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📺Which Of These $30 Bottles Beat The $200 Bottle?
Buy Us A Glass Of Wine!: https://ko-fi.com/wineforthepeople We're Thirsty! It's the best blind-tasting game there is, and you can play along at home: guess the $200 bottle before we do, and see how close "tastes expensive" lands to "is expensive." New wine, no labels, no mercy.
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Afternoon Brief, June 23
A Modest Improvement on the Wine Sales Front: The pace of decline in wine sales has moderated slightly after disappointing results in 2025. However, wine inventory levels are stubbornly high and exports are down...
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The challenge and the glory of the new ceretto releases
When does a wine masterclass feel like a tale of two halves? When you loop in the 2024 vintage Ceretto Piemonte red wines with some of the stellar 2021 and 2022 releases. Part a) of this masterclass was a struggle for generosity, where I wrestled with whether acidity or freshness was the winner in the end, and varietal character/drinkability is challenged in the process. Part b) was simply about admiring the lines and not drinking the samples. Isn't wine amazing? The post The challenge and the glory of the new ceretto releases appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review .
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Strategic Oak Use Starts at the Fermentor
Using toasted oak infusion products during fermentation provides an integrated, mellow flavor profile that is similar to the complexity and depth of barrel aging. Incorporating oak during fermentation introduces desirable aromas and flavors early in the process for whites and reds, reducing the time needed to achieve a market-ready product.
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Why Wineries Need Specialized Pest Control
Unlike standard commercial facilities, wineries operate under strict food safety regulations and face unique pest challenges that require specialized expertise. General pest control companies may keep pests at bay, but they often lack the deep understanding of food safety protocols wineries require.
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When your portfolio has multiple brands and no shared visual standard
Different agencies, different settings, no shared standard. Here is what closing that gap looks like across a wine group.Large wine groups know what inconsistency looks...
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Before You Buy Another Tractor, Check This First
33% of tractor hours are spent outside the blocks. Knowing where your machines spend time is powerful. But there is another question you should be...
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2025 Bordeaux tasting notes: Left Bank—Pauillac
Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the 2025 Bordeaux en primeur tastings continue with wines from Pauillac. The post 2025 Bordeaux tasting notes: Left Bank—Pauillac appeared first on World Of Fine Wine .
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Inside One of the Industry’s Most Important Rooms
By Mike Gorman, The Best Drink Ever Published May 25, 2026 Beverage Forum 2026: Retail Trends, Brand Strategy & Industry Insights Most conferences give you access. Very few give you access to people who have actually done the thing everyone else is still talking about. That’s what Beverage Forum 2026 got right. The speakers weren’t there to fill time. They were there because they’re actively shaping how this industry moves—at retail, online, and everywhere in between. Operators, founders, buyers, and marketers still in it every day, speaking less like panelists and more like people comparing notes in real time. And honestly, that’s probably why the room stayed engaged. The morning opened with The State of the Industry featuring Sally Lyons Wyatt, who skipped the usual trend buzzwords and focused on what’s actually happening in the market. Consumers are still spending, but they’re spending more intentionally now, forcing brands to justify premium pricing in ways they maybe didn’t have t
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Ontario Chardonnay Review: Growing Seasons and the Wines
I have been interviewing Ontario winery principals for many years about their harvest and the growing season. Weather and growing conditions can vary widely from year to year. For my Ontario Chardonnay Review I tried to get wines that were from one or two growing seasons. Most of the wines I received came from 2023 and 2024, with a few...
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Susurrus Sparkling Teas Expands National Distribution Footprint Across Seven States
Pioneering sparkling tea brand partners with leading fine wine and spirits distributors from California to Florida. June 23, 2026 (Napa, CA) — Susurrus Sparkling Teas, the Napa-based producer of inherently [...]
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Legislators Lobby for More Help To Combat Grape Pest
California senators urge USDA to provide emergency funding to address threat from the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter. The post Legislators Lobby for More Help To Combat Grape Pest appeared first on Growing Produce.
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Clos Pegase Grand Opening: June 27, 2026
Adair Family Wines Invites the Public to Celebrate the Full Restoration of Napa Valley’s Landmark Wine, Art, and Architecture Destination in Calistoga June 23, 2026 — A daylong public grand [...]
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The Walls Vineyards releases 2025 In the City, a chillable red blend built for summer drinking
The fresh, BBQ-ready blend of Grenache, Viognier, and Baga captures the winery’s playful approach to climate adaptation and lower-impact packaging Walla Walla, WA. [June 9, 2026] – The Walls Vineyards […] The post The Walls Vineyards releases 2025 In the City, a chillable red blend built for summer drinking appeared first on Sip Magazine .
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We Asked 15 Sommeliers: What Will Be the Wine of the Summer? (2026)
We Asked 15 Sommeliers: What Will Be the Wine of the Summer? (2026)
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Let’s try to treat our Bennevissitis with three 1996s
Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (42.3%, The Wealth Spirit, hogshead, cask #1398, 250 bottles) Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (47.6%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 152 bottles) Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (49%, The Wealth Spirits & Milroy’s of Soho ‘Future Legends’, hogshead #758, 120 bottles) Ben Nevis 21 yo 2022/2024 (56.1%, Signatory Vintage for Waldhaus World of Whisky, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #327, 560 bottles)
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Specially Selected Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Review
Grassy and herbal, we review the 2024 Specially Selected Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Aldi. Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine, Loire Valley, ... Read more
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WhistlePig Pushes Congress to Declare Rye America’s Official Whiskey Ahead of 250th Anniversary
On Wednesday, WhistlePig Whiskey unveiled a national campaign urging Congress to recognize rye as the official whiskey of the United States, tying the initiative to the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The campaign, which runs through July 4, centers on a public petition that, if it reaches 1,776 signatures, will be formally presented to lawmakers. The […]
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Benriach 1996 / Glen Keith 1993 (Whisky Dreamers)
The Whisky Dreamers keep a steady pace. In September we heard of them for the first time and now they already have a third batch of whiskies. Always from the most exclusive corners of the Malts of Scotland warehouse. Currently on offer: Glen Keith 1993 and Benriach 1996. Glen Keith 32 yo 1993 (44,6%, Malts of Scotland 'Rare Casks' for Whisky Dreamers 2026, bourbon barrel, 158 btl.) Nose: a very fine fruitbomb, full of peaches, nectarines, gooseberries and green mango. A lot of honey and warm waxy notes, along with some honeysuckle and vanilla cake. Almond oil. Over time it also shows a grassier note and mild white blossoms, adding a sense of vinho verde to it. Mouth: even better than expected. Totally exuberant fruits, Bushmills style. We have pineapple, mango, papaya and hints of lime juice. Very juicy, who dropped the vitamin tablet? Later also creamy vanilla and a drop of calvados, as well as greener notes like mint leaves and eucalyptus. Finish: quite long, now getting citrus
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Capital Call Vintners Announces Acquisition of Dixie & Bass Brand
June 23, 2026 (Walla Walla, WA) — Capital Call Vintners is excited to announce the acquisition of the Dixie & Bass brand from Aquilini Wines. Aquilini ceased wine production in [...]
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Terrazas De Los Andes Unveils Extremo Malbec 2022 in the US
The most elevated expression of the winery’s Ascension Journey is crafted from a single parcel in Gualtallary at 1,650 meters above sea level Terrazas de los Andes, a pioneer of [...]
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Wine Spectator Reveals 2026 Restaurant Awards Winners
Annual Program Celebrates Top Global Destinations for Wine and Hospitality Special ‘Restaurant Awards’ Issue Also Profiles New York Chef Andrew Carmellini June 23, 2026 (New York, NY) — Wine Spectator, [...]
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Frey Ranch Farm Strength Uncut Rye
I’d like to thank the folks at Frey Ranch Distillery and their PR team for providing this bottle with no strings attached. Now, I don’t know about you, but I seldom think of farming and Nevada in the same sentence. Mostly because I’ve really only been to the areas that tourists go to. I’ve been to Vegas, visited nature in the area, and driven through Northern Nevada on I-80 a couple of times. And honestly, I never thought about grain farming as I drove through. But apparently I should have. Just over the southern horizon (poetically speaking) from I-80 lives a small town named Fallon. And when you look for Fallon on a satellite view, you notice one thing quite clearly: there is a lot of green on that image. More than my brief visits to the state would have ever led me to believe. I must not be the only one with those thoughts, as the press release spends a few words explaining just that: Using his own slow-grown grains that take Northern Nevada’s climate, topography, and terroir into a
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ProWein Publishes “Sparkling Report”
New market analysis highlights growth opportunities, trends and future markets in the global sparkling wine sector June 23, 2026 — ProWein, International Trade Fair for Wines and Spirits, is making its first-ever Sparkling [...]