Cheers

MARCH 22, 2024

We asked the our national wine panel to taste and rate Old World wines from this past year. As always, these selections include brief tasting notes, a rating and the wine’s retail price (which can vary from store to store and market to market). Four Stars (91-86): A very good wine and an excellent value.

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Just Drinks

JULY 5, 2024

Founded by wine writer Matthew Jukes in 2020, Jukes produces a range of alcohol-free organic apple cider vinegar-based drinks.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One would assume that the countries that drink the most wine in the world would remain pretty enthusiastic about the beverage, but this year, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Wine Industry Report , sharing current data on wine trends, including a list of the top 10 countries that consume the most wine. is the No.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The hottest new wine of 2023 turned up the heat on the wine industry: Stella Rosa Pineapple & Chili, the first of three new additions to the company’s Spicy Series. The low-alcohol (5 percent ABV) wine blends Moscato d’Asti grapes with tropical fruit natural flavors and a distillate of Calabrian chilis.

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

In recent years, the non-alcoholic (NA) space has exploded in breadth and depth. Overall, we determined that the bitter profile of aperitifs lends itself best to an NA format, as it’s seemingly easier to mimic without alcohol. Now that you’re up to speed, here are the 24 best non-alcoholic drinks brands for 2023.

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VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

Like the white wines of Greece, the red wines are underappreciated and perhaps even more obscure. Outstanding quality with amazing value,” Kamal Kouiri, wine director and a managing partner in Molyvos , a leading Greek restaurant in New York, says of Greek wines in general. So, what unifies the red wines of Greece?

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VinePair

MAY 22, 2024

While Portugal is most famous for its Port , the fortified wine only begins to tell the story of Portuguese wine, with new interest in the country’s countless non-fortified offerings, both red and white. Still, beyond Port, wines from Portugal remain a footnote on most restaurant wine lists.

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VinePair

JUNE 12, 2024

Summer is fast approaching, which means coolers around the country will soon be filled with rosés and crisp white wines to fend off the season’s inevitable heat. But this year, some wine-lovers will swap out the typical bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and Chablis for… red wine? So what makes a red wine chillable?

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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. It was pigeonholed as a drink for kids,” says Alex Doman, the co-founder and CEO of AVEC Drinks , which makes an alcohol-free cider flavored with cardamom. They’re beverage-alcohol drinkers.”

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson note in their “World Atlas of Wine” that some of the more avant-garde producers in Baden, “using Burgundian techniques and clones, now manage to turn out elegant Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays that are scarcely put to shame by Burgundian originals.” Alcohol levels in the 12 to 13 percent range are common.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

percent ABV, it’s not “alcohol-free” but is defined as “nonalcoholic” by the FDA.) AL’s Classic Non-Alcoholic Beer Alban de Pury launched AL’s Drinks Company in 2020 when he realized he felt better after he stopped drinking beer. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe. And, it’s less than 0.5

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VinePair

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s a new year and we’re eager to dive into the world of red wine — trying new bottles and revisiting some old favorites from the last year of tastings. Here at VinePair we try mountains of red wine every year and encounter so many different styles from juicy and chillable Gamay to tannic and earthy Bordeaux blends. It’s incredible.

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2024

In only two years, the Blue Cloud Distribution team stood up a malt alcohol distribution network across 18 states,” a Pepsi executive told Brewbound in a statement. “We We are proud of the Blue Cloud associates who pioneered a new business model in a new space.” It was only a matter of time before Pepsi pulled the plug, and now it has.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 9, 2024

If you’re looking for great wine values, there may be no better place on Earth than the Rhône Valley. It offers an almost endless array of notable wines — red, white, and rosé — in the under-$25 range. For less than $20, you can get a very very good bottle of wine,” says Nicolas Benivay, who manages sales at Domaine Pélaquié in Laudun.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 9, 2024

Women of the Vine & Spirits (WOTVS) , the only global membership organization dedicated to empowering and advancing women across every industry sector and all three-tiers in the beverage alcohol industry, has announced 86 Harassment ( www.86harassment.com General session segment announcing 86 Harassment at the WOTVS Global CONNECT!

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VinePair

APRIL 10, 2024

With a terroir similar to that of its more famous neighbor to the west, France’s tiny Jura region lives in the shadow of Burgundy, but offers memorable white wines that deserve consideration in their own right. I prefer the latter, which is the way we drink most white wines, and there are some truly exciting examples in the list below.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There are over 350 non-alc wines in our directory, which we recently covered in a category guide. Given the limitations of current technology, dealcoholized wines can sometimes fall short of replicating the full-bodied taste of their alcoholic counterparts, as we’ve previously discussed. I love this one slightly chilled.

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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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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

percent ABV, it’s not “alcohol-free” but is defined as “nonalcoholic” by the FDA.) AL’s Classic Non-Alcoholic Beer Alban de Pury launched AL’s Drinks Company in 2020 when he realized he felt better after he stopped drinking beer. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe. And, it’s less than 0.5

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

The result, founded in December 2020, is C. We macerate the cold fruit on a base of hybrid rosé wine and water—the temperature and alcohol delay primary fermentation for a DIY cold-soak method. Petach began to experiment with blackcurrants (illegal to cultivate in the U.S. Cassis Spritz 1 oz. Cassis blackcurrant liqueur 1 oz.

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VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

The much-anticipated summer Olympics are kicking off in Paris this week and, given the host city, there’s almost as much discourse around the event’s food and wine as the games themselves. So how can you replicate what’s arguably one of the world’s best wine-drinking destinations at home? That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As with many grape varieties, there’s an East Coast-West Coast divide when it comes to American Syrah , something most casual wine drinkers probably don’t realize — that is, if domestic Syrah is on their radar at all. Those who gravitate toward big red wines might think of these Syrahs as “thin.” The style is not better or worse.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you like big, dense red wines, Syrahs from the West Coast should be on your radar. While the New York State wines I tasted from the Finger Lakes and Long Island are generally light in color with red fruit flavors and robust acidity, West Coast Syrahs are dominated by dark fruit notes with hints of smoke and meat and a good deal of oak.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a growing trend toward leaner red wines that are less dominated by oak and high levels of alcohol. With that in mind, the red wines of Austria should be near the top of your list. Indeed, Austrian Blaufränkisch, while familiar to serious wine enthusiasts, deserves much broader recognition.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Hurd has been working on Priest Ranch’s wines since before the winery was even built in 2010. 2021 Priest Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley – The largest production wine from Priest Ranch. Tannins are largely beaten down, but Hurd says the wine has cellarability to last 15 to 20 years. What’s in the bottle?

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

But with Beaujolais prices, especially for the cru wines, rising dramatically in recent years, Loire Valley Gamays are worth seeking out. Although many of the wines are less expensive than Gamays from Beaujolais, price isn’t the only reason you should consider them. The label says this is a “sulfite-free wine.”

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Diageo North America has acquired Ritual Zero Proof Non-Alcoholic Spirits. Since its launch in Chicago in 2019, Ritual has grown rapidly and is now the number-one non-alcoholic spirit brand in the U.S., Ninety-four percent of non-alc buyers also purchase beer, wine or spirits containing alcohol, and annually, U.S.

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

Merlot, one of Bordeaux’s most important red wine grapes, is finally making a comeback here in the U.S. after being trashed by Paul Giamatti’s wine snob, Miles, in “ Sideways.” With soft tannins, supple fruit, and notes of blueberry and plum, Merlot is known as an easy-drinking wine. And it’s a success.

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Dry Atlas

JULY 17, 2024

He published his first book, Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World, in 2019, and was named 2020 “Author of the Year” at the Nightclub & Bar Show Awards. He published his second book, Mindful Mixology: a Comprehensive Guide to No- and Low-Alcohol Cocktails, in 2022. Sober Spirits Rhum 0.0%

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

so much of the world of wine is centered around red blends. If you make wine outside the region’s set of rules you cannot put said appellation on the label. Here in the States, and in most wine regions outside Europe, the rules are much more lenient. Monkey Jacket 2021 This wine is so cool.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Since launching in 2007, Josh Cellars has become the fastest-growing premium table wine brand in the U.S., Founded with the mission of providing consumers with quality Napa Valley wines at a more accessible price, the brand immediately made a splash with its $10 to $20 price tags. What’s driving Josh’s success? Bottled at just 13.5

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2024

Bell’s Light Hearted Lo-Cal IPA In 2020, almost 25 years after Bell’s debuted its flagship IPA, Two Hearted, the Michigan-based brewery introduced this sessionable alternative. The beer’s long, almost fruity finish concludes with a pleasant bitterness. Like the 1997 original, Light Hearted is aromatic and hop-forward.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 23, 2024

The majority of Indian spirits labeled as ‘whisky’ are closer to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), and are marketed to domestic Indian consumers. Which Indri Whisky Is The Best? A cask strength expression, Indri Dru, was released in 2023.

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Liquorista

AUGUST 2, 2021

Red blend Wine originated from the innovation of new complexities from the traditional red wine formulas by creating an entirely new mixture containing multiple grape varieties. This wine also has an ageability of 2025–2035. It contains the classic style of Mouton with intense black-currant fruits from 81% Cabernet Sauvignon.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Seitan suggested a barrel-aged Chardonnay from Wyncroft Wine , a then unknown winery in southwest Michigan. It was the only way I could convince them there’s good wine being made in Michigan.” Rosé is the best wine that Illinois produces,” Seitan says. Rosé is the best wine that Illinois produces,” Seitan says.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Last October I attended a Syrah-themed wine dinner at Brooklyn’s Gus’s Chop House. The dinner’s emphatic title captures the fervor that many wine lovers feel for this variety. These wines might not be for everyone. California producers like Pax Wines , Arnot-Roberts , Peay Vineyards , Edmunds St. Thankfully, some U.S.

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