Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Despite its ancient roots and modern popularity, orange wine still lacks a legal definition and currently remains categorized under white wine. Sommelier Doreen Winkler leaned into the former, launching the first orange wine subscription service in 2019. I became obsessed with orange wine over a decade ago,” she says.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

A red wine grape with centuries of history throughout the Americas, Mission goes by several names. Next-generation Mission wines are a diverse lot, spanning zippy rosés, rich reds, and light-bodied, ruby-hued wines that are especially refreshing when chilled. 21.95, empirewine.com Scythian Wine Co. 47.99, mexicanwine.us

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2024

In a craggy corner of New York state, the Finger Lakes might not strike you as the ideal place to grow wine grapes. But this region produces some of America’s best bottles, says Erika Frey, a wine educator and co-founder of Saperica , a nonprofit organization that hosts an annual Finger Lakes wine fair, Saperavi Festival.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

You may have noticed the increasing prevalence of wines from regions like Galicia or Catalunya on wine lists, or even the spate of locales leaning fully Spanish. In our March/April issue , Jennifer Fiedler explores the growing wave of Spanish wine bars and restaurants. The following are Spanish wine bars on our radar.

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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. That’s because the vast majority of the quarter billion bottles sold globally are classified as Cava de Guarda, the youngest and least expensive category.

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VinePair

JUNE 2, 2025

Its no secret that adding sparkling wine to your cocktails is a fun way to celebrate summer. You shouldnt use just any old sparkling wine. You should use a premium Italian sparkling wine from the Asti DOCG. When it comes to choosing the right sparkling wine, Asti DOCG is a smart (and often overlooked) choice.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

It probably doesn’t shock you to hear that thick glass bottles have heavy environmental footprints. What might be more surprising is how much of a problem glass presents for wine, an industry deeply connected to the climate. I’ve seen estimates that glass is responsible for anywhere from 29% to 50% of wine’s carbon impact.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For Jorge Riera , the headline-making, French-heavy wine lists he created for New York City’s Frenchette aren’t especially new—for him. To Jon Bonné, managing editor of Resy and author of The New French Wine (Ten Speed Press, 2023), the return of France as a dominant news peg in the wine world feels a little like a homecoming.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Intrigued by the growing presence of Slovenian wine on store shelves and wine lists, we dove into the category in our March/April 2024 issue. Daniel Lukin-Beck, general manager of Vinum Imports , which has specialized in wines from the country for more than 20 years, offered an introduction in our “5 to Try” column.

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VinePair

JANUARY 22, 2025

2025 is the year of white wine. We taste a wide variety of white wines each year at VinePair. Its an amazing category and were excited to see our wine culture lean toward the straw, lemon, and golden hues. Here are the 30 best white wines for 2025. So lets get it started right! So have a look and get ready to go shopping!

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

A brand releases a coveted, limited-edition whiskey, and retailers are only allowed to purchase a handful of bottles to sell, driving up hype and unfortunately secondary market prices. But in the wine world, the terms meaning can occasionally get warped or misconstrued. ” Does the average consumer know what that means?

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of our 2024 Imbibe 75 Places to Watch, The Ruby Fruit —a buzzed-about restaurant and wine bar in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood and the city’s first lesbian bar in years—is all about cultivating a welcoming, community-minded space. Terah Wine Co. Terah Wine Co. ’s Or a bottle for the table!”

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VinePair

MAY 26, 2025

The bar, named Folderol , isnt a hot night club or a celebrity haunt, but rather a small space serving natural wine and homemade ice cream. Traditional principles would advise against serving wine with ice cream. When people come in the point isnt to pair wine and ice cream together. We have good wine.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Every spirits brand wants its packaging to look attractive and stand out on the shelf, but when the time comes to design a new bottle, aesthetics are only a fraction of the equation. Cask-strength bourbons are pulled right from the barrel and bottled without dilution. the explanation lies in how alcohol interacts with heat.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Nobody’s quite sure why Pedro Ximénez grapes, or the fortified wine made from them, bear a name more apt for a human. But one thing is absolutely true about the Pedro Ximénez style of sherry (typically shortened to PX): The wine anchors the dark, indulgent end of the sherry category’s flavor range.

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VinePair

MAY 20, 2024

Wine packaging has gone through a wild transition over the past two decades. The now-normalized staple, boxed wine , has found a home with college bag-slappers , casual restaurant BTG programs , and garage refrigerators worldwide. An adorably designed 750-milliliter bottle in paper-based form. The newest contender?

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VinePair

JANUARY 22, 2025

Shorter wine lists are becoming more commonplace at restaurants, and some have suggested that this trend is good for the industry as a whole. While the shift does make bottle and by-the-glass lists less intimidating, thus preventing restaurants cellars from clogging with dusty bottles, it may not be the best thing for the wine world.

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VinePair

APRIL 30, 2025

The wines of Sicily are well known, from the Nero dAvolas and Etna Rossos and Biancos , to the white Grillos and Catarrattos. But the wines of Sardinia, the second-largest Italian island in the Mediterranean, remain relatively obscure. The grapes are grown organically in granitic soils, and the wine shows fresh acidity.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

I was really worried about what all these men would think if I came over to their table with a big belly and a bottle of wine. I was really worried about what all these men would think if I came over to their table with a big belly and a bottle of wine. I had never seen a pregnant sommelier, James remembers.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2025

Based in New York City and currently serving as the director of education at the Brooklyn Kura Sake Studies Center , Sullivan eagerly shares his recs for bottles of American-made sake. This Junmai Ginjo Nama is rich and velvety in texture, and is best enjoyed from a wine glass to capture the apple, citrus, and rice aromas, Sullivan says.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Dave O’Brien’s wine-focused vermouth has its origin story in a great vacation. “On Among the many aspects of Basque culture that O’Brien enjoyed was Txakoli , the dry, white wine made from the Hondarrabi Zuri grape. (A A rosé version from a related grape is more prominent on the export market than it is in the wine’s home region.)

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

When the team behind Oxalis , a Michelin-starred restaurant in Brooklyn, opened Clinton Hill wine bar Place des Fêtes in 2022, beverage director Piper Kristensen knew exactly what he didn’t want to do: re-create the same-old, same-old bistronomy-style French-heavy list. Spanish wine—even great Spanish wine—isn’t new to stateside customers.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

These days, when you hear the sound of a cork popping, there’s a good chance a bottle of Prosecco is nearby. million bottles of the bubbly stuff were sold in 2022. ” But with more education comes a willingness to try exemplary Prosecco, and with that willingness comes more awareness of the wine’s many virtues. .”

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 3, 2025

Credit: High West High West has launched its newest iteration of The Prisoner’s Share, a distinctive whiskey that showcases the distillery’s expertise in wine barrel finishing. This year’s expression combines straight bourbon and rye whiskeys finished in The Prisoner Red Wine Barrels for four to 12 years.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

An advanced sommelier and alum of spots like New York City’s Eleven Madison Park, de Pano opened her wine shop in late 2022 and highlights terroir-driven wines, with a particular affinity for low alcohol and high acid. Who wants to crush a 16 percent bottle of wine when the sun’s blazing?” And clocking in at 10.5

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Proof that you dont need to choose between a months rent and a great bottle of Burgundy , this white wine only tastes like a million bucks. Its classified as a Villages wine. An array of factors influence how wines are priced. From Domaine Faiveley, the 2022 Ladoix Les Marnes Blanches is a knockout at any price.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The delight found in opening an unexpected bottle of wine is right up there with stumbling across a sunsetsheer ephemeral joy. And so it was when I popped the cork on the Johan Vineyards Savagnin, a wine I knew nothing about and immediately, thoroughly, enjoyed.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Helmed by Andre Mack, a renowned sommelier and winemaker, Rye & Sons is an exciting approach to rye from a wine perspective. They approach each bottling year by year and choose a blend that best represents how the whiskey inside the barrel is aging. At $40 a bottle, it is a steal to have on your back bar.”

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In addition to a crockpot of mulled wine or glgg , set out bottles of freezer martinis , a ready-to-drink signature cocktail, and/or a winter punch. . | Photos by Mobs Robertson for Electric Hospitality Aprs-Ski Sips As with every party, a self-serve bar stocked with a few spirits and mixers is key to keeping the host sane.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

“The rapidity with which Plantation Bitters have become a household necessity throughout the civilized nations is without parallel in the history of the world,” noted a news article in the New Orleans Crescent in 1869. (It It was actually not a news article. How did it go from zero to five million bottles seemingly overnight?

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2025

Wine service in high-end restaurants isnt geared for speed. As such, it might not come as a huge surprise that fine-dining establishments have been struggling when it comes to moving wine. Moreover, many of these places dont rely on somms, another company expense, so they can move bottles even quicker. Tune in for more.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Relative to Europe’s multi-millennia wine history, California is still just a baby. But whether or not France , Italy , and the rest of the Euro cohort care to admit it, the grand Golden State has fashioned an equally commanding seat in the boardroom of storied wine regions. Surprisingly, not a single wine was mentioned twice!

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

Learning about wine is also an excellent way to learn about geography. With a commercial industry that only really began in the 1970s, the wines of New Zealand still only represent about 1 percent of the global market. It was Sauvignon Blanc that put the country on the world’s wine radar.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 22, 2025

From Arctic island distilleries to Irn-Bru bottle samples, Andrew Smiths whisky journey has been anything but conventional. Among his top picks are Thy and Sall in Denmark, Smgen in Sweden, and Kyr in Finland, a distillery LBD Spirits has even bottled from. Ive got a particular passion for the new wave of Nordic distillers, he says.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 13, 2024

White wines tend to evoke feelings of refreshment and relaxation. Sure, popular white wine varieties like Pinot Grigio , Sauvignon Blanc , and Chardonnay tend to be zippy and light, which makes them ideal for balancing the saline-kissed sweetness of fresh seafood. But a healthy chunk of white wine’s magic is its vibe.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It’s a bottled-in-bond rye meaning that it is at least four years aged and bottled at 100 proof. It retails where I live for around $27 a bottle.” I know many of us are used to grabbing any bottle with a green label and hoping for the best, but don’t sleep on Sazerac Rye in its elegant bottle.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Tony Parker, the six-time NBA All-Star who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023, started learning about wine when he was 17. The parents of the girl I was dating were really into wine,” he says. “My My family couldn’t afford big wines or restaurants, but I got to taste some good ones with them. Coach Popovich loves wine.

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