Everything You Need to Know About Wine Right Now
Your annual guide to the producers, trends, objects and terms defining wine today.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Kine Andersen
Natural Wine Has Come for Spirits
A growing number of distillers want to bring the values and language that unified natural winemakers to the largely industrial world of spirits.
- story: Jenny Eagleton
- illustration: Erin Dwia
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Beaujolais: The Original ‘It’ Wine Region
With an influx of new producers and unique variations on gamay, the region is all the hype… again.
- story: Christie Rotondo
- photos: Robert Bredvad
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Need Affordability? Versatility? Variety? Look to Beaujolais.
From age-worthy Morgon, to light chardonnays and festive summer reds, you’ll find it here.
- story: Christie Rotondo
- photo: Robert Bredvad
Is This Even Wine?
By focusing on co-ferments, hybrids and foraged ingredients, the Anything But Vinifera movement is creating a more expansive and accessible definition of wine.
- story: Jirka Jireh
- photo: Ashanta Wines
Brace Yourself for Sake Pét-Nat
Meet the new hybrid bottlings defining sake’s alt fringe.
- story: Nancy Matsumoto
- photos: Masumi
The Essential Sherry Vermouths
Get to know the revived style through five must-try bottles.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
You Can Call It Natural Wine’s Goth Phase
The movement is no longer content to just play the hits.
- story: John McCarroll
- illustration: Jarett Sitter
A Natural Wine Bar for Every Party Vibe
As wine becomes further entrenched in nightlife, its dedicated spaces are becoming less reverent, more urgent and sometimes chaotic (in a good way).
- story: Jordan Michelman
- photos: Jeremy Chiu
The “Juice” Has Gone Bad, But “Juicy” Is Forever
The two wine terms are separated by more than just a single letter.
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Mallory Heyer
What Is N/A Wine, Anyway?
The category has evolved from dealcoholized versions of familiar wines into freewheeling products that defy easy classification. Here are the bottles worth seeking out.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Shannon Sturgis
Wait, Sorry, What Is “Glou-Glou” Again?
A term that dates back to the 1600s has come to define not just a style of wine, but, some would argue, the whole natural wine aesthetic.
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Mallory Heyer