How to Open a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew
Opening a bottle of wine can be tricky even with a corkscrew. But not having a corkscrew on hand can lead to all sorts of…
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Definitive Guide to Pairing Wine With Chicken and Other Poultry
BASICS TO PAIRING WINE WITH CHICKEN White Meat vs Dark Meat – As a general rule, white meat such as chicken or turkey breast pairs…
Wine Enthusiast’s 20th Annual Wine Star Award Nominees
Each year, Wine Enthusiast honors the individuals and companies that made outstanding achievements over the past year in the wine and alcoholic beverage world. Below are…
How to Choose a Good Wine
When dining in a restaurant, a sommelier, or certified wine specialist, can assist you in selecting a perfect wine, even if you do not know much about wine…
The Essential Guide to Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is one of the world’s most popular red wines. It’s made from black-skinned grapes that thrive in a narrow spectrum of cooler…
10 Things You Might Not Know About Rosé
Rosé and summer are pretty synonymous—the pink-ish wine is a favorite at outdoor bars and cafés, best served chilled and sipped luxuriously under the sun. (Hence, why it’s…
It’s All About The Sauce: Pairing Wine with Lamb, Steak, and Other Red Meat
BASICS: WINE WITH STEAK Leaner = Lighter – As a general rule, the leaner the red meat you are matching, the lighter the red wine you can use. A…
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Sauvignon Blanc Launches This September
In February, we first caught wind of Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest project—her own line of wines, in collaboration with New Zealand-based wine company Invivo & Co….
Definitive Guide to Pairing Wine With Chicken and Other Poultry
BASICS TO PAIRING WINE WITH CHICKEN White Meat vs Dark Meat – As a general rule, white meat such as chicken or turkey breast pairs…
Buying Wedding Wines: What to Get and How Much
If you’re buying your own wedding wines, then you’ve already taken the smartest step forward by caring enough to find out more! Learn what…
Are 2 Types Of Women: Red Wine Drinkers And White Wine Drinkers
Women and wine go together like melted chocolate and strawberries. It’s one of the most sacred, functional relationships known to man. Who needs a boyfriend when…
23 Reasons to Date the Girl Who Drinks Wine
Wine. How classy people get wasted. Wine drinkers might get a bad rap for being pretentious, but the wine drinking girl is no stuffy elitist. Yes, she’s got style and flair, but she’s also fun, sharp and dead sexy.
How to Pick Wine for a Party
When The Wall Street Journal’s newsroom throws a party, our bosses ask us for wine advice, as you might expect. They’re generally looking for…
What Is The Best Wine For Sangria?
The name Sangria originated from Spain and was appreciated across Europe as a punch cocktail made from the combination of fruit and a sugar-sweetened…
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…
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…