Category: Contributing Columnists

Regina King is accustomed to all eyes being on her. From her days as a child star on the hit 1980s sitcom 227 to her Academy Award–winning performance in If

No matter how many times I exit the elevator onto the top floor of Scottsdale, Arizona, resort The Phoenician, part of The Luxury Collection, J&G Steakhouse never fails to impress

Recently, I relocated from Southern California, where I resided for decades, to downtown Napa. Around the corner from where I live, standing sentinel on the corner of Main and Clinton,

Oregon Chardonnay is HAVING a moment. The Willamette Valley may always be best known for Pinot Noir, but in recent years Pinot’s white Burgundian sibling has been raising eyebrows and

Alex Jump is a veteran beverage professional and co-founder of Focus on Health, a wellness advocacy group for hospitality workers. She recently led the group’s third annual No/Low Tour, bringing

Some of us spend our entire careers searching for alternatives to what the industry shoves down our throats: You can hardly differentiate yourself when you’re forced to sell the same

Dear beverage professionals: We are writing to you with a farewell, though hopefully not a permanent goodbye. After years of effort in raising funds for the life-changing educational opportunities SommFoundation

  The soaring Himalayan peaks of Bhutan may seem to have little in common with the concrete streets of the Bronx, but both locales are staking their claim in the

  Few sommeliers have had the career—or the longevity on the floor—that Bobby Stuckey has had. Bursting onto the upper echelon of the somm scene as wine director at The

Executive chef Peter McQuaid Jr. leads me through a hallway at The Americano, a sleek steakhouse in North Scottsdale. With a subtle gesture, he presses against a mirrored panel that