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The Best Wines For Thanksgiving Weekend, According to Sommeliers

(Photo: Getty Images) Chances are, you’re juggling a lot this Thanksgiving—baking turkeys, making sides, and setting tables. Or maybe you’re not, and Thanksgiving consists mostly...

Wine Of The Week: Jean-Baptise Jessiaume Santenay 

Jean-Baptiste, of Jean-Baptiste Jessiaume (Credit: JBJ) Bourgogne, or Burgundy, has been making exceptional wines for a very long time—Romans introduced viticulture to the region before...

Wine Of The Week: Seven Apart Expedition 2022

It would be almost impossible for Morgan Maurèze, the winemaker at Napa Valley’s Seven Apart, to make bad wine. His father and mother were both...

Wine Of The Week: Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

(Photo: Louis Latour) The wines of Bourgogne—also known as Burgundy—have been around for a long time. The Romans ran through here, and left stone walls...

Wine Of The Week: Elena Walch ‘Beyond The Clouds’ Chardonnay

(Photo: Kate Dingwall( Chardonnay is grown everywhere. It thrives in Burgundy and commands three-figures in California. The best producers in Champagne play with Chardonnay, as...

Wine of the Week: Oleandri Stagecoach Cabernet Franc 2020

(Oleandri’s Napa Valley Cabernet Franc. Credit: Oleandri) Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the darlings of the wine world. It commands astronomical prices (especially...

Wine Of The Week: Royal Tokaji Essencia

Hungary’s Royal Tokaji Essencia comes in a hand-blown gilded decanter. What if I told you an order of Essencia, a grail-worthy wine by stalwart Hungarian...

Wine Of The Week: 2021 La Crema Chardonnay Kelli Anne Vineyard

(Credit: La Crema) La Crema is best known for excellent everyday wines—rich Chardonnays, aromatic Sauvignon Blancs, and juicy Pinot Noirs. But look beyond those entry-level offerings,...

Wine Of The Week: Bisol Relio Rive di Guia Extra Brut

The sparkling wines of the Valdobbiadene area. Credit: Francisco Galifi When we think of sparkling wine, minds tend to gravitate towards Champagne: the elegant French...

Wine Of The Week: Domaine du Nozay Sancerre Blanc ‘Chateau du Nozay’ 

Domaine du Nozay’s Sancerre. (Credit: Kate Dingwall) From the outside, Chateau du Nozay seems like your standard French vineyard. There’s an old Chateau crowning the...

Wine Of The Week: Gary Farrell Russian River Select Pinot Noir

Gary Farrell’s Russian River Pinot Noir (Credit: Gary Farrell) When Gary Farrell started working in California’s Russian River Valley in the 1970s when he was...

Wine Of The Week: Namo 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

Namo Wines, from Debra Mathy, Nick Briggs, and Philippe Melka (Credit: Namo) Debra Mathy knows good wine. She’s the proprietor of Dutcher Crossing in Sonoma’s...