January 2026

Wine Country vineyard owners who neglect their crops could be fined under new law

Etna Rosso is sometimes referred to as the “Burgundy of the Mediterranean” and for good reason. This wine, made on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily from the grape Nerello Mascalese, is a serious gastronomic wine, loved by sommeliers and wine nerds for its complexity, depth, acidity, and firm tannic structure. While it is …

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VinoCheck today announced the launch of its direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine compliance platform, designed to help wineries reduce risk and automate compliance work as they sell and ship wine direct-to-consumer in […]

When it comes to whiskey cocktails, Scotch-based tipples tend to get relegated to the background. It makes sense — Scotch’s delicate profile and often lofty price tags mean the rich, oaky, and sometimes peated spirit is typically sipped neat or on the rocks. Compared to styles like bourbon and rye, which star in countless cocktails, …

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Shifts in wine taste and calendar years don’t necessarily move hand in hand — but they do seem to sway in rhythm. Each year as wine pros grow interested in new producers and styles, other categories might start to look tired. And making room for those fresh, underrated finds often requires culling other wines from …

We Asked 17 Sommeliers: Which Wine Should Disappear From Lists This Year? (2026) Read More »

The tale of Robert Mondavi Winery is one of the most important wine stories in American history. It tracks the journey of Italian immigrants who settled in Minnesota in the early 20th century and ran a boarding house for other Italian immigrants where they kept a cellar of homemade wine. But everything changed when Prohibition …

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When GN Chan and Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please in 2020, cocktails that imitate food were still a novelty in New York City. Almost immediately, the bar captured local and national attention for its innovation — and, soon after, soared onto the World’s 50 Best Bars list. Even now, it still draws lines from …

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The market for non-alcoholic (NA) drinks is on fire right now. In 2025, the NA business in the United States was valued at approximately $1 billion, according to Nielsen IQ, and things won’t be slowing down any time soon. As IWSR predicts, the U.S. no-alcohol market will continue growing at a compound annual growth rate …

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Analysis: How Wine Paris wants to build on its Number 1 world status

A bold and luscious red wine, Shiraz is one of Australia’s iconic drinks. This full-bodied wine has an intense ruby-purple color derived from red-skinned grapes and its plum-like flavor profile. Shiraz is an extremely versatile wine that you can open anywhere and anytime. Shiraz is a popular, fun drink to enjoy with a group of …

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