Category: Contributing Columnists

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

When I announced that my TV show V is for Vino would be filming an episode in Bourgogne, at least a dozen people messaged me to ask if I would

story and photos by Jessie Birschbach Jorge Corujo, wine director at Tesse Restaurant and adjoining bottle shop Boutellier Wines in West Hollywood, California, will gently correct his friends when they

As the group of polyphenols most abundant in red wine (found in concentrations of up to 3.3 grams/liter), tannins play a starring role in dictating a given wine’s ability to