Natural Wine From the “California Alps”?
From the winemaker behind Methode Sauvage, Iruai is pioneering the state's first alpine wine region in the shadow of Mount Shasta.
- story: Rebecca Grant
- photos: Asher Beane
No More Acting Sophisticated, and Other Drinking Resolutions
A handful of our expert drinkers look back at 2022 to determine what they absolutely won't (and will) do again.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Rymie
What Drink Trends Should Disappear in 2023?
This year saw the rise of disco aperitivo, the V-shaped Martini glass and a deluge of foam. Which trends have what it takes to stick it out?
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Eric Medsker
“Round” Wine Has Lost Its Edge
“Round” once sparked a raft of sensuous terms to describe wine. Now that rough edges are de rigueur, is the term a relic of the past?
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Mallory Heyer
Great Beaujolais Under $25? Here’s Where It’s Hiding.
Between the crus and nouveau, the “middle child” of the Beaujolais family—labeled “Beaujolais” or “Beaujolais-Villages”—is the region’s true bang for your buck.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Best Magnums for Your Money
Because nothing says "life of the party" like two wines in one.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Punch
Who Are the “Wine Jockeys” Pouring Pét-Nat for the Club Kids?
Go inside the nightclubs and pop-up parties swapping vodka-sodas for Vouvray.
- story: Arielle Gordon
- photo: Brian Finke
The Wine Flaw of Our Times
Variably described as tasting like "corn nuts," "puppy's breath" and "vomit," mouse has become a fixture of natural wine culture as pervasive as it is misunderstood.
- story: John McCarroll
- illustration: Mallory Heyer
The Vineyard Falcon Does Not Suffer Fools
Master falconer Alina Blankenship and her mélange of raptors have become the protectors of some of Oregon's top vineyards.
- story: Rebecca Grant
- photos: Easton Richmond
Is the Future of Sake a Centuries-Old Style?
As sake consumption declines in Japan, doburoku—an unfiltered, unpasteurized and once-illegal style of the wine—is providing a glimmer of hope for the next generation of brewers.
- story: Kenji Hall
- photo: Marie Takahashi
Natural Wine Welcomes You, Mosel Riesling
Crystalline, laserlike, pure, precise—these are the words that have come to define Mosel riesling. Can a place so bound by technical winemaking carve out space for natural wine?
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Is This Rosé?
Copper-hued, flor-aged, built to cellar—the style’s experimental side is proving there’s more to the category than simply commerce.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro