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How to Open an Old Bottle of Wine, According to a Sommelier

Wine director Drew Brady likens a 30-year-old cork to a 30-year-old person. Bodies, like corks, can feel physically sound when suddenly a moment of fragility comes along. That’s the advice he gives his staff at Long Count, a new wine bar in Manhattan’s East Village that only pours wines aged for at least 10 years. That commitment is no easy task. Opening a wine with decades of age is risky: With maturity, corks become frail, and damage can result in anything from chunks to tiny remnants of the s

Vinography

I Support Keeping American Wine Truly American and Improving Truth in Labeling

We live in a time of trade wars, where terms like protectionism and tariffs have become not only buzzwords but

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Jamie Goode: Do wine experts taste better or simply differently? - winemag

The preferences of the wine trade don’t always align with those of everyday drinkers. Where does this disconnect come from, and is it a problem worth

Wine-Searcher

Tuscan Wine's Russian Love Affair | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

Despite EU sanctions, allies and henchmen of Vladimir Putin have no problems acquiring Italian wine estates. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

Goodbye cork taint – hello, halo taint

Wines With Attitude

Easter Foods and Wine: Perfect Pairings for Easter

Find the perfect Easter foods and wine combinations: wine for Easter ham, wine to serve with lamb or beef, wine for salmon and more

Robb Report

This Left Bank Bordeaux Rivals the World’s Best Merlots

Winery co-owner Arjen Pen in a very short time has created an exceptional Merlot in Bordeaux that can hold its own with Petrus, Masseto, and Angélus.

Meininger Online

Small Vintage in California | Meininger's International

California's wine grape harvest fell 9% in 2025 compared to the previous year, marking the lowest level recorded this century. Reading time: 2m 30s

What is Sea Aged Sparkling Wine?

You may have seen, during your searches for new wines, some which are stated to have been aged in / under the sea. So, ‘why are wines aged in the sea&#82…

The world's 21 best wineries revealed in the Wine Travel Awards

From deep-sea aged wine in Taiwan to a vast vineyard in South Africa - here are some of the best wineries across the world.

Wine Industry Advisor

NZ Leads the Fight for a White Wine Emoji

There's a red wine emoji, a champagne emoji—but no white wine emoji. New Zealand Winegrowers wants to change that with a global campaign.

Natural Wine beyond Romanticism

Natural wine is often described as a return to tradition. But is it? Producers of natural wine consistently emphasize that terroir is central. At the same time, they argue that organic or biodynamic farming is necessary to express terroir, often fram...

Robb Report

DRC Made a Wine That Mere Mortals Can Afford

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2023 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cuvée Duvault-Blochet, carries a suggested retail price tag of $623.

Wine Spectator

Pinot, Chardonnay, Voltis? Champagne Experiments with New Grape

A hybrid grape is being tested in Champagne's vineyards, offering a sustainable solution to agricultural challenges.

Digital Trends

Samsung made a booze fridge with an AI eye to take care of your fancy wine

Samsung has unveiled an AI-powered wine fridge that can scan, track, and manage your wine collection automatically.

SevenFifty Daily

How Technology Is Transforming No- and Low-Alcohol Wine | SevenFifty Daily

From non-traditional yeasts to nano-membrane filtration, a wave of innovation is helping winemakers rebuild what’s lost when alcohol is removed from wine…

Mission DRC? The Yquem affair? A look at some of the most exciting wine heists

Not Hollywood scripts but rather very real cases of brash robbery and deceit. Some of which remain unresolved.

A scientific study shows that the pinot noir grape variety has not changed in 600 years

The journal 'Nature' publishes a study in which grape seeds spanning a period of 4 millennia have been analyzed

VinePair

Why Some Old Wines Were Sealed With Olive Oil

When you open a bottle of wine, you expect boozy notes to waft from the neck after you remove the cork. A gob of olive oil? That’s unexpected. Scott Woltz knew he’d be encountering a special bottle when he was asked to pour wines at a fundraiser in upstate New York. The event’s organizers told Woltz, along with his team of fellow sommeliers, that they’d be opening a double-sealed bottle with cork and, below it, a layer of olive oil.

The Drinks Business

Tokaj appellation rules revised in Hungary

Hungary has approved a revision of the production rules governing Tokaj wines, published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The update reshapes categories, alters technical requirements and adjusts vineyard and labelling provisions across the historic region.

Wine-Searcher

The Enduring Brilliance of 2021 Brunello | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

For Brunello di Montalcino, the early 2020s have been nothing short of a triumph. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

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Huge Fake Wine Seizure in Italy | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

With exploitation, human trafficking and fraudulent wine, this week's news roundup reads more like a police blotter. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

VinePair

The States With the Most Wineries in 2026 [MAP]

The total number of wineries in the U.S. contracted for the third year in a row, decreasing by 3 percent from 2025, according to the WineBusiness Analytics Winery Database. The downward trend is particularly noticeable in state-by-state counts, where the most populated state, California, dipped by 2 percent. The top five states remain the same as in 2023, the last year when the overall number of wineries in the U.S. grew, with Oregon, Washington, Texas, and New York joining California as the sta

World Of Fine Wine

2025 Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships: Forza Italia

Italy was the clear winner at the 2025 Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC), says chairman Tom Stevenson.

SevenFifty Daily

Sommeliers’ 6 Favorite Wine Glasses for Restaurant Service | SevenFifty Daily

From universal workhorses to precision stems, these are the wine glasses sommeliers rely on during service…

The New Official Wine Consumption Guidelines

Ten Recommendations Concerning Wine Consumption

VinePair

The World’s Top 10 Wine Destinations for 2026

As the Northern Hemisphere nears its summer months, wineries around the world are gearing up for the deluge of tourists who will soon step through their doors. That means now is the moment to bust out your calendars and decide where in the world of wine you want to visit this year. For the latter, we’ve got you covered. Each year, we round up the top 10 wine destinations around the world. We consider the state of the regions’ wine scenes along with other exciting tourism opportunities.

Honesty should be the best policy for wine critics

Wine critics should feel compelled, obliged even, to publish the bad as well as the good.

VinePair

10 of Champagne’s Most Legendary Vintages

Champagne is one of the most prestigious wine regions in the world, with its namesake sparkling wines easily among the most sought after. It’s a fact that’s reflected in its price — on average, bottles of Champagne retail for around $62, roughly four times more than the average price of Prosecco. Unlike other fine-wine regions commanding high prices, though, the vast majority of Champagne consumed is non-vintage, meaning several years of stock are blended together to ensure consistency year-over

The Drinks Business

Spain’s most overlooked wines, according to the experts

A historic rosé style and a little-known La Mancha sub-region are among the names tipped for wider acclaim.

Is Your Wine a Brand or a Label? Here's One Way to Find Out For Yourself.

There are well over a million different wines on shelves and lists. Which would be missed if they disappeared? Artificial Intelligence could help to provide that answer.

Wine-Searcher

White Wine's Winning Streak | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

White wine is leaving red wine in the dust. How significantly are whites outpacing sales, what does it mean, and will this continue? Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

Climate and Wine: Holding On

Toward the end of John Maynard Keynes’s opus on general economic theory, the text turns to one of his more philosophical observations: “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually...

VinePair

Will There Ever Be Another Michel Rolland? Where Wine Consulting Stands After the Loss of the First Flying Winemaker

When Michel Rolland passed away late last month, his loss was felt around the world. He was the first “flying winemaker,” who, over his 55-year career as a consulting oenologist, lent his palate and blending knowledge to some 150 estates across 20-plus countries. He did business in Uruguay, Argentina, Armenia, and France with names like Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, and Château Lascombes. Whether you subscribed to his approach or not — and Rolland was not without his critics — his influence an

The Chalk Report

I Have Seen The Liquor Store Of The Future

by Andrew ChalkThis weekend the Goody Goody liquor store chain in Texas will introduce the liquor store of the future at their Greenville Avenue branch. It will not only totally change the consumer buying experience but also lower prices. It even makes the store shelves look totally different and shrinks the store by about half to sell the same number of SKUs (different items). I went to a preview today and it is quite a change.The first thing you see is that there is no product on shelves, exce

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The Most Wanted Rieslings of 2026 | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

For a grape variety prone to bamboozling its audience, Americans know exactly what they want from it. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher