Zachary Sussman is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared in Saveur, The World of Fine Wine, Food & Wine and The Wall Street Journal Magazine, among many others. Formerly selected as the Champagne Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year and nominated as a finalist for the 2022 IACP Food Writing Awards, he is the author of The Essential Wine Book and Sparkling Wine for Modern Times from Ten Speed Press. He works and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.

Great Beaujolais Under $25? Here’s Where It’s Hiding.
Between the crus and nouveau, the “middle child” of the Beaujolais family—labeled “Beaujolais” or “Beaujolais-Villages”—is the region’s true bang for your buck.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro