Eric Asimov
AI is coming for the sommeliers
Chatbots may give a helpful boost in confidence to anxious restaurant diners, but are they offering better wine advice?
Toast the New Year with these sparkling wines
CHAMPAGNE for the New Year is such a cliche, shouldn’t we drink something else?
A perpetual champagne, built one year at a time
All most people need to know about champagne is how to safely uncork a bottle. Pouring and savouring the wine are the easy parts.
The most memorable wines of 2024
I’ve had the privilege of drinking some wonderful wines this year, including a few rare, breathtakingly gorgeous old bottles.
The best wine books of 2024
A tome on the totality of wine from a New York sommelier, a tale of six months in a French village and more books for the wine lovers in your life.
American wine trade steels itself for possible tariffs
THE wine world is bracing for the potential effect of the tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose on most foreign goods coming into the United States.
How a tiny vineyard along an interstate may reshape the wine industry
With eight rows of vines in San Francisco and a vision of inclusivity, Christopher Renfro and the Two Eighty Project are training the next generation of winemakers
Chianti Classico Riservas to find right now
These longer-aged wines were once notable for being too oaky and powerful. Now, producers are letting the gorgeous purity of the sangiovese grape shine through
One bright spot amid the industry’s gloom: natural wine
Young people may be drinking fewer alcoholic beverages, but natural wine appears to be among their favorite choices