WhiskyFest New York is Back Nov. 14! Buy Tickets Today

— Wine & Culture —

People

For dancer Tiler Peck, a glass of rosé or Sauvignon Blanc is a great way to celebrate after the ballet season.

Dancer Tiler Peck on Her Favorite Sauvignon Blanc and Rosé—and Why She Doesn’t Drink During Training

The newlywed California native and New York City Ballet principal dancer, choreographer, Étoile star and children’s book author will perform at this year’s Festival Napa Valley

Kenny Martin

Jul 15, 2025

Federico Veronesi and his father, Sandrone, have created a hybrid wine shop–restaurant that encourages Italians and visitors to explore the breadth of Italian wines.

Robert Camuto Meets...

An Italian Mogul Goes Long on Vino

Italian wine retailer Signorvino is booming and buying wineries. Could a store be coming your way?

Robert Camuto

Jul 10, 2025

Top sommeliers provide their tips for navigating wine service, for wine newbies and aficionados alike.

Sommelier Roundtable

7 Tips for Ordering Wine Straight from Sommeliers

Do you get nervous choosing a bottle off a restaurant wine list? Then follow this advice from the pros

Julia Larson

Jul 3, 2025

Mac McDonald and his wife, Lil, built Vision Cellars into a success story over three decades.

Wine Talk: Mac McDonald Takes a Bow

The Sonoma vintner talks about his decision to retire and close Vision Cellars, as well as everything he’s accomplished in wine

MaryAnn Worobiec

Jun 18, 2025

Both in their 30s, brothers Aldo (left) and Pietro Giambenini of Tenuta La Cà have been making organically grown wines since 2018, working out of a modern winery.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Italy’s Next Summer Red?

A group of young northern Italians is striving to make more than just a lake-country wine for tourists

Robert Camuto

Jun 10, 2025

La Coulée de Serrant, Nicolas Joly’s top cuvée, is the ultimate expression of his idiosyncratic winemaking vision.

Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice

The Mystery—and the Master—of Biodynamics

Nicolas Joly’s Loire wines remain as transcendent, enigmatic and utterly singular as they were four decades ago when he began

Kristen Bieler

May 28, 2025

What bottles do big spenders go for? Anything from 1970s Pétrus to rare selections such as Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Barolo from the 1950s and '60s.

Sommelier Roundtable

“What’s the Most Expensive Wine You’ve Ever Sold?” 9 Sommeliers Spill

Wine pros at restaurants with stacked lists share the most eye-popping bottles that guests have ordered

Julia Larson

May 21, 2025

Fabio Sireci and Melissa Muller maintain a library of Feudo Montoni's bottlings and vintages, tracing the long history of the estate up to newer bottlings such as Nerello Mascalese.

Robert Camuto Meets...

A Match Made at Montoni

He made wine in remote Sicily. She ran a Sicilian restaurant in Manhattan. Then they fell in love

Robert Camuto

May 20, 2025

Isabelle Meunier left Evening Land, one of Oregon’s premier winemaking operations, to pursue a label of her own making with Lavinea.

Catching Up with Isabelle Meunier

With her Lavinea label, the French-Canadian winemaker pools insights gained in Old World and New

Tim Fish

From the Jun 30, 2025, issue

Melissa Muller and Fabio Sireci grow wheat and other crops alongside grapes in an area of the island better known for grains and grazing than for wine.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Wine and Love on an Ancient Sicilian Farm

Defining Feudo Montoni (part 1): Fabio Sireci and Melissa Muller are making great Nero d’Avola and more in the island’s interior

Robert Camuto

May 14, 2025

<i>Wine Spectator</i> editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken asks Bill Harlan about the details of his self-made Cabernet empire over a bottle of Harlan Estate Napa Valley 1994.

Bill Harlan

An interview with the legendary California vintner behind some of the state’s finest Cabernets

Marvin R. Shanken

From the Jun 30, 2025, issue

At The View, Ricky Dolinsky applies the hospitality lessons he learned growing up while working at his parents’ Taiwanese restaurant.

Ricky Dolinsky on the Joy of Dining in Motion at The View

At the newly renovated Times Square restaurant and lounge, the wine and cocktails pro explains the magic behind this iconic elevated dining experience

Kristen Bieler

May 9, 2025

Serra Ferdinandea project manager Cecilia Carbone shows off the biodynamically farmed estate in winter, when grasses are left to grow high around the vines to contribute to soil health.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Planeta’s Latest Dare

The first family of Sicilian wine teams with French investors to make biodynamic, bi-cultural wines in an untouched area of the island

Robert Camuto

Apr 25, 2025

June Rodil is one of the United States’ leading sommeliers, and she’s building a name for herself as a prolific restaurateur.

For Master Sommelier June Rodil, a Restaurant Is a Love Letter

As CEO of Houston’s Goodnight Hospitality—the group behind restaurants March, Rosie Cannonball and Marigold Club—Rodil creates wine programs for “all of the world combined”

Julia Larson

Apr 17, 2025

Working with a Willamette Valley property he purchased and planted in 2016, Jared Etzel is making four wines for his new label.

Exploring Wine with Tim Fish

Straight Out of the Chute at Oregon’s Rodeo Hills

Winemaker Jared Etzel moves on from Domaine Roy & Fils to success with a new Pinot Noir and Chardonnay venture

Tim Fish

Apr 15, 2025

Wine Spectator Alert

Stay up-to-the-minute on important wine stories

Private Guide to Dining

World's Best Restaurants for Wine

WineRatings+

Restaurant Search

Wine Spectator Podcasts

Wine Spectator Podcasts

Get the App