New Zealand has become synonymous with Sauvignon Blanc, but, in recent years, leading voices have increasingly claimed that Chardonnay is the country’s finest white variety. Is the assertion warranted? The Origins of New Zealand Winemaking The ...

Galicia, in the northwestern corner of Spain, is one of the more remote regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Nearly all Galicia’s major cities, except Santiago de Compostela, are along the coast, leaving Galicia’s interior very empty and mak...

We are very proud to distribute The Australian Ark, written by Andrew Caillard, MW. Andrew and his colleagues have published this three-book set that explores the visionaries who believed Australia could be the France of the Southern H...

It’s a scene unlike anything most people have ever seen (including many in the wine industry)—a ballroom with a dozen or so tables, four or five places set at each table, and up to a dozen filled wine glasses at each place at the table. O...

It’s strange that wine professionals don’t think about cider more. After all, cider is essentially a wine made from apples (or pears) instead of grapes, with the resulting beverage heavily influenced by the variety or varieties used, the ...

While wine grape varieties in California often change to reflect what is in or out of vogue with winemakers and consumers, the types and styles of wines that are made are also affected by trellising choices in the vineyard, which can significantly im...

Canada is a midrange wine market, where wine is second to beer as a choice of alcoholic beverage: beer accounts for 36% of total alcohol sales, with wine at 31%. Per capita (15 years of age and older) wine consumption in Canada is about 15 liters, a ...

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a classic French wine region that is core to defining the winemaking of the Southern Rhône, but it is also undergoing a moment of reinvention. Châteauneuf-du-Pape could easily rest on its fame and be content w...

The wine industry is always eager for the next big thing: a previously overlooked category, often defined by a grape hailing from a region with remarkable terroir, yielding wines of great value and made by independent-minded winemakers. Oregon Pinot ...

Colares is a small appellation in the westernmost part of mainland Portugal. Here, Malvasia de Colares and Ramisco, two indigenous grape varieties, grow ungrafted in beach sand, locally known as chão de areia, untouched by phylloxera. While th...