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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WINERY ANNOUNCES WINNER OF FOURTH ANNUAL "PERFECT YOUR PIZZA" COMPETITION

Praising Rioja for its constant adaptation, chief winemaker at Ramón Bilbao, Rodolfo Bastida, told db last week that climate change was driving up plantings of Garnacha in a land dominated by Tempranillo. The post Why climate change may favour Garnacha in Rioja...

The Star Wine List of the Year competition is returning to Spain for a second time and entries are now open. Wine bars and restaurants across the country are invited [...]

October 23, 2025 (Toronto) — Canadian-British wine journalist, award-winning author, and global influencer Liz Palmer has been honoured with the Best Wine Tourism Communication Award at the internationally recognized Iter Vitis Awards, part of the [...]

Welcome to VinePair’s Bottle Battle, where New York City’s top wine pros face off in a high-stakes blind tasting showdown.In this episode, Leo Bayless-Hall (...

National Association of Wine Retailers Supports Distiller DTC Shipping October 24, 2025 (Sacramento, CA) — With the passage of California Assembly Bill 1246, residents of the Golden State will continue [...]

The results of my reader survey render interesting conclusions (and some problems)

Why some of the best wines taste like wet rocks — and that’s a good thing

Picture the scene. Christie's auction house, London, December 1985. A dapper auctioneer is expertly tantalising the stellar audience with a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite engraved with the initials of US founding father Thomas Jefferson. It duly becomes the most...