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Wine Reviews: Malbec

For our latest round of reviews, we asked our national wine panel to sip malbec. As always, these selections include brief tasting notes, a rating and the wine’s retail price (which can vary from store...

How Important Are Product Ratings?

Wine and spirits professionals gathered at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Alumni Event on May 2 to discuss the importance of scores for wine and spirits. Led by WSET’s International Development Manager, David Wrigley, the...

How To Improve Your Wine Education

It is most important for premier wine retailers to immerse themselves in the world of wine and educate their palates. One of the best methods to expand your horizons and understand the diverse taste...

3 Rioja Wine Trends In 2017

A recent Rioja tasting I attended touched on trends from this well-known winemaking region from northern Spain. The tasting took place at Yankee Wine & Spirits in Newtown, CT. This shop excels at consumer events that go...

The 2017 Wine Growth Brands: The Top Trends And Brands

With hundreds of new product introductions hitting the market each year, how can members of the trade make sense of which products to stock, which to drop and which to watch? This year’s list...

4 Myths Debunked About Jura Wine

Despite being one of the smallest wine regions in France, Jura is the most complicated. Or so argues wine writer and educator Wink Lorch, who literally wrote the book on Jura. Lorch led a wine tasting of the region last week...

Interview: Banfi Vintners CEO On Wine Trends And Tech

Countless U.S. consumers first tasted Italian wine from a Riunite bottle in the 1980s. The brand was booming — and continues to thrive today, celebrating 50 years in 2017 — thanks to its line...

Cape Classics Adds Burgundian Producer Domaine Auvigue To Portfolio

Cape Classics this spring will add another Burgundian producer to its French book. Domaine Auvigue will join the portfolio that includes Philippe Pacalet and Domaine Philippe Colin. In the 19th century, the family settled in village of Solutré where...

Tasting: 4 Montalcino Wines From La Mannella

The La Mannella line of Italian wines hails from the Tuscan town of Montalcino. This family-owned winery got its start in 1970, when veteran farmer Leonardo Cortonese replaced a portion of his crop of olive trees...

What Is ‘Skinny’ Prosecco?

Prosecco’s popularity continues to rise worldwide. In the U.S., sales grew 36% last year. In the U.K., a new label is creating buzz: “Skinny” Prosecco. But what is that? First of all, it’s a brand from...