VinePair

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Spend enough time enjoying, collecting, or working with wine, and you’ve come across them. Thick, heavy glass bottles certainly had their moment in the sun. Regular sized 750-milliliter bottles? But recently, if slowly, the wine world seems to have finally caught on to the magnificent absurdity of it all. The message?

Bottling 124

Bottling Wine Club Beer 124

Just Drinks

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Viña Concha y Toro is set to reduce the average weight of its 750ml still wine bottles to 420g or below by the end of 2026.

Wine 59

Wine Bottling 59

VinePair

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Check out the best wines from previous years here ! As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the standout wines we’ve tasted this year at VinePair HQ. Here are the top 50 wines of 2024, tasted and reviewed by VinePair’s tasting panel.

Wine 134

Wine Bottling 134

VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

And spending time perusing wine shop shelves while internally panicking about how you need to baste the turkey in 15 minutes is no fun. We compiled our top Thanksgiving wine picks so you can shop with ease and get back in time to “shoo” everyone out of the kitchen. Read on for the 30 best wines to drink this Thanksgiving.

Wine 105

Wine Bottling Alcohol Brandy 105

VinePair

MAY 1, 2024

Wine is notoriously finicky when it comes to storage, and for those of us without lavish wine cellars, options for where to properly stash the bottles are few and far between. Most professionals will recommend storing your bottles in a cool, dry place. But wait — then why do we use wine refrigerators?

Bottling 105

Bottling Wine Sommelier 105

PUNCH

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Top New York City wine pros and sommeliers recently attended a BYO party and NYC restaurant Claud. Here are the bottles they brought.

Sommelier 227

Sommelier Wine Bottling 227

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.

Wine 213

Wine Bar Sommelier Bottling 213

VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With a seemingly endless number of producers making dozens of varieties, finding a quality bottle of red wine for an affordable price can often feel like looking for the needle in a haystack. In fact, there are plenty of phenomenal bottles in the under-$25 price range from all over the world that deserve more attention.

Wine 130

Wine Bottling 130

VinePair

MAY 8, 2024

There’s a lot of misinformation when it comes to restaurant wine lists and how they’re priced. The lack of transparency around value and markups has perpetuated myths like “you should always order the second-cheapest bottle on the menu,” or “the bottle price in a restaurant is always three times higher than its retail value.”

Bottling 109

Bottling Wine Happy Hour Bar 109

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.

Wine 168

Wine Sommelier Bottling Bar 168

VinePair

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Wine can feel like a universal language. Whether you’re sharing a bottle with friends or walking through the vineyards with a vigneron, or sipping a glass in a country far from home, pleasure is what matters most. However, there are some instances where it can signify that the wine is made in an entirely different style.

Wine 133

Wine Bottling 133

PUNCH

JUNE 18, 2024

The best natural wine producers, bottles to try, bars to visit and trends to know in 2024, according to sommeliers and experts.

Wine 290

Wine Sommelier Bar Bottling 290

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

Wine 147

Wine Aperitif Sommelier Beer 147

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.

Wine 226

Wine Sommelier Bottling Beer 226

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.

Wine 248

Wine Bar Sommelier Inventory 248

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.

Wine 132

Wine Bottling 132

PUNCH

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The best gifts for cocktail, wine and spirits fans, including coveted whiskey, rum, a ready-to-drink Martini, nonalcoholic wine and more.

Bottling 290

Bottling Rum Whiskey Wine 290

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.

Wine 215

Wine Alcohol Bottling Beer 215

VinePair

JULY 7, 2024

If you’re at a restaurant with proper wine service, you’ll likely witness what looks like a well-rehearsed dance: A guest thumbs through a binder of options and consults the sommelier once or twice before reaching a decision for the table. The somm presents the bottle, and takes it away to open it and subtly test it for flaws.

Sommelier 91

Sommelier Bottling Wine 91

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.

Wine 124

Wine Sommelier Promoter Promotion 124

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!

Wine 132

Wine Sommelier Bottling Promoter 132

VinePair

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

All that matters is that you’re drinking perhaps the biggest producer of vibes the wine world has to offer. Fortunately, there are ample examples of cost-effective Champagnes on bottle shop shelves to satisfy even the most wine-savvy party guest. They came back with several bottles worth celebrating.

Wine 115

Wine Sommelier Bar Manager Bar Management 115

Cheers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has launched a new line of wines, Drop of Sunshine, in partnership with Candle Media’s Hello Sunshine , a media company founded by Reese Witherspoon that puts women at the forefront. bottle), Central Coast Chardonnay ($20), and Central Coast Red Blend ($25).

Wine 92

Wine Bottling 92

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!”

Wine 218

Wine Bar Bottling Beer 218

Just Drinks

MARCH 14, 2024

A quarter of wine and spirits bottles on supermarket shelves could be paper rather than glass within a decade, according to Frugalpac.

Bottling 126

Bottling Wine 126

VinePair

APRIL 16, 2024

But according to The Guardian, a restaurant in Italy is now offering extra incentive for its customers to live in the moment and chat amongst themselves: a free bottle of wine in exchange for patrons’ cell phones during their meal. “We This way they have an opportunity to put it aside and drink some good wine.”

Bottling 98

Bottling Wine Bar 98

VinePair

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This, wine lovers, is vegetative propagation, the basis for asexual reproduction and grapevine cloning. These days, some bottles even boast what clone they’re using on the label to let you know that the wine is, well, going to be awesome. On this episode of “Wine 101,” Keith responds to a listener question about clones.

Wine 85

Wine Bottling 85

VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Napa Valley is perhaps the most famous and well-publicized wine region in the United States. Despite its relatively compact size, the region produces almost 50 million cases of wine every year, about a quarter of California’s total wine production. The most underrated Napa wines, according to sommeliers: Corison J.

Wine 111

Wine Sommelier Aperitif Hospitality 111

Cheers

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For our latest round of wine reviews, we asked our national wine panel to taste and rate American Wines. bottle unless otherwise noted. If you’d like to submit wines for review, please do so through our Wine Stars app. Four Stars (91-86): A very good wine and an excellent value. A truly sexy wine.

Wine 88

Wine Bottling 88

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

There’s a difference between drinking red wine and getting into red wine. The former just involves opening a bottle and pouring a glass; the latter means falling in love with the many regions, grapes, and styles that come with the color. Of course, every wine-related journey can benefit from a little guidance.

Wine 105

Wine Sommelier Bottling Alcohol 105

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Netflix’s Love Is Blind is officially collaborating with Cupcake Vineyards to exclusively launch Love Is Wine Chardonnay, a first of its kind collaboration for the show. The limited-edition bottles are inspired by the unmistakable golden goblets featured on Love Is Blind.

Wine 232

Wine Bottling 232

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The term “dry” is one of the most commonly misunderstood terms in the wine world. And if you ask a sommelier the most frequent request they get on an average night of service, chances are they’ll say it’s for a dry wine: “What’s your driest Chardonnay ?” “Can So, what terms should wine drinkers use instead? Can I get a dry red?”

Sommelier 111

Sommelier Wine Bottling 111

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.)

Wine 279

Wine Aperitif Bartender Bartending 279

VinePair

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Everything feels ( and is ) more expensive these days, and wine certainly isn’t immune to that trend — especially as consumers increasingly opt for premium bottles over bulk juice. But even above what most of us would consider the highest end, there’s another echelon of luxury wines with shockingly high prices.

Wine 84

Wine Bottling 84

Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There are lots of ways to preserve a half-consumed bottle of wine, but one of the most reliable is to use argon gas, which is heavier than air and provides an invisible blanket of protection between the wine in a bottle and the oxygen above it.

Wine 80

Wine Bottling 80

VinePair

OCTOBER 27, 2024

When serving wine, most drinkers at home are primarily concerned with how to get a bottle cooled down as quickly as possible. But there are occasions when wine can get too cold and might need a bit of warming up to hit the optimal temperature. Before we get into the details, what happens when a bottle gets too chilly?

Wine 102

Wine Sommelier Bottling Beer 102

Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ever taste a whiskey or a wine at an event, a bar, or a tasting room and think “God that’s amazing!” ” only to buy a bottle and get home with it, then pour yourself a glass at last and think… “meh.” None of that probably matters, as the finishing is done in ice wine barrels.

Wine 96

Wine Whiskey Bar Bottling 96