feeling hits, we know it’s time for VinePair’s annual ranking of the best rosé wines. While rosé used to be the unrivaled summer beverage, in 2024 it’s going up against orange wines, chillable reds, and the infallible spritz. Cerasuolo means “cherry” in Italian, in reference to the wine’s intense cherry-like color.

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VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Understanding wine is often about comparisons: If you’re not familiar with a certain variety, what does it remind you of? The issue is tannins, the chewy, often “dusty” remnants of the grapes that coat the mouth, give red wines structure, and make them worthy of aging. Those young California Cabs are quite tannic. Plenty of time.

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VinePair

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s the country’s most celebrated wine region, known primarily for the red Tempranillo grape, which, like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in Bordeaux, produces elegant, medium-bodied wines that lend themselves to lengthy barrel aging. In some ways, Rioja is the Bordeaux of Spain. Examples of both styles are in the list below.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Even though we love all categories of wine here at VinePair, there’s no arguing that the undisputed champ of the holiday season is Champagne. There’s really no better way to spread the holiday spirit than with a bottle of bubbly, but making the perfect selection can be a daunting task. Do you spring for a vintage bottling?

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

In 2022, the duo built an outdoor wine garden in an empty Fishtown lot and poured glasses of minimal-intervention MCC wines—made with Pennsylvania grapes—from a refurbished trolley. By night, Forîn hosts residencies for local restaurants, and pours wine, beer, and cocktails, like an Espresso Martini with house coffee.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The label was originally founded in 2006 by the Wagner family (of Caymus and Belle Glos fame) and sold to beverage giant Constellation Brands in 2015 to the tune of $315 million. Much like Caymus , Meiomi drums up a lot of controversy in the wine world. Check out some more site-specific bottles from around the world.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Amor built its reputation on stirred, bitter-oriented drinks, and this cocktail destination has 20 or more bottles of aperitif wines open at any one time. For those who like what they taste, there’s the option to take a bottle to go. Bring your own bottle to fill with vermouth or take one to go.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 25, 2024

Matured in a combination of Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso ex-Sherry casks sourced from Spain, The Glendronach 15 Year Old is bottled at 46% ABV. The average price for a 750ml bottle of The Glendronach Revival 15 Year Old is currently $109 on Wine-Searcher. Where Is The Glendronach 15 Year Old Produced?

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Non-vintage Champagne—a blend of reserve wines and the current harvest—is often considered the entry-level wine for a Champagne house. The inaugural bottling called Edition 18, named for the 2018 vintage, is meant to look at climate change through the lens of Chardonnay. Last year, Ruinart released the all-new Blanc Singulier.

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Drinkhacker

AUGUST 5, 2024

The bold wine benefits from having such a lengthy aging regimen — we’re five years out from harvest now — and it has settled down appropriately in the bottle as a result. Tart, lightly tannic, and round with black fruit, it’s a wine that’s really come well into its own. Brave Cabernet Sauvignon Mt.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Few red wines carry the cachet of Cabernet Sauvignon. The varietal’s textural intensity and richness make it an ideal food-pairing wine. Given these qualities, it’s no surprise that Cab represents some of the world’s most legendary — and most expensive — red wines on the primary market and the collector circuit.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Champagne is the ultimate celebration wine, adding some bubbly spirit to holidays, birthdays, or even an average Tuesday night. To help make sure you’re shelling out for the right bottle, we’ve compiled a list of the best Champagnes to buy right now, whether you’re looking to splurge on bubbles well over $100 or find a great value for $50.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

in 2015 for a job at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science, he didn’t know much about the city, or anyone in it. So he started attending free wine tastings at Market Street Wine. So he started attending free wine tastings at Market Street Wine. “I When Reggie Leonard moved to Charlottesville, Va.,

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VinePair

DECEMBER 28, 2023

One of the most widely known Champagne brands on the market, you may have first heard it referenced in a song on the radio, or recognized its distinct appearance in a wine shop or nightclub. Either way, there’s no denying that this prestigious bottle of bubbly has made its mark on pop culture.

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VinePair

MAY 29, 2024

Popping a bottle of pink bubbly can add a festive touch to an impromptu celebration, provide the perfect pairing for a fine-dining menu, or get the conversation flowing at brunch. Plus, as the category of sparkling rosé continues to grow, there’s an increasingly diverse range of bottles to choose from to help match each occasion.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

A person-by-person palate shift helps Alma’s cultivate a customer base crossing over from sour ales or natural wines. He started at Angry Orchard in 2015 and starred in TV commercials for the country’s largest cidery. People aren’t beer drinkers, cider drinkers, wine drinkers, or spirit drinkers,” says co-founder Larsen.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The hand-painted bottle of this extra anejo, aged in small American and Eastern European oak barrels, provides a talking point on its own, but the tequila inside is a showstopper: Peppery and grassy on the nose – unusual for extra anejo – the tequila eventually gives way to a surfeit of dessert flavors on the palate, dosed heavily with racy spices.

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BarLifeUK

JUNE 24, 2024

The bar, and a couple of restaurants in the market, are owned by a couple, Louis and Mina, who moved to the UK from Portugal 20 years ago, and the most interesting thing about Secret Bar’s drinks offering is that all the wine and draft beer it stocks come from Portugal. Graveney Gin Graveney Gin In short, I have no idea.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Jim Beam Black: The Facts The original Jim Beam Black Label ‘101 Months’ was launched in the 1970s, matured for just under 8 and a half years, and bottled at 90 Proof (45% ABV). year old liquid on average, leading the expression to be rebranded as Jim Beam Black ‘Extra-Aged’ with an undisclosed age in 2015.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to someone’s lovely home in the central Kentucky countryside to enjoy an evening focused exclusively on wines from Napa’s Rutherford Valley. Quality was not in short supply, with many hard-to-find vintages or bottles attainable in highly specialized shops.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 18, 2024

A rabid fanbase, in part, supports this, with, among other things, a waitlist of more than 18,000 to volunteer on bottling days. One of the more unique yearly releases from here, and what’s being reviewed today, is the Guadalupe bourbon whiskey finished in a port wine barrel.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

However, this underrated grape produces some wildly complex, food-friendly wines that deserve your attention. Wines made from Cab Franc range from light and quaffable to rich and tannic depending on both region and winemaking styles. We tasted wines across the spectrum and compiled a list of the top bottles for you to seek out.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Compass Box , founded in 2000 by John Glaser, has long been revered by blended scotch whisky lovers for its transparent approach to whisky blending and bottling. Whilst almost every bottle of Compass Box whisky is stunning, nothing embodies the combination of craftsmanship and artistry, for me, more than Whisky & Ink.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 15, 2024

This week on Scotch Legends, we take a (nose)dive into the Springbank 12 Year Old 100 Proof, bottled in the 1980s for Samaroli. The Springbank 12 Year Old 100 Proof was bottled for the legendary Italian independent bottler and importer, Samaroli , in the early 1980s. Almost pungent, after more than 20 years in its bottle.

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Liquorista

AUGUST 9, 2021

Have you ever come home from a long day of work, plopped down on your couch, went to pour yourself a nice glass of red wine and found out that your wine has turned sour? That’s one of the many reasons you should buy boxed red wine next time you’re at the grocery store instead of your classic bottled wine.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But should you rush to grab a bottle? Talisker Skye boasts a collection of awards, including Silver at The Scotch Whisky Masters (2015), Gold at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (2017), as well as a Bronze Medal at the World Whiskies Awards (2018). Let’s dive in and find out.

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Liquorista

JULY 22, 2021

So the golden question remains: what wines you are to keep an eye out for? Fortunately for you we have done most of the risk taking and have gone ahead to taste racks of cheap wine to find those wines that takes you to the stars and back and cost well under $20. The perfect wine for your everyday meal.

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The Informed Drinker

APRIL 17, 2021

We were especially excited to try their 2015 Paxxito (pronounced pa-see-to) dessert wine, which recently won the 2021 Virginia Governor’s Cup. It’s uncommon for a dessert wine to win a top spot like this, but after tasting it we could certainly see why.

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Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Following on from The Breakfast Group’s hugely successful launch of 68 & Boston in 2015 which took Soho by storm with its unique, competitive wine selection from 67 different wine regions across the globe, the group have finally found a new permanent home in the heart of the city, in Spitalfields, London for the award-winning concept.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 13, 2024

Opening a second grocer’s shop in Edinburgh’s South Bridge area in 1836, George expanded to also operate as a wine and spirit merchant. In Glasgow, the business concentrated on the wine and spirit trade as George began to create his own blended whiskies in 1865. his, George Jr.,

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 18, 2024

In 2002 and 2017 the same bottle of 62-year-old Dalmore whisky smashed expectations, and pre-sale estimates, to become the most expensive bottle of whisky in the world. In 2002 the 62-year-o ld whisky smashed expectations, and its pre-sale estimate, to become the most expensive bottle of whisky in the world. at McTears Glasgow.

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