VinePair

MARCH 7, 2025

Theres been a ton of chatter lately about how wine service, especially in NYC, is kind of a mess right now. So whats actually going on with wine service right now? Simple: The somms are the ones who actually know the wine. Now, if a guest is lost in a giant wine list and needs guidance, having a somm step in is great.

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PUNCH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Wine critic Hannah Crosbie, the UK’s anti “trad wine writer,” discusses being an influencer, a new generation of wine drinkers and more.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Across 150 miles of serpentine twists, the Mosel River formed the valley that became the oldest wine region in Germany. While such steep viticulture requires cultivation almost solely by hand, it also contributes to the conditions that make the region’s wines so notable. It should have a green tint and a light body.”

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PUNCH

MAY 17, 2024

As the bistro staple rises in popularity (and price), many sommeliers find themselves at a crossroads: Serve the beloved wine with a thorny reputation, or find alternatives to satisfy its fans.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

With National Wine Day rapidly approaching on May 25th, what better way to celebrate than by sipping it? Mix up these 2 bubbly recipes, courtesy of Darrin Ylisto and Miriam Matasar, owners of NOLA natural wine shop, Really Really Nice Wine. Fill halfway with red wine, and then the rest with Mexican Coca Cola.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The undying obsession with letting wine “breathe” has moved beyond dedicated gadgets to recruit everything from milk frothers to Vitamixes.

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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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PUNCH

JUNE 5, 2024

The 10 best natural wine bars, bistros and caves to visit in Paris, France, plus expert tips to know before you go.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

These are the best natural wine bars and shops to visit in Oakland, California, a city known for excellent, affordable wine, sake and cider.

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PUNCH

MAY 9, 2024

Less than a decade ago, it was routine to find great wines under $40 at top New York City restaurants. What happens when even entry-level wines feel like luxury items?

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The caliber of many widely available NA sparkling wines has improved dramatically in recent years, making it easier than ever to pop bottles everyone can enjoy. It has the most wine-centric nose of the bottles we tasted, with white grape juice and tart lemon rind followed by faint floral and red berry notes. . $44,

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PUNCH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In Madeira, the cortado, a mix of the island's signature wine with coffee, brewed barley and lemon, is a cold-weather staple.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The sky is falling , or at least that’s the sense one gets when reading wine industry news over the past year. Every morning, my email inbox cues up yet another dirge of reports on grape gluts , government bailouts , bankruptcies , and generational reckonings for wine and alcohol in general. Charles Smith Wines is an iconic brand.

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PUNCH

AUGUST 9, 2024

We went to some of the best natural wine bars in downtown New York City's Dimes Square to see who's drinking what.

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PUNCH

MAY 20, 2024

The 12 best natural wine bars in New York City to visit include spaces that double as excellent restaurants, neighborhood gems and more.

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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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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. Producers of the wine are pushing the regulating body, D.O. Cava, for stricter rules for quality, aiming to improve the wine’s global image and subsequent value.

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PUNCH

AUGUST 27, 2024

The modern wine bar can be difficult to navigate. Here, sommeliers and experts answer questions about by-the-glass menus, tipping and more.

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PUNCH

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The only wine you need this holiday season is a magnum of Beaujolais. Here's where to buy it.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While following the old adage about serving white wines with fish and red wines with meat will work reasonably well, it’s possible to take your wine-pairing skills to the next level by learning a few tricks of the trade. Foods that are raw or cooked without browning often pair best with wines that are young, unoaked and fresh.

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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 Refreshing and light, playful yet serious.”

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

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. As a result, ecologically minded producers are experimenting with new ways to package wines.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits, the biggest wine and spirits distributor in the U.S., has expanded its Liquid Insights Tour, an educational program that travels across the country to explore the latest trends in mixology and wine.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2024

While wine making in Oregon may conjure notions of bucolic countryside and the verdant Willamette Valley, the operation at Division Winemaking Company looks a little different. Founded in 2010 by Thomas Monroe and Kate Norris, Division crafts their expressive, low-intervention wines in the heart of southeast Portland.

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PUNCH

JANUARY 15, 2025

Despite losing his homeland and vineyard to war, Grigori Avetissyan is determined to keep his native grapes, and thousand-year-old traditions, alive.

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

But in the wine world, the terms meaning can occasionally get warped or misconstrued. Often, an allocated wine is only labelled as such because the producer is so small that only a few cases of their wines make it to international markets. ” Does the average consumer know what that means? Do they care?

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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.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

. | Photos by Luca Savettiere In America, where we romanticize independence, and thus independent winemakers, we tend to belittle cooperatives, thinking of them as just bulk wine producers. But Italy’s cooperatives make more than half of the country’s wine, much of it offering quality and value. But our focus stays in Sicily.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

As part of our “What We’re Hearing” about Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Food Festival at Atlantis (NPIWFF) content series, we are counting the days until the annual event in March 2025! The five-day celebration of food, wine, spirits, and Bahamian-culture attracts all sorts of talent from celebrity chefs to connoisseurs.

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PUNCH

JUNE 12, 2024

As bafflingly flexible as they are unmistakably distinct, these spaces have managed to recapture the anything-goes romance of simply “going out.”

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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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PUNCH

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Described as the “the gamay version of a root beer,” L’Antidote has become a fashionable fixture in Paris, Copenhagen, London and beyond.

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