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Finger Lakes, American Wine Region of the Year, Is a Hotbed of Innovation

Writer Christina Pickard outlines the many reasons Wine Enthusiast Magazine has chosen New York’s Finger Lakes region as the American Wine Region of the Year at its 2025 Wine Star Awards. Among them is the diversity of wines being made at its wineries including world-class Riesling, Cabernet Franc and Blaufrankisch. —WINE ENTHUSIAST

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Cellars & Collecting

The Best Australian Wines of 2025

—WINE-SEARCHER, Nat Sellers

2000 Antinori Tignanello – Bottle Notes

—ZINFANDEL CHRONICLES, Tom Lee

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Wine News

Winery releases rare selection to raise $250,000 for cancer research

—DRINKS BUSINESS, Sophie Arundel

Man who stole £31k of wine 'to drink' given 2 weeks to return stash by judge

—MY LONDON

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Things to Drink

8 of the Best Nero d’Avolas From Sicily

—VINEPAIR, Edward Deitch

This Tiny Washington AVA Is Producing ‘Cowgirl’ Wines Worth Talking About

—WINE ENTHUSIAST, Amy Beth Wright

📺Blind Tasting the Wine Everyone Loves to Hate!

Can you guess the wine? —NO SEDIMENT (VIDEO)

Celebrate Come Over October With These Cool And Unique Wines

—FORBES, Katie Kelly Bell,

Candy Corn, Twix & M&M's: Ultimate Wine Match!

—FILL OF PINOT

How Prohibition and the Mexican Revolution Shaped an Iconic California Wine Family

—WINE ENTHUSIAST, Matt Kettmann

Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis turns love of wine into business venture

—KCRA

New luxury wine train coming to Spain in 2026

—DRINKS BUSINESS, Sarah Neish

There’s no taste like stone

—WORLD OF FINE WINE

Barolo vs Barbaresco: Which Is Better?

—BOTTLE SHOCK (video)

Coffee or Wine Staining Your Pearly Whites? A Dentist Offers Teeth Tips to Prevent This

—CNET, Nasha Addarich Martínez

Why More Couples Are Saying ‘I Do’ to Dry Weddings

—WINE ENTHUSIAST, Regan Stephens

Winemaker Calls For Wine Ingredient Labels

—BUTTERCUP, Greg Coopins

Responding as an experienced wine educator, create a precise 10-point plan for a novice wine enthusiast to become an expert wine enthusiast in one year and to do so on a budget.

American Wine Region of the Year, Best Aussie Wines of 2025, Fixing Your Wine-Stained Teeth, and much more...