Remove 2020 Remove Beer Remove Sommelier
article thumbnail

The VinePair Podcast: Varietal Wine Still Reigns Supreme

VinePair

After VinePairs Malbec buying guide went live earlier this month, Marylands Old Westminster winery completely sold out of its 2020 vintage. Take the beer industry by comparison: Some brewers may want to make funky saisons and offbeat pilsner styles, but they still make IPAs because thats what the people want. Tune in for more.

Wine 59
article thumbnail

2025 London Spirits Competition Is Now Open For Entries

Bar Magazine

The London Competitions prides itself on having award winning buyers, bartenders, master sommeliers, masters of wine and some of the most influential people working in the drinks industry. Then our beers were sent this year and we have got a lot of attention as we received one gold and 3 silvers.

Liqueur 52
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Tahiirah Habibi Is Building a Better Wine World on Her Own Terms

Imbibe Magazine

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. Despite all her accomplishments in the wine world, Habibi doesn’t have one thing that wine professionals covet: the Master Sommelier pin. They could have got somebody in a suit.”

Sommelier 264
article thumbnail

Cava Reclaims Its Identity and Charts a New Way Forward

Imbibe Magazine

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.”

Wine 279
article thumbnail

25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

Punch Punch is a James Beard Award-winning online magazine that writes about wine, spirits, beer, and cocktails. brewers, bartenders, distillers, authors, sommeliers, etc). Drinkhacker The essential site for the discriminate drinker, Drinkhacker tastes and rates an enormous amount of spirits, wine, and beer.

article thumbnail

The World’s Top 10 Beer Destinations for 2025

VinePair

With thousands of breweries worldwide, craft beer has become a global sensation. Many of these producers are tucked away in destinations one may consider craft beer meccas. Thats why were sharing the very best destinations for beer travel that venture off the beaten path.

Beer 126
article thumbnail

Q&A: Ikimi Dubose-Woodson of The Roots Fund

Imbibe Magazine

In 2020, she co-founded The Roots Fund, a nonprofit devoted to empowering underrepresented communities in wine, with fellow industry leaders Tahiirah Habibi and Carlton McCoy, Jr. Were hoping that it sparks some interest in them to go all the way up to Level 3 to pursue sake, to pursue beer. That just means theyre bad at taking tests.