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Wine Enthusiast Podcast: Future Wine Trends

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We look at trends in the wine world for the upcoming year, get an exclusive look at the 2016 Bordeaux vintage and more. Read more

Making the Case for Wine on Tap

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Though the history of kegged wines is a young one, it’s a growing force. Find out how wine on tap offers benefits to the environment, winemakers and adventurous drinkers. Read more

Do Your Genes Predict Your Wine Preference?

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The science on supertasters is a work in progress, but one aspect is clear: both nature and nurture help shape your taste in wine. Read more

Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2017

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We're excited to announce our Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2017! Meet the trailblazers who are shaping the future of wine, beer, cider and spirits. Read more

This Adult Juice Box is Filled with Rosé

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It’s pink, it’s portable, and you can drink it with a straw. Care for a pouch of rosé? Read more

Smell Like Rosé Without Spilling a Drop of Wine

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Love wine so much you wish you could wear it? There’s a perfume for you. Read more

Quench Your Thirst for Positive Change

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Drinking wine isn't the most conventional way to give to charities but these do-gooder bottles let you give to a number of organizations with every sip. Read more

Are You Ready for a Milk Sommelier?

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Pinot or Cabernet? Skim or Whole? A dairy nut who drinks up to four liters of milk a day says it’s as complex as wine, and is influenced by terroir as well. Read more

Are Single-Site Expressions the Future, or just a Fad?

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Is Chardonnay "cool" again? Was Jura just a fad? Is natural wine the future? In the fickle world of wine, what trends matter and what is just noise? Read more

Vinum Trends: Hotels Join the Wine Party

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There is a great story in USA Today reporting on the various hotel chains that are getting into the wine business. Among the movers and shakers:

  • Partnering with Chateau Ste. Michelle, Sheraton started a wine club targeted to their Starwood Preferred Guests
  • JW Marriott is doing the same, partnering with Treasury Wine Estates (no, that’s not how they’re dumping their old wine)
  • Sofitel is launching a French wine program
  • Hyatt created their own private label, with help from Folio Wine Partners
  • Affinia is following in Kimpton’s footsteps, offering free wine to their guests five nights a week