VinePair

DECEMBER 31, 2024

New Years Eve is upon us and nothing screams celebration quite like a bottle of Champagne. Whether youre toasting to 2024s end or cheers-ing to the start of 2025, countless bottles of bubbly are sure to be popped as the clock strikes midnight. However, the colder the bottle, the colder the vapor is as well.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Familia Torres’ Mas de la Rosa 2020 and Forcada 2021 have been recognised for their exceptional quality, earning a place in The World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection 2025 (WBSS). This exclusive list highlights outstanding wines chosen by some of the world’s most influential sommeliers.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Whether it’s a specific bottle recommendation or a hot tip on an underrated region, here are the best bargain wines to watch out for next time you hit the bottle shop. percent ABV and so, so good just make sure to pick up more than one bottle. Mark Watten, sommelier, La Zozzona at the Grand Hyatt , Scottsdale, Ariz.

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VinePair

MAY 28, 2025

In 2025, summer wine doesnt have to mean just tossing a couple of ice cubes into your everyday glass of Pinot Grigio or Provence ros. We asked sommeliers, beverage directors, shop owners, and other wine pros from across the country what bottles theyre reaching for when the temperatures spike this year.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2025

Its not necessarily a bad thing there are tons (and tons) of phenomenal bottles worth checking out in each of these categories. To learn more about which wines are criminally underappreciated, we asked sommeliers and wine professionals from across the country to share their opinions.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 8, 2024

There was a significant increase in creative no- and low-ABV menus, an obsession with clarified and carbonated cocktails, and, unfortunately, a massive price hike on bottle and by-the-glass wine lists. Here are 11 drinks trends to look out for in 2025. Now were entering 2025 with the proper expectation: Going out to drink is expensive.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sommeliers and drinkers are embracing what this broad category has to offer, from crisp, quaffable bottles to more rich, rounded expressions. Here, we asked sommeliers and beverage pros from across the country to share their go-to white wine regions and bottles that provide a little extra oomph in the glass for the money.

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VinePair

APRIL 9, 2025

From exploring one of Tokyos oldest beer brands at a newly opened visitors center to cracking a cold one at the first farm-to-tap brewery in Encinitas, here are the 10 best beer destinations for 2025. Kanaal offers over a dozen rotating selections on draft and well over 300 bottled and canned options.

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VinePair

JANUARY 16, 2025

And while were anxious to see what fads pop up in 2025 what will be the next chillable red or orange wine? To catch a glimpse at the future of wine, we asked eight wine professionals what trend they want to see disappear in 2025. In 2025, wine lists should be mindful of wines with uncertain or unclear origins.

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VinePair

MARCH 24, 2025

Every visit to your local bottle shop comes with the possibility of discovering something new to add to your home back bar. Bar professionals ask this same question whenever a brand rep swings by their space and introduces them to a bevy of new bottles to populate their back bar. Louis New Riff Single Barrel.

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VinePair

MARCH 5, 2025

The few bottles currently available are listed at severely hiked-up prices, garnering $500 to $700 a bottle (compared to the suggested retail price of $150). From the esteemed Domaine Takahiko , this bottling is one of several Japanese wines that have landed in the U.S. in early 2025. market has only accelerated since.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2025

Instead of a list with the expected Barolos and Brunellos, celebrated sommelier Lee Campell designed a forward-thinking collection that showcases everything from the classics to more off-the-beaten-path Italian wines, as well as exciting young producers from the U.S. All of which inspired another evocative name: Gowanus Sunset.

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Dry Atlas

APRIL 15, 2025

And its designed to adapt across markets while maintaining a core promise: non-alcoholic wine that honors the complexity, balance, and intention of traditional French bottles. Curated by Abe Zarate, a sommelier leading the non-alc conversation, the event was both a launch and a statement of intent. of total volume.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 5, 2025

Created through 2BAR’s meticulous grain-to-glass process, the distillery mills, mashes, ferments, ages, and bottles all products on-site. ” Inaugural Bourbon Dinner Event Planned To celebrate this collaboration, Lidia’s Kansas City will host its first-ever spirits-focused dinner on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Superior Taste Award evaluates products through blind testing by a panel of expert chefs and sommeliers. This international recognition received by our two brands at the Superior Taste Award 2025 serves as a testament to the passion, innovation, and dedication that define every bottle we create.

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VinePair

MARCH 9, 2025

Nebbiolo will always carry higher price points, but the other Piedmontese red grapes are the first places I look to for a bang-for-your-buck bottle. Stefanie Harris, head sommelier, Zimmis , NYC “People don’t tend to recommend U.S. It’s their entry level bottling but blows me away with length and complexity.

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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. What stands out in 2025? Credit: Cerebral Brewing One of the Centennial States best breweries, Cerebral Brewing is set to expand to a third taproom in 2025.

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VinePair

JANUARY 2, 2025

A new-concept redo of the famed 1976 Judgment of Paris organized by sommelier-turned-winemaker Patrick Cappiello of Californias Monte Rio Cellars is set to drop in the first half of 2025. Its a triumph, a dizzyingly diverse, passionate aggregation of more than a half-million bottles lovingly foraged over decades.

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