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At 33, Saskia de Rothschild is the youngest person currently leading a Premier Grand Cru Bordeaux estate, the legendary Château Lafite Rothschild, which has been in her family since 1868. She’s also the first-ever female chairwoman of Domaines Barons

In 2020, we mark the 21st anniversary of Wine Enthusiast’s Annual Wine Star Awards, honoring the individuals and companies that make outstanding contributions to the wine and alcohol beverage world. In a challenging year, we salute the dedicated prof

California Chardonnay is in a good place right now. It has burst forth from a long, controversial period where it was cocooned in a reputation of buttery vapor or worse. During those dark days of derision, not everyone abandoned hope, however. Least

These vines were planted in 2012, on a site in England’s South Downs, just 5km from the English Channel. The traditional Champagne grapes are grown on clay-loam soils over chalk, but the rows are spaced more widely than in Champagne, and the planting

Story by Melissa Brown of Gemtree Wines. Spraying manure when the moon is opposite Saturn or burying cow horns on winter solstice may sound to many like the workings of witchcraft or some kind of cult. However, it’s far from either of these and, beli

There is so much more to Spain’s red grape varieties than Tempranillo. Mencía, for instance, that crunchy, refreshing variety of the northwest. Garnacha, too, which has been brought back in from the cold winds of disapproval and is turning up all ove

Though only a 40-minute drive north of Atlanta, Georgia, arriving at Château Élan Winery & Resort feels like stumbling into the French countryside of a bygone era, where rows of grape-laden vines stand sentinel on the front lawn of a stately villa. Y

When Patricia McKelvey was looking to launch a winery, she knew she wanted a site with stunning views of the Missouri River Valley. She also wanted a piece of the region’s rich history. Fine wine takes time. Finding a good site for a winery, event ve

From the late 1700s, when Spanish friars planted vines in Santa Barbara County, to the end of the 19th century, when French and Italian immigrants established nurseries and vineyards throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains, California’s Central Coast has

France’s first ‘dry January’ campaign divided the nation, criticised by several leading writers and chefs as an ‘Anglo-Saxon and puritan obsession’. Australia’s bushfires dominated headlines. Wine Australia said less than 1% of vineyard land lay in f

The writing is on the chalk cellar wall. Champagne vineyard prices are up more than five-fold in 25 years. Grape prices are up 80% in 15 years. The region boasts the highest cost of production in the wine world. Yet the price of a bottle of Champagne

Picturesque 14-acre Moraga Estate is the only vineyard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Beverly Hills. Media baron Rupert Murdoch, who’s been a wine lover for decades, purchased the property in 2013 and became intricately involved in the art of vit

Bringing a touch of sparkle to their stunning Tudor manor house, Eric and Hannah Heerema deck the halls with swathes of festive foliage as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. But while the tree is twinkling with fairy lights and log fires crackle in

It took two Americans to recognize that the future of English winemaking lay in sparkling wine. In 1988, Stuart and Sandy Moss planted classic Champagne varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Until then, English vineyards had been domina

South American white wines have undergone a more radical transformation this century than in any other period in the continent’s history. Changes have been driven by numerous factors. The search for cooler spots to mitigate the effects of climate cha

Last year, Cam Ward, longtime goaltender for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, retired after 14 seasons on ice. With the game no longer his central focus, he’s had time to bring a cool new perspective to his second passion: Vineyard 36, the Napa Valley

A true child of the Mediterranean, refreshing Vermentino evokes fantasies of beachfront sipping alongside pasta garnished with golden Sardinian bottarga. A late-ripening grape with good resistance to drought and disease, it’s at home in coastal and n

Surrounded by the tens of millions of fun-loving Californians from Los Angeles to San Diego, many Temecula Valley wineries historically emphasized tourism functions like bridal showers, vineyard weddings and on-site restaurants, hotels and spas, rath

IT WAS DARK WHEN we drove up to the home of winemaker Roberto Henríquez in the Bío Bío region of central Chile. I had pink granitic sand in my shoes from a day spent touring Roberto’s vineyards. I was jet-lagged, thirsty, starving, and grateful to fi

Here's a toast to the Napa Valley mainstay that's fomenting -- and fermenting -- a wine revolution.