When you buy something through our link, we may earn a small commission from our affiliate partners. Wine Enthusiast maintains complete editorial independence and all wines are blind tasted. Read more about our policy. When it comes to wine, there are few seasons more exciting than spring. There’s just something about giving yourself full permission […]
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Corruption in the wine and spirits world tends to come from one source: Wholesalers. Executives at Southern-Glazeres, the largest wine and spirits wholesaler in America, have been indicted by the feds for bribery, assuring the products they represent receive greater shelf space than those products they don’t sell. The most important Michigan lawmaker dealing with […]
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A federal grand jury indicted five executives of the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, Southern Glazer’s, for allegedly bribing a California grocery store buyer. Source link
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I remember when the wine show first came to Paris. It was a pretty grey February back in 2017 and French trade events organiser Comexposium had launched ‘Vino Vision’. It was small and French-focused, in the grander scheme of wine industry trade shows little more than a gnat on the flank of the great beasts […]
Read MoreFor years, the wine world felt like a gated community where you needed a silver key, or at least a fancy corkscrew, to enter. But the walls are crumbling, and honestly, it’s about time. When I first started writing about the “wine in a can” boom, the purists reacted with a collective gasp, as if […]
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Hugh Johnson: ‘We’re getting bolder with bubbles from Italy, Spain, Australia, NZ, the Cape…’ – Decanter {“api”:{“host”:”https:\/\/pinot.decanter.com”,”authorization”:”Bearer MzY0ZTY1N2YyN2U0NzZlNmQ0MWM2ZTVmODljNTI1YjQ0YWQ4YjA1MjJlNjhlMWQxMTlmMjdhM2M3MjhkYjI4Yg”,”version”:”2.0″},”piano”:{“sandbox”:”false”,”aid”:”6qv8OniKQO”,”rid”:”RJXC8OC”,”offerId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”offerTemplateId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”wcTemplateId”:”OTOW5EUWVZ4B”}} Hugh Johnson February 20, 2026 In a village where we used to stay in the centre of France, the New Year was greeted with a day of crashing glass; the bottles of the réveillon festivities and days […]
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The Wine School of Philadelphia announced something last week that’s at least slightly surprising to those familiar with what’s going on in the industry. Consumption is down, and business at many restaurants and wineries has been slackening over the last few years. Against the backdrop, the school announced this week that it was planning to […]
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It is possible, though by no means guaranteed, that the United States Supreme Court will take up a case that will determine if it is constitutional for a state to ban wine shipments from out-of-state retailers. The implications are profound, given the benefits that come with legal interstate retailer wine shipping. First, the case in […]
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Decanter magazine February 2026: See what’s inside – Decanter {“api”:{“host”:”https:\/\/pinot.decanter.com”,”authorization”:”Bearer ZGJjMGRjYzkwNjRlYTRmZDkxYTk5MjUxZTM0ZGNiYWU4MjlhZDk1ZDg4Njg4Y2RmMzBiZTgzN2Q0MWU1NjgyOQ”,”version”:”2.0″},”piano”:{“sandbox”:”false”,”aid”:”6qv8OniKQO”,”rid”:”RJXC8OC”,”offerId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”offerTemplateId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”wcTemplateId”:”OTOW5EUWVZ4B”}} Decanter Staff February 4, 2026 Taste like a novice Leader: Amy Wislocki, Magazine Editor I love Beth Willard’s analogy for the Viura grape variety (known as Macabeo/Macabeu outside Rioja) in her panel tasting introduction. She compares the grape to a Scandi noir TV series, […]
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