Wine Enthusiast Magazine

The wine and spirits industry’s most influential movers and shakers gathered for Wine Enthusiast’s 24th annual Wine Star Awards at the swank Eden Roc Miami Beach on February 5. The winners were honored at a black-tie reception, where they and guests

While the world associates Champagne with celebratory effervescence, less well-known is that the region is also home to still wines. Officially Coteaux Champenois since 1974, these wines and their takes on terroir are nothing new yet were all but for

I did it. I returned to the scene of the most iconic crime in wine pop culture—the tasting room where Paul Giamatti’s character Miles dumps an entire spit bucket into his mouth in the film Sideways. We all know some version of this film’s impact on t

Though versions of boeuf bourguignon had been made throughout France for years, it wasn’t formalized in the French culinary canon until 1903, when Auguste Escoffier published a recipe for it in his landmark book Le Guide Culinaire. Rather than a deli

THOUGH IT’S AN INDISPENSABLE SPICE IN MANY AFRICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN CUISINES, TURMERIC is underappreciated in the U.S., where it was once known mostly as what makes French’s mustard and curry powder yellow. That’s rapidly changing, as

A silky, lush body with zippy acidity—Chardonel has the best of both worlds. As the name suggests, one of its parent grapes is the mighty Chardonnay, crossed with the hybrid Seyval Blanc. Chardonel was developed at Cornell University in 1953 for its

By day, Travis Allen is a nurse anesthetist, living with his wife Mario, and their children in Seattle, Washington. By harvest, he is one of the most innovative winemakers in Washington and Oregon. Allen wasn’t into wine when he first met Mario at Sa

Russian River, CA | (555) 667-1980 | [email protected] April 20, 2024 Wine Brand ManagersPinot Makers and Wannabes777 Dijon WayFulton, CA 95403 Dear Subserviants, Please find attached my application to lead your cult. Some people may faff about, co

Among Kentucky’s delights: bourbon and horses. The mint julep combines the best of both worlds, and you’ll find plenty of the drink served at the Kentucky Derby, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this May. The iconic silver julep cup was awarded

Lake Erie AVA is an historic wine-producing region that defies a simple definition. The largest AVA east of the Rocky Mountains, its boundaries extend to cover parts of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with over 40,000 acres planted to vineyards. Gro

Last year, the venerable Anchor Brewing Company of San Francisco announced it would be closing its doors after 127 years in business. The brewery had several owners over the decades including Sapporo, the Japanese company that bought Anchor in 2017 a

Wine maker Eddie Chami wants to change the conversation around Lebanese wine culture. “Lebanon and the Mediterranean go through war every four or five years and so our history is erased every four or five years. It’s under rubble. This is why I choos

For this issue, we rated 58 Pinots from Burgundy and 35 from Sonoma County, with 45% of the French wines receiving at least 93 points and 56% of the ones from California scoring at least that high. At an average price of $59, you could say the Sonoma

The relationship between a grape grower and Pinot Noir may feel like a bit of unrequited love. The “heartbreak grape” has certainly earned its nickname. As a thin-skinned, early ripener, it thrives in cool climates. But as an early budder, it’s highl

In 1979, Phillip Jones abandoned his telecommunications career to plant the first vines in Gippsland—a large, but until then, mostly unexplored wine region east of Melbourne. His aspiration: to make a great Australian Bordeaux. Cabernet, however, str

Hey, Willamette Valley, prepare to make room on your Pinot Noir stage for Southern Oregon. They are ready for their close-up. The Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area (AVA) encompasses Applegate Valley, Elkton Oregon, Red Hill Douglas County, R

When a wine region is called “Heaven and Earth,” one can expect nothing less than divine wines. Such a place exists: South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde, Afrikaans for “Heaven and Earth,” lies within Walker Bay in the Cape South Coast. It’s a relatively yo

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTION AND ABOUT SCHMIDT Paul Giamatti isn’t nearly as amused as fans think he will be when they send him over bottles of Merlot in restaurants. And, after two decades of hearing it—sometimes yelled in his face at great volume—

“German Pinot Noir is one of the most underappreciated wine categories,” says Jenna Fields, the president of the German Wine Collection, a California-based importer. Indeed, because the grape is often overshadowed by Riesling, people don’t realize th

I wasn’t in crazy-busy Tokyo. I wasn’t in Kyoto, with its calming temples and shrines. Rather, I was in Kyushu, an island located in southern Japan. Though I might have been here for the surfing or the plentiful onsen (hot springs), I arrived in sear

It's a defining feature in Fino, Manzanilla and Amontillado Sherries, gives dry Szamorodni an extra layer of complexity; is the core of Jura’s vin jaune and Italy’s Vernaccia di Oristano DOC—and it’s what’s inspiring a new wave of U.S. vintners to cr

Anna-Christina Cabrales is the tasting director of Wine Enthusiast and reviews the wines of Burgundy and the Rhône Valley; Michael Alberty reviews the wines of the Pacific Northwest; and Aleks Zecevic reviews Austria, Germany, Alsace and Vin de Franc

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I’m not religious but I was brought up Episcopalian. It’s the pickleball to Catholicism’s tennis. Growing up, not being Jewish, my contact with Manischewitz was through hearing my Jewish friends complain about it. These complaints did not tweak my ea

Whether it’s the thin-skinned, moderate tannic structure, elevated acidity, fresh red-fruitiness, or the ability and willingness to showcase terroir and ageworthiness—or all of the above—that draw you in, there are ways to hit the Pinot position on y