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These Custom Crush Collectives Are Fostering Diversity in the Wine Industry

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7 of the Best Campari Cocktails

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: Which Scotch Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2023)

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The 7 Best Bourbons to Gift This Holiday (2023)

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Wine 101: The Levels of the WSET Certification

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The VinePair Podcast

The VinePair Podcast

The VinePair Podcast: Is Taylor Swift Fueling White Wine’s Rise?

Cocktail College

Cocktail College

The Cocktail College Podcast: Can Unions and Cocktail Bars Mix?

Taplines

Taplines

Taplines: Blue Moon Rising

Wine 101

Wine 101

Wine 101: The Levels of the WSET Certification

Booze News

Dunkin’ Teams Up With Martha Stewart to Launch Espresso Martini Barware · Chartreuse Just Opened a Brand New Visitor Center in Paris · The Most Popular Blended Scotch Whiskies in the U.S. (2023) · The 25 Most Popular Beers in America, According to YouGov

Loved at Home, Ignored Abroad: Why European Whiskey Drinkers Aren’t Buying the Bourbon Hype

Loved at Home, Ignored Abroad: Why European Whiskey Drinkers Aren’t Buying the Bourbon Hype

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For Hawaiian Sommelier Chuck Furuya, Hospitality Is a Culture

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For Hawaiian Sommelier Chuck Furuya, Hospitality Is a Culture

The Duckhorn Portfolio Will Acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards in $400 Million Deal

The Duckhorn Portfolio Will Acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards in $400 Million Deal

World Wine Production Expected to Sink to 60-Year Low in 2023

World Wine Production Expected to Sink to 60-Year Low in 2023

Cocktail Recipes

The Left Hand

The Lion’s Tail

The Lion’s Tail

The Remember the Maine

The Remember the Maine

The Death Flip

The Death in the Afternoon

The Death in the Afternoon

The Missionary’s Downfall

The Missionary’s Downfall

Buying Guides

The 16 Best Japanese Whiskies for 2023

The 16 Best Japanese Whiskies for 2023

The 30 Best Wines for Thanksgiving (2023)

The 30 Best Wines for Thanksgiving (2023)

The 11 Best Syrahs for 2023

The 11 Best Syrahs for 2023

Spirits

During World War II, U.S. Sailors Drank Cocktails Made From Torpedo Fuel

During World War II, U.S. Sailors Drank Cocktails Made From Torpedo Fuel

The Ultimate Blanco Tequila Flavor Map [Infographic]

The Ultimate Blanco Tequila Flavor Map [Infographic]

What’s Actually Inside the ‘World’s Oldest Scotch’ Bottles? Auctioneers Aren’t Completely Sure

What’s Actually Inside the ‘World’s Oldest Scotch’ Bottles? Auctioneers Aren’t Completely Sure

The VinePair Podcast: Why This Month is Make or Break for the Drinks Industry

The VinePair Podcast: Why This Month is Make or Break for the Drinks Industry

Meet The Beverage Directors Behind NYC’s New Wave of Korean Fine-Dining Restaurants

Ask a Bartender: How Do You Properly Swizzle a Cocktail?

The Best Holiday Drinking Gifts for 2023

A New Era of High-End Infused Cocktails Is Upon Us

Wine

8 of the Best Red Wines From Austria

Good Wines

8 of the Best Red Wines From Austria

We Asked 10 Sommeliers: What’s the Most Overrated Sauvignon Blanc?

We Asked

We Asked 10 Sommeliers: What’s the Most Overrated Sauvignon Blanc?

How a Topless Bar Helped End California’s Ban on Women Bartending

How a Topless Bar Helped End California’s Ban on Women Bartending

The VinePair Podcast: Why Wine Shouldn’t Give Up

The VinePair Podcast: Why Wine Shouldn’t Give Up

Chaos in a Glass: The History of Cold Duck, the German-American Wine-Dreg Punch

Ask a Wine Pro: What Does Monopole Mean?

The VinePair Podcast: Can Alcohol and Legal Cannabis Coexist?

The Timeless Allure of Oysters and Alcohol

Beer

The Rise and Demise of Hop’n Gator, the Gatorade-Beer Hybrid of the ’70s

The Rise and Demise of Hop’n Gator, the Gatorade-Beer Hybrid of the ’70s

Ask a Brewer: What Are Cryo Hops and What Do They Do in IPAs?

Ask a Brewer: What Are Cryo Hops and What Do They Do in IPAs?

Taplines: How Finance Bros Discovered Hazy IPAs

Taplines: How Finance Bros Discovered Hazy IPAs

Remembering Lucky Lager, the American Macro Beer That Took Canada by Storm

Remembering Lucky Lager, the American Macro Beer That Took Canada by Storm

Hop Take

Anchor Brewing Has a Future. Former Workers Are Still Fighting to Be Part of It.

Taplines: The Modern Beer Business’s First Black Business League

In 1970s Ireland, Pubs Briefly Replaced Banks — and It Worked

The Highest-Rated Stout In Every State (2023) [MAP]