If you visit wineries and talk to the proprietors about the grape growing season, it’s easy to come away associating good wine with high temperatures and warm regions. While some grapes, such as syrah ...

Alsatian Pinot Noir is finally stepping into the spotlight. The addition of the red wine grape to the Grand Cru vineyard sites Hengst and Kirchberg de Barr in August 2022 has paved a dazzling road for ...

Whether you like a French-style chardonnay with oaky undertones or a cherry-forward pinot with a little weight, we’re ...

Talia Baiocchi is the founder and general manager of Punch. She has spent her career specializing in wine, restaurants, and culture. Previously a columnist at Wine Spectator, she went on to become the ...

Sauvignon Blanc has been New Zealand’s most recognizable wine variety since the 1970s, often rivaled only in regional recognition by the Sauvignon Blancs of Sancerre. Roughly 72% of the country’s ...

Among the noble varieties of wine grapes, perhaps the most revered is pinot noir. In its native Burgundy in France, it produces some of the world’s most cherished and expensive wines. In California, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. How Carménère grape varieties got confused with Merlot grapes ...

It was morning, and the sun gently lit the tasting room of Domain Meyer-Fonné, capturing the light ruby robe of the 2016 Altenbourg Pinot Noir, spreading it across the table like a kaleidoscope.