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Quality Wines: So supernaturally good you might never leave
The more you squint at it, and because of the two bottles of wine I've gone through I am doing quite a bit of that, Quality Wines is a weird restaurant. To start with, the shape of the place is fairly mad: two half-rooms, stitched together with a…
Remembering Bob Fraser, the godfather of the S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition
Last week, the U.S. wine industry lost a beloved mentor, educator and fervent promoter of American wines. Robert Fraser, who ran the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for nearly 40 years and grew it into the world's largest blind tasting…
California State Fair wine competition celebrates local wineries
California State Fair wine competition celebrates local wineries Wines in Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Yolo counties showcased some of the best of California's wine industry BY WRITING ESSAYS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. WINERIES IN SACRAMENTO…
One of France's great wines is now being made by an Australian
Big news out of Burgundy – for followers of top-shelf pinot noir and the adventures of expat grape-treaders, at least. In February, one of the Côte de Beaune's most prestigious estates, the Domaine Comte Armand, announced…
Beer wins over wine, snobbery is still on top
What happens when the land where wine snobbery is supposed to have originated suddenly finds itself to be a nation of beer drinkers? According to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, France is for the first time consuming more beer than…
Meet the Shanghai 'Wine Thug' making natural wine cool again
This May, BUNCH – one of China's biggest, biannual natural wine events – will return to Shanghai. Joyce Yip speaks to co-founder Franklin Chiang to learn how the category is riding the cool wave. When Franklin Chiang and his partners…
ASA bans La Vieille Ferme TikTok wine advert
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against a TikTok advert for La Vieille Ferme after ruling it portrayed alcohol as beneficial for emotional wellbeing and encouraged excessive drinking. The Advertising Standards Authority…
$24,000 Burgundy returned after bizarre wine theft case
Two rare bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti stolen from a Virginia restaurant cellar have resurfaced months after an alleged international fine wine heist involving wigs, fake identities and a fugitive Serbian suspect. Two bottles of…
Wine shop set to open in historic North Yorkshire street
TipSea Wines, currently in Enterprise Way, will open a new shop in (the aptly named) Grape Lane soon. The wine merchant is yet to confirm this date, but as The Press reported, had filed an application for permission to host wine-tasting sessions…
Plant boutique hosting pop-up art market, wine tasting to mark one year in Crystal City
A locally owned plant shop in Crystal City is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month with giveaways, a market and other activities. PLNTR, the D.C.-based boutique and nursery known for making an appearance on Season 7 of “Love is…
'Angel' Britney Spears says she could 'take care of you' after 4 bottles of wine in report
Britney Spears says 'she could take care of you' after four bottles of wine New details have emerged after Britney Spears' DUI arrest in March, which saw the star get arrested after she was allegedly seen driving erratically at high speeds on the…
The Napa Valley Wine Exchange: The Micro-Winery Guild and sustainability
In October 2025, California's state legislature passed AB 720 that became effective on Jan. 1, 2026. This measure gave small family-owned wineries permission to now entertain guests in their vineyards. A major legislative breakthrough for a large…
Future of Essex village post office emerges with plan for 'vibrant' new deli
A former village post office could be given a fresh life with plans for a new coffee, bakery and wine deli. A licence application has been submitted to Chelmsford City Council for the former Mauro's café on The Green in Writtle. The proposal…
I visited the UK's best market town - and there's one word to describe it
A picturesque market town boasting a thriving independent scene has been crowned as one of the finest in Britain. With rolling hills, cobbled streets, honey-hued cottages and picture-perfect towns that resemble something from a storybook, the…
Brits say one activity during hot weather makes them think they're on holiday
Two-thirds of Brits associate drinking wine in the sun with being on holiday - as seven in 10 millennials say it makes them feel like they've gone away. A whopping 67% of Brits link sipping a vino in the sun with being on their hols, while 68% of…
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