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Christmas is over a month away, and I’m sitting in a bar that feels like being locked inside Santa Claus’s workshop with alcohol, surrounded by shimmering red and silver tinsel, writing a Christmas card to Mariah Carey. A woman wearing a knit holiday sweater with blinking lights and a headband with reindeer antlers shimmies past …

Like Christmas Decorations, Holiday Pop-Up Bars Arrived Earlier Than Ever This Year Read More »

‘Tis the season, indeed. Last week, VinePair’s annual list of the Top 50 Spirits went live — and it’s chock-full of truly stellar bottlings. Every year, VinePair tastes through thousands of spirits for our Buy This Booze column, with our favorites — along with a few that don’t fit into traditional categories — selected for …

The VinePair Podcast: The Stories Behind Our Top 50 Spirits of 2024 Read More »

December brings about reflection and deep consideration about what the past year was all about. Am I a better person now than I was in January? Where have I grown and where do I still need to go? Did I accomplish my resolutions and which ones should I set for next year? What was the …

We Asked 20 Brewers: What’s the Best New Beer of 2024? Read More »

25 of the best Châteauneuf wines from the 2020 vintage that you should snap up now. I remember tasting the 2020 Châteauneufs after they’d spent a year in barrel. It wasn’t the joyful experience it perhaps should have been, as winemakers often appeared subdued. It wasn’t due to the quality of the wines, but rather …

Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Revisiting 2020 in bottle Read More »

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Auction highlights. Two of the headline lots featuring The Macallan whisky failed to sell in Bonhams’ online auction in Hong Kong, with Japanese whiskies instead tempting buyers. Neither The Red Collection nor The Reach found new homes during the sale, which began on 15 November and ended on St Andrew’s Day, the national holiday commemorating …

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Healdsburg, CA, December 9, 2024 – Wine Industry Network (WIN) hosted the 12th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Trade Show & Conference (WIN Expo) at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds and […]

Following years of price surges, the value of elusive Scotch whiskies sold at auction plummeted in 2024 according to Scotland-based financial advisory firm Noble & Co., indicating that the rare whisky bubble may have “finally burst.” The firm’s annual Whisky Intelligence Report revealed that bottles of Scotch sold at global auctions for over £1,000 ($1,277) …

Value of Rare Whisky Sold at Auction Plummets 40 Percent in 2024 Read More »

Los Angeles, CA – December 9, 2024 – This year, Château Malartic-Lagravière proudly continued its commitment to the  entertainment industry as a sponsor of the prestigious American Cinematheque Awards, which […]