The World’s Best Wines of 2025
After spending the past month surveying the world of wine and the critics who serve it, Wine Searcher has landed on its best wines of the year. Wine Searcher Editor Don Cavanaugh reviews the top ten wines of 2025 and notices a changing of the guard at the top end of the wine world. —WINE-SEARCHER, Don Cavenaugh
Wine News
📺Millennials Take the Lead as America’s Top Wine Drinkers – This Week Uncorked Episode 76
—CORK & JOURNEY (video)
Climate change has cut Portuguese wine yields by 14 percent
—MACAO NEWS, Anna O’Connor
Ideas & Opinions
What Does Your “Guilty Pleasure” Wine Say About Taste?
—EXPLORING THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOOD & WINE
What to Serve on New Year's Eve
—THE CORRUPT WINE WRITER, Joel Stein
Your 2026 Wine Challenge
—CELLAR NOTES
Wine Education
Look for These Two Words on a California Wine Label for Superb Bottles
FOOD & WINE, Ray Isle
What Your Wine Cellar Hides
—POOR GIRL EATS WELL, Kimberly A. Morales
Somm Drinks a 1970s Gewürztraminer. Could it actually still be good??
—SOMM TV (video)
Wine Travel & Food
From $3 Economy Wine To $1,200 First Class Champagne—What Airlines Actually Pay Per Bottle
—VIEW FROM THE WING, Gary Leff
Tasting time at Armenia’s interactive Wine History Museum
—ARMENIAN WEEKLY, Kushane Chobanyan
This Centuries-old Tuscan Village Is Home to the Best Wine Resort in Italy—With Idyllic Vineyards, Wine-based Spa Treatments, and Olive Groves
—TRAVEL & LEISURE, Laura Itzkowitz
Wine People & Places
All Things Bubbly For New Years
—WONDERFUL WORLD OF WINE (podcast)
My Most Memorable Cabernet Francs of 2025
—BEING FRANC
The Future of Champagne May Be Written in the Soil
—FOOD & WINE, Tom Hyland
Unearthing the foundations of Margaret River’s fine-wine reputation
—CLUB OENOLOGIQUE, Andrew Caillard MW
My 13 Most Memorable Wines of 2025
—CORK REPORT
Wine Collecting & Reviews
Without these walls: Deluxe clos Champagne
—WORLD OF FINE WINE, Simon Field MW
2023 Domaine Carneros “The Famous Gate” Pinot Noir
—WINE CHARACTERS
Wine Drinking & Buying
The 9 Breakout Wines of 2025
—SEVENFIFTY DAILY, Caitlin A. Miller
The Best High-End Champagne for When You Really Want to Treat Yourself
—FOOD & WINE, Ray Isle
Wine, Health & Lifestyle
The 20 Most Popular Cocktail Recipes of 2025
—IMBIBE