This article first appeared in Santé Magazine on November 24th, 2925 Thanksgiving is, for wine lovers, the ultimate culinary battlefield—a single table hosting turkey (white and dark meat), cranberry sauce (tart and sweet), stuffing (herbal and savory), and gravy (rich and umami). It’s a meal that defies a single perfect wine. Instead, the smart host embraces […]
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For any Washington wine marketing associations there wasn’t much to feel good about in virtually all of the year-end best wine lists. Just a single Washington wine on Wine Enthusiast’s late-breaking ‘Top 100 Wines of the Year’, despite the fact that it’s the only major publication with a dedicated Northwest wine reviewer living in the […]
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Decanter magazine January 2026: See what’s inside – Decanter {“api”:{“host”:”https:\/\/pinot.decanter.com”,”authorization”:”Bearer MmYyZWFkY2Q1NjYwMmU2ZTlkN2UxZGZlNDYzNTliNTZlMDkxZTQzZGJkNzY2MzNkNjg3NzBlZmY1ODJkYTBkMg”,”version”:”2.0″},”piano”:{“sandbox”:”false”,”aid”:”6qv8OniKQO”,”rid”:”RJXC8OC”,”offerId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”offerTemplateId”:”OFPHMJWYB8UK”,”wcTemplateId”:”OTOW5EUWVZ4B”}} Decanter Staff January 7, 2026 The holy grail Leader: Amy Wislocki, Magazine Editor It’s not just teetotallers watching the booming non-alcoholic drinks category with interest. Drinkers looking to moderate, those on driver duty, those who have to abstain for health reasons – there are […]
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Wine Divaa is all about those budget bubbles, high-quality alternatives, and I’m ready to share my secret weapons for a sparkling 2025. Ay, Dios mío (Oh, my God), is it just me, or does Champagne get more expensive every single year? My most-read blog post, “Champagne Under $50,” has a helpful guide. However, the tariffs […]
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Champagne Region AN AMERICAN IN CHAMPAGNE From my seat’s view as a competitor in the World Blind Tasting Competition, located in Champagne, 2022. “I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.” –Coco Chanel There is no wine region in France, or perhaps anywhere, that is […]
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Taste is as personal as it is poetic. It’s mired in nostalgia; lived experience. For me, certain salty Sicilian whites taste like Rockaway Beach, while Roussillon muscats recall an old perfume of my grandmother’s. I know of one Champagne that tastes like turning 30, and another, like East Coast oyster shells. For you, however, the […]
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Before we turn the page on 2025, Wine Spectator‘s editors would like to remember the wine and restaurant industry pioneers, innovators and history makers we lost this year. This year we said goodbye to many American wine industry leaders, none more personal to us than longtime Wine Spectator senior editor James Laube. We also bid […]
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The Loire Valley is an undisputed wine region champion, hailed for its cool-climate, lower abv styles. It also happens to be a lovely place to visit, especially as a weekend trip from Paris. The region, which encompasses the valley on either side of the middle part of the Loire River, runs through the central part […]
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Not so long ago, “we’re going to wine country” was a typical weekend plan for folks everywhere from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. That’s not so much the case anymore, as California’s wine industry struggles to attract the kinds of crowds that were steady for decades and then surged during the pandemic. While certain […]
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Typically, when a guest at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City orders a Manhattan, the bartender offers a choice of rye whiskies: Canadian or American. But the advent of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and a subsequent trade war—including a Canadian boycott of American-made goods—has effectively vanished American-made whiskey from Canadian shelves. So […]
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