Sparkling Wine Guide 2025: Terms, Tips, Facts, Trivia
We could fill this newsletter with nothing but sparkling wine information this time of year. But Marc Bona’s little guide to sparkling wine and Champagne—built around terms and definitions and such—is one of the best, easy-to-read entries on the ubiquitous drink we’ve seen this season. CLEVELAND.COM, Marc Bona
Wine News
Women sommeliers are cracking male-dominated wine world open
—LIFESTYLE INQ, Marine Do-Vale
Bordeaux Winegrowers Protest as 80–90% of Cité du Vin Tastings Remain Local Despite ...
—VINETUR
Ideas & Opinions
A Non-Snooty Guide To Improving Your Palate
—PAUL GREGUTT'S NORTHWEST WINE GUIDE
ONE THING THAT’S KILLING THE WINE INDUSTRY
—KAREN MACNEIL
Wine Education
Champagne Problems and (Eventually) Clear Solutions
—SHADES OF GRAPE
Bacchus Uncorked: King Nestor’s Cellar and Wine in the Age of Heroes
—GETTY MUSEUM, Catherine Pratt
From Detachment to Encounter: Wine Education in the Age of Resilience
—WINE SCHOLAR GUILD, Julien Camus
Wine Travel & Food
Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port
—JANCIS ROBINSON
These 11 U.S. Winery Towns Are Quietly Competing to Become the Next Napa
—ONLY IN YOUR STATE, Marisa Roman
Wine People & Places
The Wild, Wild East
—SIX ATMOSPHERES, Tom Hewson
Wine Collecting & Reviews
Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port
—JANCIS ROBINSON
The World's Best Ports of 2025
—WINE-SEARCHER, Don Kavanagh
The best Rioja Reservas of 2025
—THE DRINKS BUSINESS, Patrick Schmitt
The 10 Best Wines That I Tasted in 2025
—OWEN BARGREEN REVIEWS
Wine Drinking & Buying
The 7 Best Wines to Pour at Your Holiday Party
—ROBB REPORT, Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen
Episode 274: The top wines of 2025! Plus the regions you need to visit in 2026
—SOMM TV (podcast)
Wine, Health & Lifestyle
How to avoid heartburn at Christmas
—THE INDEPENDENT, Athena Stavrou
5 Signs You’re a Bad Regular, According to Bartenders
—VINEPAIR, Olivia White
How to Open a Bottle of Wine With a Boot and No Corkscrew || ViralHog
—VIRALHOG (video)
It’s Eggnog Season
—SIP MAGAZINE, A.J. Rathbun
The Nostalgia of Snowy Days and Spiked Hot Chocolate
—EVERYDAY DRINKING
