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Why Some of the Most Compelling Wines Aren’t Tied To a Year.

They are unusual, but they exist: Non-vintage wines that combine wine from different vintages. Writing for Food & Wine Magazine, Marissa Finetti delves into the practice of blending years and discovers the practice doesn’t hide that sense of place, but rather illuminates it. —FOOD & WINE, Marissa Finetti

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Wine News

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Ideas & Opinions

Out: In & Out Lists (Except This One).

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Wine Education

The World’s Most Popular Wine Grapes

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How Long Does Wine Last After Opening?

—FOOD & WINE, Karla Walsh

Original Zin

—GERALD BOYD ON WINE

Chablis - Once Paris' Wine to Purr-fect Chat-Blis Inspo

—SHADES OF GRAPE

20 Years In, Press Remains a Beacon for Rare Napa Valley Wine

—VINEPAIR, Shana Clarke

This Castle-Studded Wine Region Is Straight Out of a Fairytale

—WINE ENTHUSIAST, Devorah Lev-Tov

Wine: It’s All About the Experience

—TEXAS WINE LOVER

How the Finger Lakes Became a World-Class Wine Region | Nova Cadamatre MW

—WINE WITH JIMMY (video)

2025, a wine year in pictures

—WINE ANORAK

The Wine Makers – Grand Scheme Wines

—THE WINEMAKERS (podcast)

2005 Leonetti Reserve – Bottle Notes

—ZINFANDEL CHRONICLES

Black Kite "Gap's Crown Vineyard" 2023 Pinot Noir

—KEN'S WINE GUIDE

Novus, A Priori Moschofilero 2024 Mantinia

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Stop Trusting Wine Scores. I Found the 10 BEST Wines from the Top 100 List.

—GRAND CRU AFFAIR (video)

Tired of Orange Wine? Try These Styles Instead

—VOGUE, Nicole Kliest

A Winter’s Tale: Warming Wines for Winterscapes

—WINE REVIEW ONLINE, Wayne Belding

Top 50 Wines of 2025

—JAMES THE WINE GUY

We Asked 14 Sommeliers: What Bottle Is a Green Flag When You See It on a Wine List? (2026)

—VINEPAIR, Rich Manning

My BEST WINES of 2025- Why BURGUNDY can be GREAT

—DR. MATTHEW HORKEY (video)

Cheers! Why champagne is one of the healthiest alcoholic drinks, revealed by experts

—DAILY MAIL, Emma Gritt

10 Medieval Latin Wine Proverbs

—MEDIEVALIST.NET

The World’s Biggest Wine Drinkers Have Been Revealed—and It’s Not France or Italy

—MENTAL FLOSS, Paul Anthony Jones

Top 10 Reasons to Swipe Left on Dry January

—FERMENTATION

Blending Vintages, World's Most Popular Wine Grapes, Saying "No" to Dry January, and much more...