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Soda Rock winery in Healdsburg was lost to the Kincade fire.

Oct 27, 2019

Around Geyserville, fire trucks navigated roads surrounded by the flames of the Kincade wildfire on the night of Oct. 24.

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Sonoma Wine Community Evacuates as Firefighters Prepare for Dangerous Wildfire Conditions

With high winds forecast, county officials ordered 85,000 people to evacuate several Sonoma towns and wine regions

Oct 26, 2019

An outbuilding at a vineyard near Geyserville goes up in flames. Wildfires will largely bypass vines, burning posts and nearby vegetation.

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Wineries Shuttered, Vintners Worried by Sonoma Wildfire

Weakened winds are keeping the Kincade wildfire in sparsely populated hillsides, but firefighters warn that dangerous dry winds are coming

Oct 25, 2019

The Kincade fire threatens a vineyard in the hills above Geyserville, Calif.

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Wildfire Scorches More than 16,000 Acres in Sonoma Wine Country

Firefighters are working to contain the Kincade fire, which is threatening California's Geyserville and Alexander Valley

Oct 24, 2019

The Riddler's wine list offers a comprehensive look at the world of Champagne and bubbles at large.

Turning Tables

Champagne-Focused San Francisco Spot Comes to New York City

The Riddler is open. Plus, new restaurants in Asheville, four Del Frisco's locations close, and DB Bistro Moderne has a new head sommelier

Oct 24, 2019

Farm manager Jonathan Sumner works in Riverkpark restaurant's urban garden in Manhattan.

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Serving Up Sustainability

Restaurants are taking strides to change the industry's impact on our environment

Julie Harans

Oct 24, 2019

Guests raise a glass at one of the New York Wine Experience's Top 10 Wines seminars.

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2019 New York Wine Experience: Wine and Emotion

More than 5,000 people gathered for three days to share the passion, celebration and wonder of wine

Mitch Frank

Oct 22, 2019

Crates of Bordeaux await shipping at a French warehouse; the new tariffs will mean more expensive wines.

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Your Favorite Old World Wine Is About to Get Much More Expensive

The U.S. is imposing 25% tariffs on many French, Spanish and German wines. What will it mean for consumers?

Mitch Frank

Oct 18, 2019

The world of wine was represented at the Grand Tasting.

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2019 Grand Tastings: Sharing the Joy of Wine

Wine Spectator kicks off its 39th annual tasting weekend with a sold-out showcase of 273 wines from the world's greatest vintners

Mitch Frank

Oct 18, 2019

Viña Meín's vineyards, planted in 1993, occupy a steep slope in Ribeiro, near the town of Leiro.

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Spain's Alma Carraovejas Buys 2 Ribeiro Wineries: Emilio Rojo and Viña Meín

The Ribera del Duero based wine company hopes to untap the potential of Galicia's wines

Shawn Zylberberg

Oct 16, 2019

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A Tale of Two Vineyards

Carlisle winemaker Mike Officer finds character and contrast in two Russian River Valley sites

Tim Fish

Nov 30, 2019

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Playing the Long Game

Jean-Louis Chave revives an overlooked vineyard in the St.-Joseph appellation of the Northern Rhône

James Molesworth

Nov 30, 2019

People with type 2 diabetes can stay healthy with a good diet including moderate wine consumption.

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Moderate Wine Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes

A meta analysis of research found wine may help diabetes sufferers by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol

Peter Lane

Oct 15, 2019

Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice

The Hot New Thing(s) at the Grand Tastings

What's wired at the New York Wine Experience? New wines, new wineries and even new grape debuts!

Ben O'Donnell

Oct 15, 2019

Domaine de I'lle grows both red and white grapes, and is best known for its rosé.

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Chanel Group Expands Its Wine Ambitions to Provence

The luxury company, which owns wineries in Bordeaux and Napa, buys Domaine de I'lle in Provence

Cassia Schifter

Oct 14, 2019

Wine Spectator Alert

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Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Greater Life Expectancy

Jan 22, 2020

A case of Resting Beethoven Face on a monument at the Tiergarten at Berlin

Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research

Jan 23, 2020

Set phasers to sun: Data (Brent Spiner, left) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) catch some shade during filming at Sunstone Winery last spring.

Make It So: How a Not-So-French Vineyard Got Cast as Star Trek's 'Château Picard'

Jan 24, 2020

Drying out for a month is easy. Practicing moderation is a lifelong endeavor.

Dry January Is B.S. How About Moderation March?

Jan 24, 2020

What Am I Tasting?

Jan 24, 2020

Breaking News Alerts

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Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Greater Life Expectancy

Shawn Zylberberg

Jan 22, 2020

Unfiltered

Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research

Collin Dreizen

Jan 23, 2020

Unfiltered

Make It So: How a Not-So-French Vineyard Got Cast as Star Trek's 'Château Picard'

Ben O'Donnell

Jan 24, 2020

Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice

Dry January Is B.S. How About Moderation March?

Mitch Frank

Jan 24, 2020

News & Opinions

Sonoma’s Soda Rock and Field Stone Wineries Burned by Kincade Fire

Sonoma Wine Community Evacuates as Firefighters Prepare for Dangerous Wildfire Conditions

Wineries Shuttered, Vintners Worried by Sonoma Wildfire

Wildfire Scorches More than 16,000 Acres in Sonoma Wine Country

Champagne-Focused San Francisco Spot Comes to New York City

Serving Up Sustainability

2019 New York Wine Experience: Wine and Emotion

Your Favorite Old World Wine Is About to Get Much More Expensive

2019 Grand Tastings: Sharing the Joy of Wine

Spain's Alma Carraovejas Buys 2 Ribeiro Wineries: Emilio Rojo and Viña Meín

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