What Wine Twitter Taught Me About Wine
One writer wades into the heart of wine’s conflict zone to see what he can learn about the values and anxieties that define its culture today.
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
Sake’s Radical Awakening
Drawing comparisons to the natural wine movement, sake’s avant-garde is reinvigorating the category by challenging everything we thought we knew about it.
- story: Tom Downey
- photos: Jérémie Souteyrat
Don’t Call It “Sparkling Wine”
In record time, the category has become freewheeling and heterogeneous, with a mix of techniques, traditions and regional iterations. That's a good thing.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- illustration: Carmela Caldart
Where Are Natural Wine’s Next Frontiers?
Two regions—one old world, one new—are staking a claim within the ever-evolving movement.
- story: Alice Feiring
- illustration: Rymie
Where Is America’s Great Wine Show?
In the age of streaming, in which nearly every subculture has its own show, somehow wine has been left behind.
- story: Emily Timberlake
- photo: The Wine Show
The New Who’s Who of Wine Cool
Among America’s most progressive wine lists, which producers act as universal touchstones in 2020?
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Orange Wine Has Its Own Club Now
Orange Glou is a surefire sign we’ve hit peak skin contact.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Orange Glou
What Drink Trends Should Disappear in 2020?
This year saw the rise of piquette, foraged beers and White Claw. Which trends have what it takes to stick it out through the new year?
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Wine Stories That Will Shape 2020
From The Tariffs to the rise of Argentina, Jon Bonné lays out the wine stories that will make a difference in 2020.
Our 10 Most-Read Stories of 2019
From mastering the Amaretto Sour with Jeffrey Morgenthaler to exploring suburban New Jersey's secret bar scene, here's a look back at the most popular stories on PUNCH this year.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: YouTube
When Champagne Just Won’t Do
This roster of sparkling wines under $30 give Champagne a run for its money—for less money.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Lizzie Munro
What We’re Into Right Now: Holiday Edition
French 75 punch, sparkling biodynamic rosé, good-value red Bordeaux and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro