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Best Wines For Winter

The mountains of the world have regained their snowy peaks and the northern hemisphere is getting ready to settle into the deep, cold months of winter. Although the days are finally getting longer,...

When In Doubt: Champagne

Champagne is a sommelier favorite for many reasons. One being how incredibly food friendly it is. Furthermore (with or without the party this NYE), Champagne is celebratory and festive. In other ...

Best Wines for Aging

Dyed-in-the-wool oenophiles love to talk about the wine aging process. An inherent aspect of crafting this timeless fermented libation, aging your best bottles can help to bring out deeper, more co...

Best Kosher Wine for Hanukkah

The Jewish Festival of Lights is a wonderful autumnal gift-giving opportunity, as well as a time to celebrate life with dear friends, family, and fare around a traditional menorah. Wine and Judaism...

Best Wine for Football Games and Tailgates

I mentioned the title of this article to a few friends earlier this week and they all seemed shocked. “Wine doesn’t go with football, that’s a beer-drinking sport!” they all said. Apprehensive comm...

6 Go-To Wines to Keep You Warm This Fall

As much as we hate to kiss summer goodbye, there’s no season we love more than the fall. Known for crisp afternoons, cozy nights, and a continuous sense of harvest looming in the air, fall mon...

Best Wine for Scallops

Their shells symbolize beauty, grace and love, and their succulent and delicate meat is unlike any other seafood we’ve ever tried. A mouthwatering mollusk which is also capable of producing pearls,...

Best Sweet Red Wine for Beginners

Wine can be a bit of a challenge if you’re not already a fan of the genre. And we don’t mean the culture, history, or complex tasting techniques -- you don’t have to know anything about any of that...

Best Wine for Autumn

Summer is winding down. The hot-weather party animals are packing up their barbecues, pulling back from the beaches, and getting ready to go back indoors. The party still rages on -- just in a much...

'Gaux to the World of Natural Wine

No category of wine sparks debate like that of natural wine. Love it, hate it, or simply just don’t understand it, this hands-off style of winemaking is becoming more and more popular amongst consu...