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Juneteenth Wine Travel Is Turning Napa Into A Black Culinary Destination
The Black Food & Wine Experience is helping position Napa Valley as a destination for Juneteenth wine travel, bringing together Black chefs, winemakers, spirits founders and travelers. Napa Valley has long sold a polished vision of American wine…
Last of the Summer Wine characters to get final one-off special swansong
A new two-hour TV special devoted to iconic sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine will feature new insights into the much loved characters and setting of the show. The Last Drop of Summer Wine is described as an exploration of Sir Roy Clarke's classic…
At Napa's Barrel Auction, Wine Country's Own Get the First Pour for a Cause
It's unusual to see men in sharp slacks and shiny dress shoes and women in colorful dresses and sun hats hoofing it along the side of Highway 29 in St. Helena. Most visitors to Napa Valley hire cars or book tour buses to visit the tasting rooms and…
Are monovarietal wine cellars the future of hospitality?
One prominent Athens hotel has decided to stock its wine cellar exclusively with Assyrtiko. Sarah Neish discovers why the list, which includes bottles priced from €75 to €650, offers a “liquid history” of Greece and…
10 Forgotten '80s Movies That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
The ‘80s were a great decade for cinema, and not just a popular one. Although it can sometimes be conflated that it was the decade that brought the end to the “New Hollywood” era because it saw a rise in studios trying to make…
Review: The venue that invented the Melbourne wine-bar-slash-restaurant genre turns 18
During the reporting for The Age 's recent series on Melbourne's restaurant tycoons, writer Rachael Ward called me to ask, among other things, what ingredients were responsible for the wild success of chef and restaurateur Andrew McConnell. Of…
HBO's 3-Part Thriller With One Of Its Best Casts Is Already Aging Like Fine Wine
Seven years ago, HBO's Game of Thrones aired one of the most reviled TV series finales of all time, leading many to question how it would impact the legacy of the fantasy series that changed television. Fortunately, though Game of Thrones ' weak…
Doris Italian Market & Bakery's Wine Night on July 11
× Doris Italian Market & Bakery Doris Italian Market & Bakery's Wine Night on July 11 Don't keep the summer fun all bottled up! Doris Italian Market & Bakery will pop the cork on more than 150 wines from all around the world. Sip and sample…
ASC Fine Wines toasts 30 years: 'The best is yet to come'
Shanghai-based importer ASC Fine Wines examines the future of wine in China while celebrating 30 years of building relationships and portfolio strength. Rebecca Lo reports. ASC Fine Wines welcomed more than 50 international winemakers, leaders and…
U&Gold to chronicle Last of the Summer Wine
Actor Brian Conley to revisit Yorkshire set and cast of the longest-running comedy Up to the minute industry news Agenda-setting interviews with key industry figures Insight into the latest programme performances Ratings data with viewing trends…
As Steven Bartlett Says Wine 'Ruined His Life'-Top Psychologists Question Our Obsession With Optimisation
Unless you've been absent from social media, you'll know that our feeds are lit up right now with hot takes on Steven Bartlett's latest claims. No stranger to causing controversy, the entrepreneur turned self-proclaimed wellness guru has ignited…
America's biggest winemaker Gallo shuts another California hub and fires more staff
America's largest wine producer is closing yet another California facility and cutting jobs, deepening a wave of shutdowns as the state's wine industry struggles through a prolonged slump. Modesto-based Gallo revealed plans to shutter its Lodi…
How Porto's gritty, industrial neighbour became a cool coastal hotspot
This once declining industrial city is on the up, but not so much that it has been ruined – yet. See it now, mid-gentrification, before its humble seafood restaurants become overpriced and its beautifully curated museums and galleries…
One-third of Napa and Sonoma wineries report lowering their tasting fees amid tourism declines
The wine industry is in turmoil amid declining U.S. alcohol consumption, bottle sales and Wine Country visitation. Much of the blame for the latter has centered on the high cost of tasting fees, which have doubled among U.S. wineries since 2018.
From Italy's Coastal Markets to Your Table: A Spring Halibut Guazzetto
Spring in Southern Italy arrives first in the markets. I can tell you this based on my numerous trips to the region over the years in the spring, where visiting the local village markets and taking in their colorful bounty is as much a tourist…
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