To Catch a “Unicorn” Wine
The term emerged in the mid-2010s as sommelier shorthand for a faddish rarity. Is it a dying breed?
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Mallory Heyer
Make an Old Party Trick New Again
The age-old, maximalist combination of aged port and blue cheese isn't new, but there's a reason it never went away. Here's how to make it your party trick this year.
- story: Jordan Michelman
- photo: Jarett Sitter
So Everyone’s in a Wine Club Now?
Over the last 50-plus years, the wine club has gone from stuffy boys’ club fodder to niche restaurant selections. The pandemic has led to an explosion of options that go…
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Kimberley Hasselbrink
Your Guide to the New Sparkling Wine
Meet the latest addition to the Punch family of books, a manual to the freewheeling world of bubbles from contributor Zachary Sussman.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Aaron Bernstein
Sparkling Wine for Modern Times
Twelve back-pocket bottles under $35 prove just how freewheeling and robust the world of bubbly wine has become.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
What We’re Drinking This Thanksgiving
From a sherry-laced Negroni to an amari "set-up" and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The First Family of Portugal’s Avant Garde
To understand how Portuguese wine has become a new sommelier obsession, look no further than the Patos.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Emanuele Siracusa
The End of Gendering Wine
As the vocabulary of wine evolves, can it escape the gendered frameworks that forged it?
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: Rymie
It’s High Time to Be a Pelaverga Fan
The juicy, floral, very chillable Piedmont red blew up in the 2010s thanks to a single producer. Now it’s its own category.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Is It Time to Retire “Rustic”?
Equal parts virtuous compliment and backhanded dig, the ambiguous wine term may have to die for its true tenets to survive.
- story: Danny Chau
- photo: Mallory Heyer
Can a Wine List Be More Than Its Wines?
At Harlem's Contento, sommelier Yannick Benjamin's list is the latest to envision a program as a means of representation beyond territory and terroir.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: Nick Hensley
The Liter Bottle Is Having a Moment
From old-vine verdejo to old-school grüner, wines in the oversized format signal a new era of everyday drinking.
- story: Ari Bendersky
- photo: PUNCH