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A wine professional’s foundational goal is to make others happy. The restaurant sommelier aims to recommend a bottle that best enhances a guest’s dining experience. The wine educator strives toward helping their clientele determine the varieties and styles they enjoy the most. The bottle shop proprietor seeks to satisfy customers by pointing them toward bottles …

We Asked 12 Wine Pros: What’s the Most Overrated Wine? (2024) Read More »

The craft beer world is filled with passionate opinions — and nowhere more so than among those who wield notebooks and pens. Ask any three beer writers to name the country’s single best brewery, and you’re likely to get over a dozen well-argued responses, from the totally obvious to the truly arcane. For this year’s …

The 30 Best Breweries in the Country Right Now, According to Beer Pros (2024) Read More »

2024 was an interesting year for the drinks industry. We bore witness to the continued decline of craft brewing and watched as beloved brands like Duckhorn, The Famous Grouse, and Charles Smith Wines changed hands. Despite uncertainty regarding the industry’s future, though, one thing remained clear this year: Producers, bartenders, and brands alike were willing …

9 Drinks Trends to Leave Behind in 2024 Read More »

Whether it’s Tanqueray asserting that its gin is the best in class for mixing up Martinis or Espolòn trying to become every bartender’s go-to tequila for Margs and Palomas, a popular marketing technique that countless spirits companies have adopted over the years is attaching their brands to specific drinks. And it makes sense. More often …

The VinePair Podcast: Matchmaking Spirits and Cocktails Is Hard Read More »

In the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes where many Decanter readers live, late December means damp cold and blanketing darkness. The Christian narrative lends this moment a spiritual charge for believers – but the winter solstice was of signal significance in pre-Christian times, too, as light drained and ‘The world’s whole sap is sunk’ (John Donne’s phrase …

Andrew Jefford: ‘A Christmas wine should be one to spend time over’ Read More »