News

A Virtual Winery Opening: Sonoma Winemaker Jesse Katz Planned to Open his Tasting Room this Month

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s Aperture Cellars has had an extra-soft opening

• Aaron Romano

Apr 15, 2020

News

How Might Resveratrol and Red Wine’s Antiaging Properties Work? Study Reveals New Possibilities

Low doses of resveratrol may mimic estrogen, activating proteins called sirtuins

• Shawn Zylberberg

Apr 14, 2020

News

Would You Like Some Romanée-Conti with Your Fries?

As restaurants shift to takeout during the pandemic, some customers are buying special wines

• Gillian Sciaretta

Apr 10, 2020

News

France Attempts to Define Natural Wine

The new Vin Méthode Nature label formalizes low-intervention winemaking techniques, but is it possible to nail down?

• Suzanne Mustacich

Apr 9, 2020

News

How Do You Harvest Grapes and Make Wine in a Pandemic?

Vintners across the Southern Hemisphere face harvest amid disease and government-mandated shutdowns

• Aaron Romano
• MaryAnn Worobiec
• Aleks Zecevic

Apr 7, 2020

News

West Coast Wineries Face Uncertain Future

Online sales are up and federal aid could help, but one report estimated $400 million in coronavirus-related losses for U.S. wineries last month

• Aaron Romano
• Augustus Weed

Apr 3, 2020

News

Facing Coronavirus Crisis, Restaurants Shift from Shock to Survival Mode

With COVID-19 upending their business models, chefs and sommeliers look for assistance while helping those in need

• Julie Harans
• Augustus Weed
• Collin Dreizen

Apr 2, 2020

Columns

Evolution, Not Revolution

An infusion of capital into Brunello producer Biondi-Santi has revitalized the historic brand

• Bruce Sanderson

From the May 31, 2020, issue

Columns

Arrowood’s Adiós

After 55 years in winemaking, star vintner Richard Arrowood is leaving Sonoma to start a new chapter

• Tim Fish

From the May 31, 2020, issue

Robert Camuto Meets...

Another Week in a European Lockdown

Dealing with the roller coaster of “confinement,” drinking old vintages and wondering what’s next?

• Robert Camuto

Mar 31, 2020

News

Social Distancing in the Cellar: German and Austrian Vintners Grapple with Coronavirus Shutdown

With tasting rooms closed for the COVID-19 crisis, wineries are dealing with slumping sales; meanwhile spring is arriving in the vineyards

• Aleks Zecevic

Mar 31, 2020

News

Spain Struggles to Respond to Coronavirus, and Its Wine Industry Suffers

Wineries endure work restrictions and slumping sales as the nation shuts down and the COVID-19 death toll rises

• Thomas Matthews

Mar 30, 2020

News

Charity Wine Auctions Face Cancellations and Auction Houses Go Remote

Auction Napa Valley has been canceled, and other charity wine events have postponed as the coronavirus crisis brings uncertainty

• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 27, 2020

News

Carlos Falcó, Innovative Spanish Vintner, Dies at 83 of COVID-19

Aristocrat, engineer and entrepreneur, the Marqués de Griñón was a leader in wine and olive oil

• Thomas Matthews

Mar 26, 2020

Turning Tables

Landry’s Acquires the Palm Restaurants Nationwide

Tilman Fertitta’s hospitality group adds even more Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winners to its portfolio with the acquisition of the historic steak-house chain, and New York’s Gotham Bar & Grill closes for good

• Collin Dreizen
• Taylor McBride

Mar 26, 2020