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Chef and restaurateur Marc Forgione opened Peasant Wine Bar in New York’s Nolita neighborhood on Jan. 25. Occupying the wine cellar of Forgione’s Peasant restaurant, the new concept combines the chef’s spin on Italian cuisine with a similarly focused wine list. Forgione is also the restaurateur behind Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winner

America’s top charity wine auction outdid itself over the weekend, raising $23 million for children’s charities. The Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), which has consistently held the top spot among charity wine auctions in recent years, was held in-person on Jan. 30 after going virtual last year. All the funds help support underprivileged children in

A few hours after a long workout, do you like to reward yourself with a glass of wine? Past research has shown a link between regular exercise, moderate drinking and a longer life, but a new study has found that people who exercise more tend to drink more as well. The study, published in Medicine

Early this month, Geordie’s, the Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winner housed inside Phoenix’s historic Wrigley Mansion, named CJ Kahley as its new chef de cuisine. Kahley joins the team with experience from fellow Restaurant Award–winning destinations like Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in Las Vegas and the now-closed Michael Mina in San Francisco. Kahley cites the history

What if that glass of Châteauneuf you’re sipping with dinner is also reducing your chances of contracting COVID-19? A new study analyzed health data on nearly 500,000 U.K. residents and found that subjects who drank one to two glasses of red wine a day had a 10 to 17 percent lower risk of contracting COVID

In the fall of 2020, the grapes in Alison Sokol Blosser’s vineyards were ripe—and she had no one to pick them. Pandemic-related travel restrictions meant that none of her international harvest interns had arrived, and the local labor pool in Oregon’s Yamhill County, where the winery is located, was essentially nonexistent. “We had to get

Anthony Barton, the charismatic owner of second growth Château Léoville-Barton and third growth Château Langoa-Barton, has died. He was 91. “Anthony Barton was the perfect gentleman, always smiling and gracious,” said Jean-Christophe Calvet, co-owner of négociant Aquitaine Wine Company and a longtime friend. “He told hilarious stories about the wine business and he had a

Sadly, science has yet to deliver on a surefire cure for a head-pounding alcohol-induced hangover, but a recent analysis of past studies has found a sliver of hope. Scientists from King’s College London and South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust analyzed multiple studies of purported hangover treatments, some of which showed promise. Unfortunately,

EDITOR’S NOTE: In September 2021, longtime senior editor Kim Marcus, 62, after 33 years with Wine Spectator, made known his wish to retire at the end of the year. Marcus agreed to continue writing for the publication as a contributing editor, and his tasting and managerial duties were reassigned as reported in this story. Sadly,

Joel Gott Wines has purchased Napa’s historic Edge Hill property from Rudd Estate. The deal includes 25 acres, 6 of which are planted to a red field blend, as well as a retrofitted three-story stone winery built in 1867, existing inventory and the Edge Hill name. The purchase price was not disclosed. “This property is

A new wine bar is open at Houston’s Post Oak Hotel. Located steps from the property’s Wine Spectator Grand Award–winning Mastro’s Steakhouse, Stella’s Wine Bar serves the same list of more than 4,000 selections, but in a more laid-back environment. “Stella’s is one of the only wine bars in the world where you can drink

Merlot to-go could be back on the menu in New York state this year, giving an added revenue source to restaurants during hard times but worries to store owners concerned about competition. During her Jan. 5 State of the State Address, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her support for the permanent legalization of alcohol

Wine Spectator is saddened to learn that our long-time colleague Kim Marcus passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Marcus, 62, joined Wine Spectator in 1988 and rose to the positions of senior editor, managing editor and Napa bureau chief before he retired in December. He was the lead taster for California Chardonnay and Pinot

It’s increasingly lonely at the pinnacle of the St.-Emilion classification, with Château Pavie the only remaining Premier Grand Cru Classé A. Just six months after Cheval-Blanc and Ausone announced they would leave the Right Bank ranking system, Château Angelus’ co-owner and general manager Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal announced that the estate had withdrawn its application for

Claude Taittinger, who led Taittinger Champagne for nearly five decades, died Jan. 3. He was 94. Known as both a stylish gentleman and a savvy businessman, Taittinger is credited with growing his family’s young Champagne house, investing in a large collection of vineyards while also modernizing the marketing of Champagne as a luxury product. The

Finding quality wines that also offer value is always crucial, especially now as inflation approaches wine shelves. Earlier this week, Wine Spectator named New Zealand winery Allan Scott’s 2021 Sauvignon Blanc its first ever Wine Value of the Year. At $17 a bottle and 93 points, the wine is a steal, but for co-owner and

One of the fastest-growing segments in the wine market isn’t actually wine, at least, not technically. Sales of de-alcoholized wine, aka non-alcoholic wine, rose 43 percent in the first half of 2021, according to Nielsen, making it the second-fastest-growing category of wine last year. Clearly many consumers see these products as a way to moderate

Italy’s Marzotto family, which built Santa Margherita into a Pinot Grigio juggernaut, acquired majority ownership of Roco Winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley this week. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the purchase marks the company’s first winemaking venture outside Italy. The sale includes Roco’s winemaking facility just outside Newberg, the Roco brand and current inventory.

Before we look ahead to whatever 2022 may bring, Wine Spectator‘s editors would like to remember the wine industry pioneers, innovators, leaders and chroniclers we lost this year, some of them to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year we bid farewell to Steven Spurrier, organizer of the famed 1976 Paris Tasting, as well as Châteauneuf-du-Pape star

While our top videos of 2020 highlighted creative ways to pass the time at home, 2021’s favorites focused more on getting out and about and meeting big names in wine in their element. Whether it was riding along on vineyard visits with winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, talking wine with NBA legend Dwyane Wade or seeing