Culture & Education
Wine Journal

Why Should You Drink Pét-Nat, the Natural (and Affordable) Champagne Alternative

It’s no secret that natural wines are trendy in today’s world of organic this and farm-to-table that. But a sparkling iteration of natural wine—Pétillant-Natural, or Pét-Nat for short—is blowing up...

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Drink Ice Wine While It's Still Winter

When the charms of deep winter are beginning to run thin, we can at least thank the cold for bringing us ice wine. Made from naturally frozen grapes that have...

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A Rooftop Vineyard Grows in Brooklyn

Up a flight of stairs in New York City's Brooklyn Navy Yard, a rooftop door opens to another world. There, set against an expansive view of the Manhattan skyline, rows...

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Why Sweet Wines Deserve Your Attention

Although sweet wine styles are amongst the oldest in winemaking culture’s millennia-long history, these days they’re often overlooked. But this is a mistake....

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A Look Inside Ishikawa Brewery, One of Japan's Top Sake Operations

Our reporter brings us a glimpse of the magic behind the scenes....

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Five Books That Should Be On a Wine Lover's Shelf

While there’s always something to learn, connoisseurs who’ve long graduated from Wine 101 may want an altogether different kind of read, a book filled with philosophical musings or gripping anecdotes...

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Perfect Wine and Cheese Pairings from Trader Joe’s

The go-to grocery chain has just about everything, including your your next cheese board. And we have the perfect wine pairings....

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A Lesson in Barrel Tasting with Moshin Vineyards

While barrel tasting is an activity that wine lovers only do on occasion, it’s actually a very frequent activity for winemakers. Once grapes have finished fermenting and are transferred into...

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Everything You Think You Know About Prosecco Is Wrong

“Generic sparkling wine” and “poor man’s Champagne” are probably just a couple of the ways you’ve typecast—if not altogether dismissed—Prosecco. But if your primary belief is that it’s a budget-friendly...

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