• Articles
    • Cocktails
    • Spirits
    • Wine
    • Beer
    • Places
  • Columns
    • The Ultimates
    • Masters of X
    • Drink Your Words
    • Bouncers
    • Modern Classics
    • The D List
    • Hack Your Drink
    • The OGs
  • Recipes
  • Subscribe

Napa Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine

A Guide to the Current State of California Cabernet

Jon Bonné checks in on California cabernet—from Napa to the Santa Cruz Mountains—and selects the bottles that best represent its present.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Best Red Wines for Summer
Spirits

June’s Best Reads On Drinks and Drinking

This month: rum made from heirloom Hawaiian sugar cane, Bill Harlan's last cult California cabernet, Lithuania's crackdown on booze and more.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
cocktail
news

Daily News: New York’s Fermentation Expert, The History of the Cuba Libre

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Imbibe offers a brief history of the Cuba Libre cocktail, the close relative of the Rum & Coke. - In…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
Falcon
news

Daily News: Experiences with a Homebrewing Robot, The Falcon Whisperer of Napa

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - In Lucky Peach, Justin Kennedy offers a guide to sour beer around the world. - Due to climate change,…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
gin drink
news

Daily News: Bong-Smoked Cocktails, Simon Ford’s “Flavor Map”

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Paste chats with Mikkeller co-founder, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, as the Danish brewery prepares to bring the Copenhagen Beer Festival to the U.S. -…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
Hops growing
news

Daily News: Rio’s Best Botecos, Russia’s Pagan Hop Growers

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Russia's Chuvashia Republic is hoping that the global thirst for craft beer will bring investors to the country's hop farms.…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
Napa Valley
news

Daily News: Whiskey-Aging Arms Race, Chickpea Froth Cocktails

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Two plaques have been installed in the Hungarian village of Mád to commemorate the important role played by Jewish…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
news

Daily News: Climate Change Threatens Hop Harvest, Richard Linklater Honored with New Craft Beer

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Climate change is threatening global hop production and driving up the price of craft beer as brewing companies compensate for…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
news

Earthquake Devastates Napa’s Wine Industry

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Napa Valley on Sunday, leaving a significant damage to the wine industry, according to The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Reuters. It was the largest earthquake…

  • story: Daniel Yeom
news

China Is Trying to Build Its Own Napa Valley

According to The Wall Street Journal, China is looking to develop its own Napa Valley in Yanqing county—a region northwest of Beijing—despite the area's notorious issues with pollution. The Chinese government recently…

  • story: Daniel Yeom
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. Next →
Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch
Featured Article

Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch

Long considered an afterthought among serious drinkers, the blended Scotch category is slowly becoming a hotbed for innovation.

More →
Close
Thank you for subscribing!

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Popular on Punch

  1. Just Like That, Canned Ranch Waters Abound
  2. The Best Rums for Mixing, According to Bartenders
  3. JaNee: Where Is She Now?
  4. Pomada Is Menorca’s Party Drink
  5. 50/50 Your Margarita
  • About Us
  • RSS Feed
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Terms of Use
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Copyright © 2022 Punch. All Rights Reserved.