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This Mexican Hotel Boasts A Mezcal Speakeasy & Secret Island Bar

Maxim Feed: (Courtesy Rosewood Mayakoba) You meet your driver at a small dock off the hotel lobby. He pulls up in a small wooden fishing...

Wine Of The Week: Clos du Temple Rosé

Maxim Feed: Image Courtesy Gerard Bertrand Rosé is often relegated to a single stereotype: simply cheap bottles of pink liquid meant to be sipped by...

Wine Of The Week: Covenant Cabernet Sauvignon

Maxim Feed: Image Courtesy Covenant Wines Jeff Morgan started his career as a musician until, as life does, he fell into wine criticism, landing a...

Wine Of The Week: 2021 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 

Maxim Feed: A tasting at Chateau Montelena. Image courtesy of the winery. The enviable pedigree of Napa Valley’s Chateau Montelena is built on a unique...

Wine Of The Week: Schramsberg Sparkling Wines

Maxim Feed: If you visit any winery of note in Napa, one of the first sips on offer is often a welcome glass of Schramsberg...

Wine Of The Week: Château Sainte-Marguerite Fantastique

Maxim Feed: Tis the season for breezy summer rosés, and Chateau Sainte-Marguerite offers all the poolside easiness of your favorite blush-hued wine, but with added...

Wine Of The Week: Larkmead Solari Cabernet Sauvignon

Maxim Feed: Drive through Napa Valley’s Southernmost Carneros region, up through Yountville (wave at the French Laundry), and head up to Calistoga, until trees start...

Wine Of The Week: Ruinart Blanc Singulier

Maxim Feed: Climate change has become more than just a buzzword in the wine world. Heat is pushing winemakers out of plots and up into...

Wine Of The Week: Linne Calodo Cherry Red 2020

Maxim Feed: Why did we ever stop drinking Zinfandel? Personally, the grape tends to be overly jammy for me, and it’s something I’ve frankly ignored...

Wine Of The Week: Bouchaine Hyde Vineyards Chardonnay

Maxim Feed: Bouchaine Vineyards Hyde Chardonnay (Credit: Kate Dingwall) While many Napa Valley Chardonnays are highly extracted and heavily buttered, Bouchaine Vineyards is just the...

Wine Of The Week: Ram’s Gate Pinot Noir 2019

Maxim Feed: Ram’s Gate Pinot Noir in the wine’s lush, lavender-filled vineyard. (Credit: Kate Dingwall) When driving out of San Francisco and into wine country,...

Wine Of The Week: Las Positas 2020 Coccineous

Maxim Feed: Though situated in the center of the Livermore Valley, a wonderfully underrated AVA (American Viticultural Area) just outside San Francisco, Las Positas Vineyards...