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Veuve Clicquot aims to find out during their 40-year oenologic study of submerged bubbles in the Baltic Sea.

Serious SB fans know that this white wine has profound aging potential.

In many ways, Key West is a barfly’s paradise. It features lax open-container policies, very late last calls, a rich history of high-profile bar regulars, including Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, and an impressive bars-per-capita count. But because of Key West’s tropical-island vibe and popularity as a day-trip stop for …

Anyone who has ever studied wine will tell you that there is almost always something new to learn. So, why not take your studies on the road?

Opening an old bottle of wine can be tricky. In fact, it can be so tricky that it may require a different device than a standard opener to properly remove the cork.

Decanting is a polarizing topic in the still-wine world. The process is performed to separate sediment, allow the wine to interact with oxygen or both. So when it comes to decanting Champagne, you can bet experts have opinions on the matter. And whether to decant the bubbly or not isn’t …

Wine cellars are often thought of as subterranean crypts or vault-like spaces, where naturally cool, dark environments assure stable conditions for storing bottles during aging. However, many hotels are also making their cellars cool places to hang out.

Juneteenth has always been special for Oakland chef Amina Robinson-Briscoe, also known as Chef Mimi. As a child, Chef Mimi and her family would attend Juneteenth festivals in the neighboring city of Berkeley every June 19. “Once I got older, and realized what it was about in terms of the …

Like sparkling white wines, bubbly reds are the result of double fermenting still red wine, when carbon dioxide is added to create the stylistic fizz. There is no limit as to which red varieties can become sparklers; therefore, their qualities from aroma to palate are as varied as the grapes …

A handful of wineries and retailers have dipped their toes into cryptocurrency. They acknowledge its volatility and lack of widespread adoption, but they’ve believe that crypto might just be the future of finance.

Tuba is the favorite drink of those in the Philippines’ rural south, and especially in populous Visayan Islands like Leyte. Many Filipinos recognize tuba’s importance, thanks to its deep-rooted history and enduring social and cultural impact.

As temperatures drop, many cocktail lovers crave warm beverages packed with wintery spices, cozy aromas and just enough potency to keep things toasty. The most popular hot cocktails often date back generations, like hot toddies, hot-buttered rums, cocoas and mulled wines. Another heritage cocktail that originated in medieval England needs …

No one likes mistakes, but not all blunders are bad ones. Straying from the plan can sometimes lead to something better. This is especially true in wine, where trial and error are essential, and so much changes during hands-off processes like aging. California winemaker Dave Phinney is one of the …

Almost anyone of age can obtain, taste and enjoy wine in some capacity. When it comes to mastering what’s in the bottle, however? That isn’t always the case. Most traditional wine certifications require countless hours of rigorous study and hundreds to thousands of dollars, two big barriers that put the …

Mission, the first wine grape planted in California, is unknown to many wine lovers—possibly because the variety had been nearly wiped from the Golden State all-together.

Courtesy Ariana Maddix and Tom Sandoval, authors, Fancy AF Cocktails: Drink Recipes from a Couple of Professional Drinkers (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019) Now in its eighth season, Vanderpump Rules is a cornerstone of reality television. For the uninitiated, the show centers around a motley crew of young adults, most of …

Wine shops educate wine lovers on new varieties and bottles, and bear witness to changing public tastes. With this in mind, Wine Enthusiast created the America’s 50 Best Wine Retailers list to celebrate the industry’s best. But it also made some of our editors ponder which shops are true global …

We’ve all seen home brewing and winemaking kits, but do you want a project that doesn’t require any special gear and yields a flavorful spirit? Then consider DIY limoncello, an Italian classic made with just a few easy-to-obtain ingredients (and a healthy dose of patience).

“It’s common to get wine-style-fatigue at the end of a season,” says Michael Kennedy, founder of Component Wine Company in Napa Valley. Orange wines, also known as skin-contact wines and amber wines, are made from white grapes. They possess both the flavors of white varieties with the texture and tannins …

Podcasts have become a huge part of American pop culture in the past few years. According to The Infinite Dial’s 2019 report, 51% of the U.S. population listened to a podcast last year, and more than 30% listened monthly. And while wine is best experienced in a glass, there’s much …

Tuscany’s wine prestige comes from the iconic appellations of Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and Bolgheri. But few American wine lovers realize that located south of Bolgheri is the area’s third-largest Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC), Maremma Toscana DOC. The region extends from the southern Tuscan coast, inland to the …

Curious about exploring British Columbia’s Okanagan wine valley, but don’t know where to begin? The Rocky Mountaineer train is offering a new tour that combines its first-class “GoldLeaf” service with a multi-day stopover to explore Canada's burgeoning Okanagan wine region.

The world’s most coveted and expensive edible may be coming to a vineyard near you, thanks in part to the American Truffle Company, a business that is introducing the science of truffle cultivation to the wine world.

Why the much-maligned Champagne stem is the perfect vessel for sparkling wine.

In 2007, my father dropped dead while standing in a lift line at a ski resort. I heard a similar refrain from a lot of well-intentioned people, “At least he died doing something he loved.”

Eric Wareheim’s wine venture is anything but a joke.

As a grocery-store wine steward, I was accustomed to introducing customers to wines. But what happens when one of them returns the favor, with a legend no less?

"From Gold Rush towns preserved in time to 140-year-old grapevines, the Sierra Foothills area keeps one foot in the 19th century. In this region, known as Gold Country and the Mother Lode, you will uncover rich history, best explored via raft or wine glass."

“A poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” That’s how John Steinbeck describes the down-at the-heels district at the center of his 1945 novel, Cannery Row.