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Maker offers a variety of interesting wines made by various small production winemakers.

Canned Wine Barrels Forward: 12 Recommended Releases for 2025

No longer just a trend, quality canned wine brands are reshaping the wine industry

Aaron Romano

May 23, 2025

Reminiscing about time spent together in the <i>Wine Spectator</i> Napa tasting room, senior editor and Napa bureau chief MaryAnn Worobiec remembers that “one of my favorite things about Jim is that he was never impressed by fanfare and spectacle.”

Remembering Jim Laube

Senior editor MaryAnn Worobiec shares tales from the tasting room

MaryAnn Worobiec

From the Jun 30, 2025, issue

Senior editor Bruce Sanderson tasted and scored 10 wines released by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti from its 2022 vintage.

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2022

A recent tasting of the domaine’s 2022s unveils wines of opulent fruit and finesse

Bruce Sanderson

From the Jun 30, 2025, issue

The art in Saint Urban's dining room is intended to reflect the concept of <i>terroir</i> in wine.

Saint Urban Makes the Move from Syracuse to New York City

The former Best of Award of Excellence winner opens with a wine list of more than 3,000 selections. Plus, Frescobaldi makes a splash with Princess Cruises

May 15, 2025

Duckhorn started as one Merlot-focused winery in Napa Valley and has grown into one of America's largest premium wine firms.

Duckhorn Refocuses Business on Core Wines, Trimming Some Brands and Tasting Rooms

The firm will focus on luxury wines that were contributing most of its sales and close tasting rooms that were seeing declining traffic

Daniel Marsteller

May 8, 2025

While research has tended to focus on red wine’s health effects, a new study links Champagne and white wine to better heart health.

Bubbly News—Sparkling and White Wine Could Protect Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest

A new study finds that a glass of bubbles could lower your risk of severe heart problems

Kenny Martin

May 7, 2025

Château Margaux is offering its lowest future price in a decade, but the overall campaign has not triggered much sales interest.

Bordeaux 2024 Futures Price Cuts Continue: The Latest Pricing and Analysis

Tariff anxiety, a weak dollar and a so-so vintage have American wine merchants unenthused about the latest futures campaign

Mitch Frank

Jun 3, 2025

Carl Doumani at Quixote Winery, a building he commissioned from renowned Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Carl Doumani, Former Owner of Stags’ Leap Winery and Quixote, Dies at 92

The former Los Angeles restaurateur and real estate developer followed his heart when making business decisions and was a key figure in Napa’s ‘War of the Apostrophes’

Chris Cardoso

May 5, 2025

The Grand Tour offered wine lovers the chance to taste the world's top wines while meeting winemakers and staffers from around the world.

Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour of 234 Wines Roars Into the Windy City

Consumers got the chance to taste dozens of outstanding wines in Chicago, with upcoming stops in Washington D.C. and Las Vegas

Bruce Sanderson

Apr 29, 2025

After growing up on a turkey farm near Dayton, Ore., Bill Stoller returned to Willamette Valley to help grow the local wine community.

Bill Stoller, Oregon Vintner and Philanthropist, Dies at Age 74

The owner of Stoller and Chehalem wineries was devoted to the future of Willamette Valley wine

Tim Fish

Apr 25, 2025

The menu of Maison Passerelle focuses on French cuisine and its influences from West Africa, Vietnam and other former colonies.

Maison Passerelle Opens in Printemps in New York City

Inside the first U.S. location of the French luxury retailer, guests can enjoy fine wine at one of chef Gregory Gourdet’s sit-down spots—or even while trying on shoes. Plus, maximalist steak house Maple & Ash expands to Miami

Julia Larson

Apr 17, 2025

The college is currently raising money for phase two—a wine and hospitality training center.

Napa Valley College Nears Completion of Wine Spectator Wine Education Center

Phase one of the Viticulture and Winery Technology program’s new home, funded by a $10 million donation from the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation, will open this fall

MaryAnn Worobiec

Apr 14, 2025

Marco de Grazia was an American wine importer before he bought vineyards on Mt. Etna and founded Tenute delle Terre.

Frescobaldi and Marco De Grazia Team Up on Sicily’s Mount Etna

The Tuscan wine company has purchased a minority stake in Tenute delle Terre Nere; De Grazia will continue to manage the winery

Robert Camuto

Apr 14, 2025

These bottles of rosé Champagne face 10 percent tariffs if shipped to the U.S. right now, and it's unclear if that will rise.

Are the Wine Tariffs Gone? Not So Fast

While the White House has paused tariffs on foreign wines at 10 percent for now, the trade battle is far from over

Mitch Frank

Apr 11, 2025

More than 130 wineries were represented at the annual OperaWine tasting, the kickoff to the Vinitaly wine fair in Verona.

Italy's Best Winemakers Pour Their Wines and Their Optimism at OperaWine 2025

Vintners and guests at Italy’s premier spring tasting shared the belief that quality beats tariffs and other troubles

Robert Camuto

Apr 10, 2025

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