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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
Wine News
The wine business is in crisis
—QUARTZ (video)
Chinese Wineries Turn to Boutique Brandy
—WINE-SEARCHER, Jim Boyce
Ideas & Opinions
Out: In & Out Lists (Except This One).
—EVERYDAY DRINKING
Tannic Panic! Issue #134: 2025 Greatest Hits
TANNIC PANNIC
Wine Education
The World’s Most Popular Wine Grapes
—ENOBYTES
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
Wine Travel & Food
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
Wine People & Places
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)
Wine Collecting & Reviews
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
JANCISROBINSON.COM, Julia Harding MW
Wine Drinking & Buying
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)
Wine, Health & Lifestyle
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
