No matter where you are in the world, if you ask for bourbon, you’re going to get a whiskey produced in the United States under specific rules. Bourbon is guaranteed to be bourbon, made only in America, regardless of how far afield it’s poured. Within the U.S., domestic regulations ensure that bourbon meets its required …
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In the world of fine wine — or really the world of wine in general — Burgundy is king. In recent years, wine lists have basically become “Burgundy” and “every other region,” and it doesn’t appear as if anything, not even a bad vintage, will ever be enough to tarnish the illustrious region’s reputation. Part …
Despite fears of tariffs and trade wars, Bordeaux has strengthened its grip on US wine searches.
We’ve tried opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew, but what should you do if you’re devoid of a decanter? Thankfully, opening a bottle is much more crucial than decanting it, which, through aeration and the introduction of oxygen, helps bring a wine to its fullest potential. But many household items are similar in …
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With exploitation, human trafficking and fraudulent wine, this week’s news roundup reads more like a police blotter.
The concordance between wine and baseball should drive our efforts to champion the beverage.
Even before Prohibition, states and counties instituted laws related to the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Temperance advocates, bootleggers, religious wine producers, and consumers have all weighed in over the years, leading to a hodgepodge of regulations on a state-by-state and county- by-county level. Some of these mandates come from research and years of …
Washington, D.C. According to SipSource®, January depletions came in soft, with little change to the 12-month volume trend for either Wine or Spirits. While that…
Federal prosecutors say an Idaho man who worked for a Napa winery bribed the head alcohol buyer for a large national grocery store chain that operates about 300 stores in California.
March 6, 2026—Yes, there are a lot of wine competitions, and there are pros and cons to participating, but the logic supporting entering two or three of them yearly is sound. Really good wines are going to be recognized and really great wines are going to have a chance of winning big. Your odds increase …
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