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Assouline Wine & Travel USA: Exploring America Through Wine, Terroir and Travel

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A review of Assouline’s Wine & Travel: United States of America by Enrico Bernardo, exploring American wine through terroir, gastronomy, hospitality, culture and sense of place. Wine tells us far more about a destination than what is poured into the glass. It tells us about its landscape, climate, food, people and culture – and increasingly, […]

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Budapest Wine Festival at 35: How Wine, Heritage and Gastronomy Strengthen Destination Tourism

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The 35th Budapest Wine Festival, held September 9–12, 2026, demonstrated how successful wine tourism can extend far beyond the traditional cellar-door experience. For four days, the historic terraces and courtyards of Buda Castle became a showcase for Hungarian wine, gastronomy and culture, bringing producers, wine professionals and wine tourists together against one of Budapest’s most

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MICHELIN Guide Unveils Bordeaux Grape Selection 2026: Nine Châteaux Receive Top Three-Grape Distinction

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The MICHELIN Guide has expanded its new Grape distinction to Bordeaux, recognizing 83 estates across some of the region’s most celebrated appellations and awarding its highest Three-Grape distinction to nine châteaux. Following the launch of its first Grape Selection in Burgundy, The MICHELIN Guide has turned its attention to Bordeaux, unveiling its inaugural 2026 selection

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When Great Wines Tell Their Story: An Evening of Rare Bottles, Friendship, and the Art of Cellaring

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There is something special about gathering around a table with friends who share a passion for wine. The conversation becomes richer, every bottle tells a story, and each cork pulled represents years, sometimes decades, of patience, anticipation, and careful cellaring. This weekend I had the pleasure of spending a fun evening with fellow wine enthusiasts

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Spanish Wine Tourism: Discovering the Hidden Treasures of the Arlanza Wine Route

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Over the coming days, I’ll be travelling through one of Spain’s most fascinating yet underappreciated wine tourism destinations – the Arlanza Wine Route in Castilla y León. While regions such as Rioja and Ribera del Duero often dominate the spotlight, Arlanza offers something refreshingly different: authentic medieval villages, centuries-old monasteries, underground wine cellars, remarkable gastronomy,

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Harvest Season in Chile: Wine Tourism Events Near Santiago from Maipo to Itata (2026 Guide)

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Chile’s harvest season offers one of South America’s most accessible and culturally resonant wine tourism experiences. Within a short radius of Santiago, five major valleys—Maipo Valley, Casablanca Valley, Colchagua Valley, Maule Valley, and Itata Valley—host vendimia celebrations that combine viticulture, gastronomy, music, and community identity. From February through April, vineyards and town plazas become stages

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Pre–New Year’s Dinner: Why Louis Roederer Collection 245 and Cristal 2016 Redefine Celebration

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Some evenings feel like prologues. The eve before New Year’s Eve is one of them, less noise, more contemplation. It’s the space where conversation deepens, and Champagne becomes less of a party trick and more of an essay in liquid form. This year, my pre–New Year’s dinner is guided by the ethos of Louis

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Champagne Deutz: A Holiday Standard

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Nestled in the premier cru village of Aÿ, in the historic Champagne region of northeastern France, Maison Deutz occupies a place in the pantheon of classic Champagne houses that feels both rooted and unexpectedly electric. Founded in 1838 by William Deutz and Pierre-Hubert Geldermann, this house emerged from the great era of négociant ambition, carving

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Why Zenato’s Amarone 2019 and Zenato’s Lugana Brut Make the Perfect Holiday Wine Pairing

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Why I Chose Zenato’s Holiday Gift Pack Holiday wine choices need range, not redundancy. Zenato’s two-bottle holiday gift pack, which includes Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 and Zenato Lugana Brut Classico, delivers that: a refined sparkling white for celebratory openings and a powerful, age-worthy red for the table’s main event. Lugana Brut Classico brings

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Why Bottega has earned a place on my holiday table

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When I curate my holiday sparkling wine selections, I look for producers that balance heritage with contemporary relevance, wines that perform beautifully in the glass, and brands that understand today’s global wine culture – where aesthetics, accessibility, and experience matter as much as craftsmanship. Bottega S.p.A. consistently delivers on all three. Its sparkling wines combine

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