NFL Wine Guy Will Blackmon Takes the Field with New 'Wine MVP' Biz

The Super Bowl champion's new wine "concierge" company offers wine picks (with trading cards) and cellar consultations. Next up: a new service to get fans straight to Napa?

• Shawn Zylberberg

Aug 5, 2020

One-of-a-Kind Vineyard in Japan Offers Alternative Interpretation of Vine-Training

"Why are there grape trees at the station?" is the main question enotourists and commuters alike have at the world's first and only railway-platform vineyard

• Emmalyse Brownstein

Aug 4, 2020

Shipping Crates, Historic Cottages, Tiny Houses Transformed into Winery Hotels

From California to Spain, wineries are turning all kinds of surprising things into stylish guest rooms, and decorating them with salvaged materials from barrel cellars and farms

• Collin Dreizen

Aug 3, 2020

French Researchers Unlock a Secret to Wine Bitterness: Oak Barrels

A study (and a very unpleasant blind tasting) reveals how one chemical compound in oak barrels may be the culprit for some less welcome flavors in wine

• Collin Dreizen

Jul 30, 2020

France's 8-Year-Olds Head Off to Wine School

Through field trips and kid's passes, a château and the Cité du Vin museum are showing the future sommeliers of France that wine can be cool. But how do you teach tasting to third-graders?

• Emmalyse Brownstein

Jul 28, 2020

Marcus Samuelsson, Michael B. Jordan, Bill Clinton Serve Up TV Special for Harlem Fundraising

The acclaimed Red Rooster chef co-produced the Harlem Serves Up! segment, raising $200,000 for COVID-19 business and poverty relief, with help from Carla Hall, Common, Kevin Bacon and many others

• Collin Dreizen

Jul 22, 2020

Winemaker Margaux Alvarez also Crushes Opponents on 'Titan Games' Show

The Paso Robles wine pro eschews the easy route in her Utah home vineyard and on the grueling "Mount Olympus" obstacle course of NBC's The Rock–hosted show

• Julia Lombardo

Jul 21, 2020

Cameron Diaz Brushes Up on Organic Farming for Launch of New Wines

The actor teamed with fashion entrepreneur Katherine Power to create the Avaline French rosé and Spanish white, emphasizing ingredient transparency and green practices

• Shawn Zylberberg

Jul 17, 2020

Suite Wine? Abandoned Winery Ruins Reborn as Luxe Hotel

An enterprising hotelier bought a rusted-out century-old wine factory on Greece's Peloponnese coast. Here's how he turned it into a beachfront retreat where you can sleep in a wine-vat suite

• Collin Dreizen

Jul 13, 2020

Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau (Art) Has Arrived!

The Georges Duboeuf art label contest winner's painting beat 1,000-plus submissions and will grace more than 1 million bottles of 2020 Nouveau. Plus, "Primum" wine families offering premium prize

• Emmalyse Brownstein
• Collin Dreizen

Jul 10, 2020

Late, Great Designer Milton Glaser Also Created 'Wine Spectator' Covers

The prolific artist, who died last month at 91, designed the "I Heart NY" logo, psychedelic posters for Bob Dylan—and whimsical covers of this very magazine. Here's a gallery of some throwback favorites

• Collin Dreizen

Jul 9, 2020

Danica Patrick, Kylie Minogue, Rock Band All Time Low Rev Up New Rosés

The racing champion expands her Napa line to France and tells us about rookie wine experiences; the pop princess makes a pink splash; and the band bottles Summer Daze

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Ben O'Donnell

Jul 2, 2020

Unfiltered

• Ben O'Donnell
• Shawn Zylberberg
• Gillian Sciaretta
• Collin Dreizen

From the Aug 31, 2020, issue

Mary J. Blige’s Sun Goddess Puts Skin-Contact Pinot Grigio in the Spotlight

The Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated actress has created a new line of Italian wines from Friuli/Venezia-Giulia

• Shawn Zylberberg

Jun 29, 2020