Food-&-Beverage
Wine Spectator
SENSES: IN THE HEART OF WEST SONOMA COAST
A trio of childhood friends are making outstanding Pinots from top vineyards
5 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
PINOT NOIR ASCENDANT
THE LATE-RUNNING 2023 VINTAGE DELIVERS AGEWORTHY WINES AT THE HEIGHT OF QUALITY
10+ min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
COBB WINES: COASTLANDS VINEYARD AND BEYOND
Embracing his parents' dream, winemaker Ross Cobb has elevated their project in West Sonoma Coast
6 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Lawsuit May Stymie Trump’s Trade War
A federal court ruled May 28 that President Donald J. Trump had overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs of 10% on nearly every nation in the world, potentially raising the price of every imported bottle of wine in American stores and restaurants.
2 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Auction Napa Valley Raises $6.5 Million for Local Youth
By the time the final gavel fell at the 45th edition of Auction Napa Valley, the event had raised $6.5 million for Napa nonprofits that support after-school and summer programs for children. It was a dramatic finish to a weekend of celebration involving dinners with vintners, tastings of yet-to-be-released wines and bidding on unique bottles and lavish travel experiences.
2 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
ICONIC FOOD & WINE OF ITALY
SIGNATURE DISHES AND WINES TO MATCH FROM 20 REGIONS
8 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Nicolas Joly and His Loire Valley Wines Remain Outspoken
Nicolas Joly prescribes a simple test to determine whether a wine is “alive.” Leave the bottle open for weeks and taste it every few days or so. If the wine remains unchanged or even improves over time, it is a “true, alive” wine. If not, the wine will become oxidized in a day. “When a wine has received life properly in the vineyard, then oxidation has no power,” Joly says. “We can taste when a wine’s energy has been destroyed by bad farming and then someone used enology in the cellar to ‘create’ the wine.”
2 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
AVA SPOTLIGHT: ANDERSON VALLEY
While the Sonoma Coast is currently receiving the most attention for Pinot Noir, there are other AVAs in California producing quality versions. Notable among them is Anderson Valley.
2 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Frescobaldi in Oregon
Napa Valley was the first place Lamberto Frescobaldi considered when his family's wine company, Italy's Marchesi Frescobaldi, went winery shopping in the United States. Frescobaldi studied viticulture and enology at University of California, Davis, in the 1980s, just as Napa was booming. It was an exciting time in California wine and Frescobaldi wanted to be part of it.
3 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Timorasso Stands the Test of Time
Five years ago I wrote about the resurgence of Timorasso (“The Return of a Piedmont Original, columns, Nov. 30, 2020), a traditional Piedmont white grape variety from the hills of the Colli Tortonesi. Thanks to the efforts of local vintner Walter Massa, along with Elisa Semino of La Colombera and others, Timorasso is not only thriving; it has attracted a number of investors from nearby Langhe.
3 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
A Sharp Lookout
To those of us who harbor fond memories of Cracker Barrel on Triscuits during cocktail hour at grandma's house, the taste of sharpness is quite familiar. For some (yours truly included), it's enough to trigger a Proustian madeleine moment.
4 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Austrian Excellence
The 2023 Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners hit the sweet spot between ripeness and elegance
5 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
The Many Faces of Piedmont's Barbera
Barbera is one of the most historic grape varieties of Piedmont.
2 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
Counterfeit Crusader Auctions Cellar
William “Bill” Koch, who amassed a 43,000-bottle cellar of rare wines and launched a crusade of litigation to stamp out sales of counterfeits, consigned nearly 7,800 bottles from his collection to Christie’s, which conducted a three-day auction of the wines in June. The sale raised $28.8 million. The top lot was a methuselah (equal to eight 750ml bottles) of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti 1999, which brought in $275,000.
3 min |
September 30, 2025
Wine Spectator
ZIN VINEYARDS AT 100 YEARS... AND COUNTING
The best California Zinfandels have one thing in common: They’re made from old vines.
5 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
SELBY'S
A Winning Wine Algorithm In Silicon Valley
3 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Provence Bevond Rosé
White-wine specialists are crafting some of the region's most interesting wines
4 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Canned Wine Market Heats Up
Canned wine brands are thriving, and their makers are quick to point out that the category is the fastest-growing format for wine sales in the United States. “When I reflect back on when we launched, in 2020, the progress has been immense,” says Sarah Hoffman, co-founder of Maker.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
A Long To-Do List at Château de Malle
I recently wrapped up a two-week visit to Bordeaux during its annual en primeur season. My final stop was in Sauternes, at Château de Malle. You can be forgiven for not being familiar with the estate—it went dark after the 2018 vintage, its then-owners leaving the vineyards and château essentially abandoned.
3 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Roger Scommegna Fulfills a Dream
The vintner has finally conquered Signal Ridge, his extreme Mendocino Pinot Noir site
4 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
ZINFANDEI
The outstanding 2022 and 2023 vintages deliver diverse styles from contrasting growing seasons
6 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
CHARLIE TROTTER CHANGED HOW AMERICA DINES
NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER THE CHICAGO CHEF REDEFINED AMERICAN COOKING WITH HIS NAMESAKE RESTAURANT, HIS LEGACY THRIVES
10+ min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
LE BON GEORGES
A Paris Bistro Procures Perfection
4 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Green Gold
New Mexico's Campo shares a recipe spotlighting the region's emblematic ingredient: green chiles
2 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Tasting Northern Spain's Txakoli
Spain’s Basque country yields vivid whites and rosés
2 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Conquering Quiche
With just seven common ingredients and a little extra attention and care, it’s quite easy to cook up an irresistible version of one of the heartiest, most satisfying and versatile French culinary classics.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Bring Your Own Magnum Party Returns
Wine Spectator's Bring Your Own Magnum Party made a triumphant return after a five-year hiatus June 4 as wine industry icons gathered in the Napa Valley town of St. Helena for one of the most exclusive wine country fêtes of the year. As the unofficial kickoff of Auction Napa Valley, the party gave vintners and winemakers a chance to relax and socialize before the hectic weekend of events.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN
The steak house is revitalized for today's generation, while aged wines also draw new fans
7 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
Wine's Tough Times Bring Opportunity
Asking vintners how they’re doing today can be a fraught question. U.S. wines sales have declined for four straight years, according to my colleagues at Impact Databank. The 2024 harvest was California’s smallest in 20 years, as growers left 100,000 tons of fruit unpicked, rotting on the vine. Tens of thousands of acres of vineyards are being pulled out. Industry analyst Rob McMillan calls it the biggest correction in 30 years in his latest annual “State of the Wine Industry” report for Silicon Valley Bank.
3 min |
August 31, 2025
Wine Spectator
2025 Grand Tour Roars Across the U.S.
From Chicago to Washington, D.C., to Las Vegas, the more than 3,000 guests at the 2025 Wine Spectator Grand Tour could count on two things when they walked into the event no matter which city they chose. First, that 234 wineries would be pouring some of the greatest wines in the world. Second, that the warm, friendly smile of California winemaker Greg Brewer would be there to welcome them. “Once the tasting starts, I never leave my post. It’s respect for your guests,” said Brewer, pouring his Diatom Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2023 (93 points). “Everyone is very kind, very engaged.”
2 min |