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The award-winning documentary short blends cinematic craft with a powerful message on stewardship, story, and the future of wine May 1, 2025, Newberg, Ore. — The Art of Pairing, a […]

On Thursday, the Brewer’s Association announced the winners of the 2025 World Beer Cup at a ceremony in Indianapolis. The event — commonly referred to as “The Olympics of Beer Competitions” — was held at the Indiana Convention Center in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America. This year, a panel of 265 …

These Are the Best Beers on Earth, According to the 2025 World Beer Cup Read More »

By Carl Giavanti Tina Caputo is a California-based journalist who has spent the last 20+ years covering wine, along with food, beer and travel. Formerly the editor-in-chief of Vineyard & […]

Calories aren’t inherently bad. They’re simply a unit used to measure energy or, more specifically, the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one milliliter of water by one degree Celsius. According to McGill University, producers calculate the calorie contents of food and beverages by adding up the calories provided by energy-containing molecules, …

The Number of Calories in Every Common Spirit and Cocktail Ingredient Read More »

Big beverage brands are rolling out canned vodka lemonades left and right. It started with Surfside, which launched its vodka-spiked hard teas and lemonades in 2022, propelling the brand into a stage of exponential growth over the following few years. Then, in early April 2025, Anheuser-Busch jumped in on the action with Skimmers, its own …

The VinePair Podcast: Will This Be the Summer of the Canned Vodka Lemonade? Read More »

Originally served at the Diamondback Lounge in Baltimore’s Lord Baltimore Hotel, the Diamondback owes its name to the Maryland terrapin and not the similarly titled venomous snake. Still, plenty of folks meet this cocktail expecting a bite — and no wonder. It’s stirred, complex, and can end up being an extremely boozy mix of rye, …

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A DWWA 2024 send-off ahead of Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025 judging week, Decanter held a special wine pairing dinner at Michelin-starred Angler, a restaurant atop the five-star South Place Hotel in London. Following a rendition in New York with Decanter’s North America Editor Clive Pursehouse, the London soirée, hosted by DWWA Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans …

Exclusive press dinner in London launches 2025 DWWA judging week Read More »

A 15 litre bottle lot at the Texas Wine Auction and a toast from Decanter’s Napa correspondent Jonathan Cristaldi. The fourth annual Texas Wine Auction Foundation kicked off its 2025 festivities on 25 April at the newly opened luxury Albert Hotel in downtown Fredericksburg, Texas, with a live taping of the Texas-based television programme Texas …

Record-breaking Texas Wine Auction celebrates state-grown success Read More »

A warm, dry spring set the season up well, though a cooler, wetter December and January period tested nerves before settling into a classic Indian summer. While perhaps not as straightforward as the outstanding 2024 vintage, 2025 looks set to produce wines of finesse and charm across the regions and varieties, with the first releases …

New Zealand 2025 harvest report: A return to form Read More »