VinePair

JANUARY 15, 2024

In the ever-changing world of wine, each vintage brings a new opportunity for eager winemakers to make their mark on the industry. This list showcases the producers of some of the most exciting and thought-provoking wines that recently hit the market, or will in the coming months, with a focus on emerging regions.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Cristina Gonzales of Gonzales Wine Company fell in love with wine while studying abroad in South America. where her parents had settled, she sought out various jobs in the wine industry. Indeed, according to The Roots Fund 2021 Annual Report , less than 5 percent of the wine industry “is people of color in ownership in wine.”

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VinePair

MARCH 8, 2024

As red wine skews toward lighter-bodied, low-alcohol, chillable expressions , there’s an opposite movement gaining steam in the world of white wine. Instead of leaning lighter, sommeliers are embracing more textured and full-bodied whites — particularly those from the Iberian peninsula.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

The eighth edition of the London Wine, Spirits, and Beer Competitions proudly introduces its inaugural Regional and Category Ambassadors Program for the 2025 edition. Through insightful interviews with industry experts, his podcast delves into wine regions, styles, science, and producers.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

To get guests in the door, technique was the standpoint,” says Adler, a sommelier, former chef, and veteran of esteemed establishments like Contra and Saison. Credit: Jeff Brown This means working in pleasant symbiosis with sister restaurant Noda, the Michelin-starred omakase hotspot accessible through Shinji’s that opened in 2018.

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VinePair

JULY 10, 2024

The device was inspired, Standaert says, by a 2018 book by Kevin Verstrepen, a professor of genetics and genomics at Leuven University. A beer sommelier with a certificate from the Doemens Academy in Munich, Roland Graber is a co-owner of Riot Act Brewing and the craft beer bar On Tap in Bern, Switzerland. They were clean.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Additionally, an oak-paneled cellar space showcases a collection of The Macallan whiskies and sherries by El Celler de Can Roca’s sommelier, Josep Roca. We paid tribute to Scotland in Distilling Scotland – the cookery book we released in 2018 and documentary on Scottish cuisine, chefs and outstanding products.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

While restaurants historically featured limited selections of beer or soju, the beverage directors at today’s forward-thinking establishments have pushed the boundaries of what Korean drinks programs can look like, with many curating extensive, award-winning wine lists and pairing menus.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Created in 2018, BTB provides a platform to address challenges and opportunities within the global drinks industry including mental and physical health, intersectionality, substance use, sexual harassment, diversity, equity, and sustainability. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Created in 2018, BTB provides a platform to address challenges and opportunities within the global drinks industry including mental and physical health, intersectionality, substance use, sexual harassment, diversity, equity, and sustainability. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

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VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

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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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

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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VinePair

MAY 6, 2025

Its been a spectacular success story one of the most dramatic and consistent ascents in modern wine history. Essentially out of nowhere, beginning around the turn of the millennium, New Zealand wine exports lit the candle and cleared the launchpad. Thats a whole lot of eggs in one little basket.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 3, 2025

Were quite a young wine region, says Sheralee Davies, the CEO of Wine Tasmania. The first two vineyards of the modern Tassie wine industry were planted in the 1950s. The cool climate helps create the sort of crisp, lower-ABV wines that headline trend-setting bars and restaurants worldwide. saratogawine.com , $92.98

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

After living in the shadows of full-bodied reds and luxury sparkling wines, white wine is finally having a moment. Sommeliers and drinkers are embracing what this broad category has to offer, from crisp, quaffable bottles to more rich, rounded expressions.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Napa Valley is Americas premier wine region. But the region is still relatively new in the wine world, and its success can be traced through a series of game-changing producers. Then, through the 80s and 90s, a number of wines received such intense acclaim (i.e., And which wine led the way? It was the 1973 S.L.V.

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Cheers

JANUARY 2, 2025

Cultivating Spirits, for example, offers a private dinner party for consumers, featuring a custom-crafted three-course meal paired with craft cannabis by a cannabis sommelier. They were also featured as the first THC beverage company at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic. Fable isnt sold in dispensaries, however.

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VinePair

APRIL 9, 2025

Tabatabai, whose grandfather brewed beer and made wine in Iran before the revolution, used family recipes as a guidepost to craft her current offerings, a Sumac Gose and a Persian Lager. The beer festival showcases hundreds of Australian producers across beer, wine, spirits, and cocktails, with a total of over 500 sample beverages on offer.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

So we asked 20 professionals writers, photographers, beer sommeliers, beer competition judges, and others for their picks on the breweries people need to watch in 2025. Groups appreciate the availability of wine and cider along with elevated house-made comfort foods. Their reasons are various. Funkytown Brewery Chicago, Ill.

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