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The largest and most uniform of Valencia’s winemaking regions has succeeded in improving its image through the use of local red variety Bobal, a new brand image for the appellation and an increase in the number of registered wineries. 

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 Don't stick that bottle in the freezer "for a sec." You can and will forget it's there, and I'm not posting the photos of the time that happened to me. Here's a faster, safer and all-around smarter w

Wine Spectator columnist Matt Kramer finds wine service lacking at many nice restaurants, even a high-end destination in a swanky Mexico City district.

Vinography Images: Golden Vines. Golden Vines COTATI, CA: Rolling vineyards of pinot noir and chardonnay ripen on the vine under a warm summer sun near Cotati, California. Sunny skies and cooperating weather are suggesting an excellent harvest to come for 2013. INSTRUCTIONS: Download this image by right-clicking on the image and selecting

Amazon Wine is here. Again. After repeated attempts to enter the wine industry, Amazon Wine has now made bold strides to gain a foothold in the wine marketing and selling space. Yesterday, the company added its 500th winery to the site -- and now offers thousands of labels to consumers in 16 states. As the company works through state shipping laws and attempts to add more wine brands, many people in the wine industry are looking on skeptically. What's different this time? What's Amazon's model? How will Amazon's presence change the wine retail business? I had a chance to sit down with Erik Farleigh (PR Manager) and David Lusby (Business Development at Amazon Wine) during their visit to New York last month for the Amazon holiday retail display/show for journalists. The event was a spectacle on its own. Toys everywhere, fake rooms set-up with gorgeous home decor, a pet playground complete with a real live pet, and a mini-wine bar set up for tastings. Once I [...]

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Wine Spectator columnist Matt Kramer finds wine service lacking at many nice restaurants, even a high-end destination in a swanky Mexico City district.

Here are 7 things you don't know about the world's most expensive wine. Watch the video and see pictures of the most high priced wines. If you had an unlimited budget for wine, what would you buy?

All right. It has to happen. So let it flow. When I read Lettie Teague's lead in the WSJ, it was obvious where she was going. WILLIAM JAMES was not only a famous philosopher but a source of some pretty memorable quotes. One of his better-known observations, "Belief creates the actual fact," came to mind recently as I was researching the topic of natural wine. Yes, I said to myself, with a different interpretation, that could indeed well describe what happend with the grass root phoenonemon of natural wine. To recap, in the 1970s Marcel Lapierre observed The two tits...

Vinography Images: Green Berries. Green Berries HEALDSBURG, CA: Young, green pinot noir grapes growing in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma. An unseasonably warm spring this year has accelerated the growth of grapevines all over the state. INSTRUCTIONS: Download this image by right-clicking on the image and selecting

What's one thing spreads, schmears and glazes have in common? They exist to build up, complement and highlight flavors. Also, we realize spreads and schmears are more or less the same thing, but we ap

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate introduces new subscriptions and terms for the trade.

Between Wimbledon and the impending royal birth, there's a lot of fervor in London right now. We've got our eye on something far more gustatory (or even much more rare than an annual tennis match): So

Move over pork: Duck is the new darling of America’s hottest restaurants, and it scores big with playful wine pairings from Rioja to the Rhône.

Want to experience the entire range of wine? Expand your palate with the 18 noble grapes. From Pinot Gris to Syrah, you can explore the entire spectrum of red and white wine.