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Barbera d’Asti Is a Sommelier Secret Weapon

Versatile and food-friendly, see why sommeliers consider Barbera d’Asti the “essential everyday wine.”

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Shannon Sturgis
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Wine

The New Vocabulary of Wine

The words we use to talk about wine often say more about us than what's in the glass.

  • story: Emily Timberlake
  • illustrations: Rymie
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In Conversation

Who Will Fix Wine Education?

A conversation between Jirka Jireh and Cristie Norman, two sommeliers on a mission to rebuild a broken system.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • illustration: PUNCH
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Wine

It’s Time to Decolonize Wine

The wine world's culture of gatekeeping, racism and silence is antithetical to its true spirit. Now is the moment for real change.

  • story: Miguel de Leon
  • illustration: Nick Hensley
NYTimes Wine Reviews
Wine

All the Wine That’s Fit to Print

What can 60 years of New York Times restaurant reviews tell us about wine's journey in America?

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • illustration: Lisk Feng
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Wine

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
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Wine

The Guy Who Broke Wine

Gary Vaynerchuk catapulted onto the scene in the mid-aughts as a brash, fast-talking antihero. The wine world hasn’t been the same since.

  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: PUNCH
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Wine

Is Wine by the Glass Dead?

As $18 pours become the new norm, drinkers are left wondering whether ordering by the glass makes sense anymore.

  • story: Megan Krigbaum
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Ruffian Wine Bar NYC
Wine

At Ruffian, an Antidote to Wine Bar Sameness

What makes the New York wine bar's list one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Louise Palmberg
Giant Restaurant Chicago
Wine

At Giant, a Carefully Curated Nod to the New Casual

What makes Josh Perlman’s wine list one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Huge Galdones
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The Wines of Right Now
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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