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We've added a new section to the Wine Law Compendium on California's Santa Cruz County . Additionally, the pages for Italy, Germany…

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Santa Cruz County and New Planting Data
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Santa Cruz County and New Planting Data

We've added a new section to the Wine Law Compendium on California's Santa Cruz County . Additionally, the pages...

 

Tasting with MS David Reuss
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Tasting with MS David Reuss

In this episode of GuildSomm: Into the Glass, newly minted Master Sommelier David Reuss joins host MS Chris Tanghe...

 

Santorini’s Evolution: Building a Modern Wine Identity on Ancient Foundations
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Santorini’s Evolution: Building a Modern Wine Identity on Ancient Foundations

Santorini produces some of the world’s most exciting, inimitable white wines, driven above all by the island’s...

Yasha Lysenko Yasha Lysenko

Vintage Decade: Médoc 1980s
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Vintage Decade: Médoc 1980s

Get to know the 1980s in Médoc with our latest vintage decade graphic! We previously covered the 1990s, and this...

 

GROW: A Grape with an Identity Crisis
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GROW: A Grape with an Identity Crisis

What’s in a name? The best white grape no one has ever heard of hides its light under a confusing number of names...

Caroline Gilby Caroline Gilby

Sake Prefectures, Rice, and Water
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Sake Prefectures, Rice, and Water

We've added several new pages on sake to our Japan Compendium section: Prefecture Profiles, Rice Varieties, and...

 

An Introduction to Sake Rice
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An Introduction to Sake Rice

Sake’s common nickname, rice wine, obscures that sake is brewed, not simply fermented. As with beer, sake brewers...

Jim Clarke Jim Clarke

2025 Year in Review
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2025 Year in Review

In the latest episode of GuildSomm: Into the Glass, Master Sommeliers Chris Tanghe and Jonathan Eichholz reflect...

 

Vintage Decade: Wachau 2000s
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Vintage Decade: Wachau 2000s

We've released our latest vintage decade graphic, highlighting the first decade of this century in the Wachau....

 

Reframing Abruzzo’s Wines: A Terroir-Driven Renaissance
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Reframing Abruzzo’s Wines: A Terroir-Driven Renaissance

Abruzzo is a region of contrasts, with vineyards that sit between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennines. It is at...

Sarah Bray Sarah Bray

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