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We Asked 9 Sommeliers: Which One Wine Is on Your Holiday Wish List?

VinePair

Your friendly neighborhood wine shop is the perfect resource for fleshing out your wine wish list, as well as making other people’s wine wishes come true. We asked nine sommeliers across the world to share the epic bottles on their own holiday wish lists. The wines on sommeliers’ holiday wish lists in 2023: Cruse Wine Co.

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A Sure Thing: Rombauer Sauvignon Blanc

VinePair

In 2014, when Rombauer Sauvignon Blanc emerged on the scene, it refused to be ignored, like a charismatic younger sibling whose shine couldnt be overshadowed. In the decade since, Rombauers bright, balanced expression of Sauvignon Blanc has steadily found a place at the table with sommeliers, buyers, and everyday wine lovers worldwide.

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A Decade In, Cadet Wine + Beer Remains the Vanguard of Downtown Napa’s Evolution

VinePair

Despite its location in the heart of America’s most prestigious wine region, the city of Napa didn’t land on many people’s radars 10 years ago. No one is more attuned to the changes than Aubrey Bailey and Taylor Domin, the owners of Cadet Wine and Beer. Cadet opened on July 4, 2014. was considered a late-night spot.

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We Asked 20 Sommeliers: Which Wine Do You Wish People Ordered More? (2024)

VinePair

Scanning a bottle shop or menu for something other than your tried-and-true wine can be intimidating. With so many choices, it’s easy to throw in the towel and stick to the wines you know best. Nicole Castro Garro, wine director, Lita , Aberdeen, N.J. The mother of Cabernet Sauvignon is so complex, floral, fruity, and delicious.

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Cava Reclaims Its Identity and Charts a New Way Forward

Imbibe Magazine

On his and the other organic vineyards from which he sources, he hand-harvests separate lots, then micro-ferments them with native yeast to create the palette of wines he blends for Cava in the off-grid cellar he built into the bones of a 19th-century winery on his estate. Still others labeled their wines D.O. In response, the D.O.

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25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

Punch Punch is a James Beard Award-winning online magazine that writes about wine, spirits, beer, and cocktails. One of their goals is to remove the elitism often associated with the beverage industry (wine in particular) by writing articles on these topics that can be easily understood by anyone. Well, I’m sorry.

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Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Today's Bartender

One of their goals is to remove the elitism often associated with the beverage industry (wine in particular) by writing articles on these topics that can be easily understood by anyone. To prove it, she’s been a finalist for Saveur’s 2014, 2015 AND 2016 best cocktail blog award. And I think they do a pretty good job of it.