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
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
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
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
At Majordōmo, a List that Smartly Navigates Wine’s Cultural Divide
What makes Richard Hargreave’s wine list one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Molly Matalon
At Nopa, a Wine List That Proves the Virtue of Constancy
Why the San Francisco institution’s wine list remains one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Patrick Beaudouin
At Tsubaki, a Bridge Between Sake and French Wine
What makes Courtney Kaplan’s wine list one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Pascal Shirley
At Fausto, the Middle Path Between Natural and Classic
What makes Joe Campanale’s wine list one of the country’s most exciting, in 10 bottles.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Liz Clayman
Why Bibimbap With Beaujolais Is the New Normal
By placing inventive, serious wine programs alongside non-Western cuisine, a new passel of restaurants is making commonplace what was once considered novel.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photos: Daniel Krieger
Inside the Wine Cellar at Chez Panisse
Longtime sommelier Jonathan Waters on the five bottles that define the legendary Berkeley restaurant today.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photos: Aubrie Pick
