The 10 Health Benefits of Wine Will Inspire You to Pour a Hearty Glass Tonight
We drink it with a nice dinner. We covet it after a long day. When we gather for a celebration, it always finds its way…
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Notable First Women in Wine History
From a young widow who reshaped the Champagne industry and the first female winemaker in California’s Napa Valley
Wines to Drink Without Food
Not all wines require the assistance of food in order to be enjoyable. A wine served before a meal is often referred to as…
These Are the Healthiest and Unhealthiest Wines You Can Drink
We’ve heard all along that red wine is great for the heart when consumed in moderation. But is red wine the only type that’s good for…
Delicious Homemade Wine Recipes
Wine is famous worldwide. It is the perfect drink to enjoy after a busy day or in the company of your loved one. In fact,…
Chianti Classico, Beyond the Straw-Covered Bottle
Chianti Classico wines are better than they have ever been. The best examples are remarkably distinctive, wonderfully satisfying and, in some ways, the essence…
7 Reasons Why Wine is like Women
After drinking a particularly rigid bottle of 2005 Barolo, someone said the wine reminded them of their mother. We all started laughing and our…
Notable First Women in Wine History
From a young widow who reshaped the Champagne industry and the first female winemaker in California’s Napa Valley, to the first woman in a…
14 Surprising Health Benefits Of Wine
You pop open the cork after a killer day at the office, and the luscious wine flows in mellow drops into your shiny glass….
Why You Should Be Drinking Darker Rosé
As spring’s warm days turn into hot, hot summer, we’re all fantasizing about a nice glass of wine to quench our thirst. Of course,…
Reductive vs. Oxidative Winemaking
Oxidative and reductive are terms used to describe two contrasting styles of vinification. The processes are ideologically and scientifically opposed, and each has a profound…
At Ruffian, an Antidote to Wine Bar Sameness
Once upon a time, in the dark ages before everyone took their wine advice from Instagram, a wine list had the ability to genuinely…
The Wine Stories That Will Shape 2019
The wine world is departing 2018 much like the world in general—confused and stressed and not sure what happens next. On one hand it…
SUMMER 2019 ROSÉ GUIDE!
It’s here, it’s here! My 2019 rosé guide is fiiiinally here. Oooh I am so excited to bring you some of my favorite rosés…
Seven Ways Wine Will Change in 2019
The wine world can change faster than you’d think. Upended by turbulent politics, 2018 was beset with trade wars, ongoing Brexit instability, and more climate-change-driven chaotic weather events. All this made some wine regions winners, others losers, while investors scored big time: Fine vino outperformed stocks and bonds, according to Liv-Ex.
6 Questions About Natural Wine You’re Too Embarrassed to Ask
Natural wine is a global phenomenon, impossible to ignore (or define). Its momentum is undeniable: RAW wine, an independent natural wine fair, launched in New York…
Rosé Wine: Here’s Why You Should Be Drinking It All Year Round
I’d like to discuss something very important—rosé. We first need to establish two truths. One, rosé is delicious. And two, many of us deprive…
TOP 11 WINE & CHEESE PARTY IDEAS
These party ideas are those weekends when all you want is to be with friends and celebrate the simple pleasures in life, like good…
The Future of Weed Is High-End Wine Pairings
Please forgive me. My notes from the dinner in Denver are a little sloppy. I had met up with a group of Coloradans in…
Wine Serving Temperature Chart and Tips
There is an adage about wine serving temperatures that white wines should be served chilled and red wines should always be served at room…
4 Wines That Go Best With Salmon
If you’re serving fish for a special dinner, you may be wondering, “What wine goes best with salmon?” While there are no longer many hard and fast rules about wine pairings, you’ll find that certain bottles are more suited to this meal.
The 10 Health Benefits of Wine Will Inspire You to Pour a Hearty Glass Tonight
We drink it with a nice dinner. We covet it after a long day. When we gather for a celebration, it always finds its way…
The Many Different Types of Wine
No time for a wine vacation? Maybe you want to broaden your wine horizons or just stop getting confused every time you stare at the…
Learn How to Taste Wine and Develop Your Palate
Learn how to taste wine with 4 basic steps. The following wine tasting tips are practiced by sommeliers to refine their palates and sharpen…
16 Reasons to Drink Wine With Dinner Tonight
After a truly horrible day at the office, is there anything more pleasurable than popping that cork and pouring truly great glass of wine?…
Ten Special Wines To Impress The Wine Lover In Your Life
Scenario: your boss, client, sister, brother, etc., is really into wine and you want to give them a bottle that they’ll appreciate but you have…
The Best Cheap Champagne Brands
2010 Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA, $52. Chappellet offers wine lovers a cult wine connection without the high price. Adjacent to the much…
The Color and Flavor of White Merlot Wines
If you’re looking an alternative to White Zinfandel, consider White Merlot wine. This light, fruity wine has a pale pink color and makes a nice change…
The 10 Most Popular Pinot Grigio Brands in the World
After Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio is the second most popular white wine variety in the U.S. When it was first introduced in 1979, its simple, refreshing style succeeded…
The Best Wine Vacations for Every Type of Traveler
Whether you’re a casual drinker considering your first-ever wine vacation, or a seasoned oenophile seeking the next big thrill, there is a wine-soaked destination perfect for…
5 Reasons Alcohol Is More Dangerous Than Marijuana
When it comes to weed vs alcohol, the different treatment to the two substances is pretty obvious. Alcohol is a legal substance even though it…
THE 10 BEST WINES FOR SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER DRINKING
The last two days have been quite, quite beautiful, starting mistily, basking midday in an unseasonally warm sun and finishing with an extended dusk…
90-Calorie Boozy Wine Popsicles Have Been Spotted at Costco
When the temperature starts rising, two things become essential: Frosty treats and summery cocktails. Luckily, there’s a way to kill two birds with one stone—and it…
Wine & Weed: A guide to flavor, pot pairings, wine profiles
Wine, cheese and weed? Enjoying all three at once is nothing new, but the movement that officially recognizes the similarities between these tasting parallels is…
The Top German Wines You Should Be Drinking
German wine has received some mixed reviews internationally. Most people only know it for its production of Riesling, or its mass-market production of semi-sweet…
Merlot – What Is Merlot?
Merlot, which in French means The Little Blackbird, is the second most popular red grape in America (after Cabernet Sauvignon). Known for being soft,…
Best Temperatures for Serving Wine
Most people who drink wine know, you serve white wine and champagne chilled, and reds can stand to be room temperature. What people may…
Eight Unique Wines To Try Now
Katie Kelly BellContributorI cover what’s interesting in wine, spirits, food and travel. Oceano Chardonnay OCEANO WINES There has never been a better time to be…
How to Match Wine with Food
Good news: When matching food and wine, you don’t have to learn complicated systems for selecting the right bottle to enhance what you’re eating….
Best Wine Insider Websites for the Best Wine Information
Every wine enthusiast should know where to look for information in order to stay up to date with the latest news belonging to the…
What Is A Meritage Wine?
First, divest yourself of the temptation to pronounce it “Mary-Taj.” It’s pronounced like “heritage.” Yeah, that goes against the forced grown-up pronunciation boot camp…
What is Ice Wine? The Best Thing You’re Not Drinking.
Of the five sensations of taste, sweetness may be the most sought after. From the fields of the Caribbean that produce fine cane sugar…
You Can Now Solve a Murder Mystery While On Board a Wine Tasting Train Through Napa Valley
Madison RobertsPeopleMarch 26, 2019 All aboard, wine lovers! This train wants to let you sample some vino and solve a mystery at the same time. When you…
Century-Old Wine and Champagne Discovered in Shipwreck Off British Coast
Just off the southwest coast of Britain, 100 meters below sea level, lies a First World War merchant ship holding an extremely rare and…
Top Wine Regions of The World
Wine News & EntertainmentUpdated April 22nd, 2019 Top Wine Regions of The World Each year we discover more countries producing wine. For instance, did…
8 Inspiring Sonoma County Wine Women
bySARAH STIERCH The old adage is that behind a really good wine is a really great woman. Ok, we just made that up, but, in…
5 Most Popular Wines
By: Breana Lai, M.P.H., R.D. Wondering what’s the best wine to choose? To help you narrow it down, we’ve listed the most popular types of…
What’s The Gunk in My Wine?
It’s safe to swallow the sediment from the bottom of the bottle, but why would you? BY JIM GORDON When you tilt a cup…
The 6 White Wines To Try To Help You Understand White Wine
White wine, some people love it, others swear they only drink red. But you shouldn’t overlook a nice glass of white wine without first…
10 Ultimate Wines for Dinner Parties
F&W’s Ray Isle solves every pairing dilemma with 10 spectacularly versatile wines. These bottles are sure bets at dinner parties. ByRAY ISLE Whites 2010…