German Wine: Why Riesling Rules (and What Else to Try)

A guide to German wine: why Riesling is the world's great white, how to crack the label, and the Spatburgunder and Silvaner worth trying too.

Douro Valley Wine: Port's Homeland, Reinvented

A guide to the Douro Valley: the ancestral home of Port, the dry-red revolution using the same native grapes, and how to drink both.

Provence Rosé: Why the World's Best Pink Wine Comes From Here

Grüner Veltliner: Austria's Answer to Everything

Merlot: The Wine Everyone Keeps Getting Wrong

Merlot doesn't want to be Cabernet. It just wants to be understood.

Spanish Wine Regions: Heat, Heart, and Garnacha

A guide to Spain's wine regions: from Rioja's polish to Priorat's power and Galicia's Atlantic whites, plus the grapes that tie it together.

Gewürztraminer: The Wine That Smells Like a Garden Party

Zinfandel: America's Most Misunderstood Grape

Zinfandel was never America's grape because America couldn't decide what Zinfandel was. Powerful? Elegant? Fruity? Structured? The answer is yes. All of it. Simultaneously. Which is why we've been arguing about it for centuries.

Moscato: The Wine Snobs Hate (and Everyone Else Loves)

France in a Glass: A Cheat Sheet to the Classic Wine Regions

A beginner-friendly cheat sheet to France's classic wine regions, why the French label by place not grape, and how to fake fluency fast.

Chenin Blanc: The Loire Valley's Quietly Extraordinary Secret

Nebbiolo: The Grape That Demands Your Patience — and Rewards It

Nebbiolo is the difficult parent, the genius with social anxiety, the wine that will teach you more about yourself than it will about itself. It's worth every moment you spend learning to understand it.