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We Asked 20 Sommeliers: Which Wine Do You Wish People Ordered More? (2024)

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In the spirit of adventure and looking to add a little thrill to our collective drinking experiences, we polled 20 sommeliers for the underappreciated, unconventional, and sometimes overlooked wines that deserve our attention. Roderick Williams, bar manager and certified sommelier, Smoked , Columbia, S.C. “I

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We Asked 11 Sommeliers: Which Bordeaux Wine Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2024)

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We asked sommeliers from across the U.S. Eamon Pereyra, sommelier, The Peacock at Austin Proper , Austin, Texas “Finding good value in Bordeaux isn’t always easy, but if you look outside of the obvious appellations of Medoc, Saint-Émilion, and Pomerol, there are some tremendously good bargains. Here’s what the pros said.

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We Asked 9 Sommeliers: Which One Wine Is on Your Holiday Wish List?

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We asked nine sommeliers across the world to share the epic bottles on their own holiday wish lists. The wines on sommeliers’ holiday wish lists in 2023: Cruse Wine Co. Eric Moorer, sommelier, Gemini , Washington, D.C. But have you ever wondered what the professionals are coveting for themselves? Wonder no more.

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5 to Try: Sakes to Serve Hot

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As an international kikisake-shi (sake sommelier) and the first to receive the title of Miss Sake USA in 2016, Jessica Joly, marketing director at Sake Discoveries , appreciates how premium sake can be served at an array of temperatures: “On the rocks, cold, room temperature, warm, lukewarm, hot, extremely hot—it is unlike any other alcoholic beverage,” (..)

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Should More Restaurants Consider a Fully Domestic Wine List?

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Further downtown, at the Chinese-American restaurant Silver Apricot , managing partner and sommelier Emmeline Zhao also takes a holistic approach to the food and beverage selections. Woodford Food & Beverage in Portland, Maine, opened in 2016 with the goal of embodying the quintessential American brasserie with a sustainable edge.

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Meet The Beverage Directors Behind NYC’s New Wave of Korean Fine-Dining Restaurants

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These were just part of a flurry of openings that kicked off in 2016 and continue today, including Cote , Oiji Mi , Kochi , Mari , and Anto. Similarly, Hoyoung Kim left Jungsik to open Jua , and more recently launched a slightly more casual concept, Moono. It also offered a saline finish that added an extra accent to the experience.

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Cava Reclaims Its Identity and Charts a New Way Forward

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Several of Corpinnat’s current 11 members—Gramona, Recaredo, Llopart—are favorites of American sommeliers. “I Such a wine proves that, when terroir is respected and the wine is long-aged, even a company churning out more than 30 million bottles per year can produce one that sommeliers of Paronella’s status can declare “beautiful.”

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