Wine Spectator
NAPA CABERNET 2015: Ten Years After
While shy of a classic rating, the vintage offers plenty of solid Cabernets still packed with fruit
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
COOMBSVILLE
AVA SPOTLIGHT
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Even Napa's top producers struggled in the scorching 2022 vintage for Cabernet
10+ min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
COMPOSING OPUS ONE
Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild announced their revolutionary partnership in 1980. Today, a young team led by winemaker Michael Silacci is forging its full identity
10+ min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
Napa's Dominus Buys Yountville Ranch Vineyard
Dominus Estate, the Napa Valley winery owned by Bordeaux’s Christian Moueix, has purchased the 86-acre Yountville Ranch vineyard from Markham Vineyards, next door to Dominus’ Napanook vineyard. Neither party disclosed a purchase price.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
OPUS ONE 1979-2023
A 45-vintage vertical tasting shows the evolution of a California first-growth
9 min |
November 15, 2025
Reader's Digest US
True Tales of Pampered Pets
People will do just about anything for their animals, as your stories show
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
The Angel of Indian Rocks
A once-in-a-lifetime flood didn't stop a man on a paddleboard from rescuing his neighbors
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from SEMICOLON BOOKS Chicago, Illinois
LESLIE SHOGREN wanted to go to Semicolon Books in Chicago to celebrate her birthday, so she packed up her husband and four sons and came in from the suburbs.
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from MONROE Lousisana
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO leave a place to find out how nice it is. That's what happened to Lindsey Braddock of Monroe, Louisiana.
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
"He Is God's Problem Now"
A son bids farewell to his father with a fittingly irreverent obituary
5 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Cinder the Hardware Cat
THE MOST BELOVED fixture at our hardware store isn't a tool or piece of equipment—it's our cat, Cinder.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
What's normal with our joints, and how to prevent pain and problems
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
LIFE
IN THESE United States
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
TWO HORRIFIC ATTACKS ... ONE FOREVER LOVE STORY
He survived multiple shark bites. She was hit in the Boston Marathon bombing. Then they found each other.
8 min |
October / November 2025
Wine Spectator
Trading Up on New Zealand
Distinctive wines and producers' green mindset fuel consumer appeal for the top bottlings
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
The Last Grape
Often overlooked Rhône red grape Muscardin is gaining attention in California thanks to Paso's Tablas Creek.
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
A Generational Transition at FARELLA VINEYARD
The family estate helped put the Coombsville AVA on the map, but the future could be complicated
7 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
Canary Islands Vintners Fight Back Against Phylloxera
A dreaded vineyard pest is threatening 500 years of traditional viticulture in the Canary Islands. Grape-growers recently discovered the first-ever confirmed cases of phylloxera on the volcanic archipelago. Vineyards in three towns on Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the islands, tested positive for the root louse, leaving winemakers and officials on edge as a response is organized.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
French Wineries Confront U.S. Tariffs
Wine’s taste may be bottled poetry, but its mathematics are often merciless. The U.S. government has implemented 15% tariffs on all European Union wines. Add on a 15% decline in the dollar vs. the euro since January, and French wines are potentially 30% more expensive the moment they arrive on American shores, and their importers need to pay the customs duties. French winemakers—from small wineries to large négociants, from Champagne to Roussillon—are having to calculate whether they can stay afloat with this new math.
2 min |
November 15, 2025
Wine Spectator
DIFFERENT SHADES OF WHITE BURGUNDY
The 2022 vintage is a classic, with the elite wines joined by more affordable versions from nearby terroirs. The early 2023s, meanwhile, make for good drinking in the near-term
7 min |
November 15, 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS
THE CLOWNERY STARTS on the sidewalk, even before you enter the big top. Crowds who show up to see the Peru Amateur Circus in Peru, Indiana, known as America's circus city, are greeted by merrymakers with silly jokes and swirly rainbow suckers. The smell of buttery popcorn fills the air; roaring trumpets fill the ears. Flossy cotton candy melts on the tongue. The circus is about to begin!
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
A Navy SEAL's SECRETS to a Lasting Marriage
I trained to avoid friendly fire. That helped at home too.
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
The Long-Lost Letterman Jacket
And a surprise reunion after almost 30 years
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
THE CRYPTO SCAM THAT SNARED A SMALL TOWN
How did a successful banker gamble his community's money away?
10+ min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
“Take the Desk Job, Wesley”
A young man with the ability to jump back in time gets a second chance to save his best friend's life
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
SMALL CHANGES BIG RESULTS
Who needs an overhaul? You can get healthier, happier, more fit, better rested ... one step at a time.
8 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from MEDINA Ohio
IN OCTOBER 2024, Western North Carolina lay battered and sodden from the howling winds and relentless rain of Hurricane Helene. Meanwhile, 500 miles north, in Medina, Ohio, a group of guardian angels started planning a surprise.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from ASHEVILLE North Carolina
AND THE TOP HONOR GOES TO ...
10+ min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Give Yourself a Pep Talk
We get plenty of support for big occasions, but what about everyday moments when we need to rally?
5 min |