Wine that is canned and bottled is the same, but packaged in different vessels. Right? Not quite. “There [is] no understanding that you [have] to treat different packaging styles differently,” shares Marian Leitner, founder and CEO of canned wine specialist Archer Roose. You can’t just put the same wine you’d put in a bottle in a can. “Which...

California Cabernet is iconic. Renowned and revered the world over, it is an essential part of any cellar. This coveted status has sent the cost of land and grapes in the varietal’s adopted homeland of Napa, especially, to astronomical heights. And thoughtfully made bottles often reflect those sky-high prices. But, if you’re looking to...

VALHALLA, N.Y. (September 17, 2024) —Wine Enthusiast Companies, a media and commerce company that stands as the leading source of innovation and information around wine, has officially launched the Wine Enthusiast Ratings Platform. The new platform employs technology that simplifies the submission process, helping producers and importers enter information...

I taste wines for a living—around 3,000 a year, in fact. While my mom suspects this may not be a real career, I enjoy it, often, without a second thought. Then I read Pete Wells’s column in The New York Times announcing he was stepping down as the newspaper’s restaurant critic. Suddenly, I started having doubts about my chosen career path. The...

The air is getting crisper, the sun is setting earlier and the leaves are beginning to change. You know what that means: Autumn is here—and so is apple season.  There’s no better time than fall to enjoy the sweet fruit that’s associated in folklore with magic and divination. Meanwhile, eating apples at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is considered...

Traveling with wine is no easy feat, but sometimes it’s necessary (hello, working in wine!) and sometimes it’s just downright desirable (hello, wine country vacations!). While many destinations will often be able to ship to you, it’s not always the most cost-effective or time-sensitive, especially internationally.  “Sometimes you want to hold...