Thinking About Drinking
If you’ve been waiting all year to upgrade your wine gear or find the perfect gift for the wine enthusiast in your life, the holiday shopping season is your moment. Black Friday through Cyber Monday historically brings 40-60% discounts on…
Picture this: You’re standing in the wine aisle, Thanksgiving is in 72 hours, and you’re having flashbacks to last year when Uncle Mike’s wine choice made everyone politely switch to water. We’ve all been there. But this year? This year…
Remember that wine tariff saga I wrote about back in October? The one where a small NYC wine importer challenged Trump’s tariffs on European wine imports and actually won in lower courts? Well, last week the story reached its biggest…
Remember last week when I told you that Champagne tastes better from magnums? Well, the universe heard me. The Last Bubbles Grand Fete drops this Friday, and it’s basically Christmas for people who know that magnums make the best holiday…
Astrological Moodboard: Scorpio Season (October 23 – November 21, 2025) Scorpio season descends like twilight—inevitable, penetrating, and impossible to ignore. The Sun enters the sign of depth and transformation on October 23, just as autumn’s decay becomes undeniable: leaves surrendering…
Ever taken a sip of wine and felt your mouth instantly water like you just bit into a lemon? Or maybe you’ve noticed some wines feel crisp and zippy while others are soft and mellow? Welcome to the wonderful world…
Everything you need to know about cooking with wine—from which bottles to buy to whether that fancy Burgundy is actually worth pouring in your pasta sauce We’ve all been there: standing in the kitchen, recipe calling for “1/2 cup dry…
Just a few degrees might not sound like much, but in the grape-growing world, it's the difference between picking early with underripe fruit and hanging on until peak flavor and structure. That 2-4°F cushion from Seneca Lake? It can make or break a vintage.
A small, family-run New York wine company called VOS Selections—operated by a father-daughter duo—became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Trump's tariff authority. Victor Schwartz, the founder, imports small-batch wines from France, Lebanon, Japan, and elsewhere. The tariffs were, in his words, 'an existential threat' to his business. And they won. Twice.