The Drink Trends That Will Shape This Fall
Where is American whiskey headed? Have we hit peak orange wine? Here's what the coming months have in store.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Mallory Heyer
Here’s Where You’ll Be Drinking This Fall
From discos to new dives, wine bars built for partying to bygone favorites making triumphant returns, here are the best new and notable bars.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Kelly Puleio
For Great Rosé, Dial Germany and Austria
The two countries have cemented themselves as the source of some of the world's best, and most affordable, rosé. Here are the bottles to stock right now.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Sympathy for the Devil
Robert Parker has long been the wine world’s favorite villain—a critic who used his unprecedented power to flatten wine into an alcoholic, fruity mass of sameness. But “Parkerization” was always…
- story: John McCarroll
- illustration: Kine Andersen
The Wines of Right Now
We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustrations: Andy Bourne
America’s Best Specialty Wine Shops
From an orange wine specialist to a bottle-and-book shop, here are some of the most innovative small wine retailers across the country.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Rob Culpepper
Natural Wine Sets Its Sights on Vermouth
Winemakers are demonstrating that vermouth can be just as variable and expressive of place as wine itself.
- story: Jordan Michelman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
America’s Original Natural Wine Shop?
Before Chambers Street, Terroir or the dozens of other natural wine-focused stores around the country, there was Vineyard Gate.
- story: Nino Padova
- photo: Alex Bernardo
Upgrade Your Cocktail With Five Easy Wine Syrups
How to turn leftover wine into versatile syrups, and the drinks to try them in.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Tavern Glass Is a Feeling
A departure from the glass-for-each-variety mindset of the past several decades, the short-stemmed glass is emblematic of a looser, less dogmatic wine world.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Erin Dwia
Can a Wine Actually Be “Crunchy”?
A staple of the modern sommelier lexicon, the term captures the difficulty of articulating the convergence of taste and texture.
- story: Danny Chau
- photo: Mallory Heyer
The Ultimate Guide to Wine Glassware
The best go-tos and splurges in every category, plus our favorite outliers.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Rocío Egío