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Ci Siamo's menu is all about simplistic Italian cooking, anchored by five house-made pastas alongside numerous starters and heftier entrées.

Danny Meyer and Chef Hillary Sterling’s Ci Siamo Has Arrived

The Italian spot opens in New York with house-made pastas, wood-fired entrées and a growing wine list. Plus, San Diego Grand Award winner Addison names a new wine director, and more restaurant news

Oct 21, 2021

Sotheby's first sale in Beaune will feature 25 lots of wines from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.

Sotheby's Goes to France, Opening Offices and Beginning Auctions in Burgundy and Bordeaux

The venerable auction house is expanding to Beaune and Bordeaux with its first French sale

Shawn Zylberberg

Oct 20, 2021

The majority of research continues to find some heart health benefits in one glass of wine a day.

All Drinking Increases Heart Disease Risk? New Study Says Not So Fast

Researchers found flaws in 2019 report that even light and moderate alcohol consumption negatively impacts chance of stroke or heart attack

Shawn Zylberberg

Oct 19, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court will not address retailer direct shipping this session, disappointing consumer rights advocates.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Major Wine Shipping Case

The country’s highest court will not decide Sarasota Wine Market v. Schmitt, upholding Missouri’s law banning consumer direct-shipping alcohol sales from out-of-state retailers

Collin Dreizen

Oct 12, 2021

Senior editor Kim Marcus

From Tabloid to High Tech

Producing Wine Spectator over the years

Kim Marcus

From the Nov 15, 2021, issue

At the height of the pandemic, José Andres' World Central Kitchen partnered with 3,000 restaurants to help feed frontline workers and those in need around the world, aided by an April 2020 donation of $250,000 by the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation.

José Andrés Discusses a Way Back for Restaurants at Impact Seminar

The chef and humanitarian spoke with Wine Spectator's Thomas Matthews for the 45th Annual Impact Marketing Seminar

Daniel Marsteller

Oct 8, 2021

While Blue Hill at Stone Barns is no longer featuring chef residencies for now, the restaurant plans to resume them in some form next year.

Blue Hill Returns After Chefs-in-Residence Program

The Grand Award winner is reinventing itself and taking a creative approach to wine presentation. Plus, fellow New York Grand Award winner Daniel also reopens with some changes, and chef Michael Mina debuts a Greek eatery in his iconic San Francisco space

Oct 7, 2021

Marc Perrin and Brad Pitt visiting the vines at Château Miraval in 2014; Angelina Jolie has sold her stake to an international wine and spirits firm.

Angelina Jolie Sells Her Stake in Château Miraval

The Stoli Group has now partnered with Brad Pitt and the Perrin family on the Provence rosé brand

Oct 6, 2021

Shanghai's skyline is one sign of China's amazing growth in the past century; the country's newfound wealth has attracted the wine industry.

Winemakers Ask, Is China’s Market Worth It?

French, Australian and American vintners have all been burned by trade fights and crackdowns, but the potential for big sales continues to beckon

Suzanne Mustacich

Oct 5, 2021

Senior editor Bruce Sanderson

A Very Personal Experience

The best of Wine Spectator's big annual tasting event

Bruce Sanderson

From the Nov 15, 2021, issue

Amar'e Stoudemire hopes his wines will bring new attention and respect to the kosher wine space.

Amar'e Stoudemire Chats Live on Building His Wine Legacy

The Brooklyn Nets assistant coach talks about spending time at one of Chanel's Bordeaux châteaus, improving the kosher wine market and how wine brings the NBA elite together

Shawn Zylberberg

Oct 1, 2021

Katie Jackson of Jackson Family Wines speaks during the Sonoma County Wine Auction's fund-a-need lot, which raised $550,000 for children's education, literacy and other programs.

Sonoma County Wine Auction Returns to In-Person Format and Raises $1.7 million

With COVID-19 precautions in place, the annual event endeavored to raise money for children's education and literacy programs

Tim Fish

Oct 1, 2021

Friends and vintners Karen Cakebread and John Truchard embrace during the Harvest Stomp wine auction.

Napa's Harvest Stomp Auction Raises $2.7 Million

Plus, Auction of Washington Wines launches its first hybrid event, raising $2.2 million for children and wine education

Shawn Zylberberg

Sep 23, 2021

Linda Milagros Violago brings a career of international experience to her new position on the wine team at Canlis in Seattle.

Meet the New Leader of Canlis’ Grand Award–Winning Wine Program

Linda Milagros Violago is the latest sommelier to oversee the program since Canlis opened in 1950. Plus, Grand Award winner the Modern reopens in New York with a new wine director, and Chicago’s Boka Restaurant Group debuts an Italian eatery

Sep 23, 2021

Built with the support of a $3 million gift from the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation, the 15,000-square-foot Wine Spectator Learning Center has served as the heart of the Wine Business Institute for three years.

Sonoma State University Wine Business Institute Celebrates 25 Years

Wine Spectator’s Kim Marcus looks to the past and the future in conversation about the development and outlook of the wine industry

Aaron Romano

Sep 22, 2021

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