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3 weeks ago | winespectator.com | Aaron Romano |Collin Dreizen

Who's behind it: San Francisco's Bacchus Management Group runs several Bay Area restaurants, including Grand Award winners Spruce and the Village Pub, as well as Best of Award of Excellence winner Selby's. The group has expanded its portfolio with Augustine and the adjoining Cafe Augustine on San Jose's Santana Row, a lively luxury shopping and residential district where Bacchus has operated Pizza Antica for more than 20 years.

1 month ago | winespectator.com | Aaron Romano |Greg Warner |Collin Dreizen

Who's behind it: Altamarea Group, the hospitality company founded by CEO Ahmass Fakahany, operates more than 20 restaurants worldwide, including Wine Spectator Grand Award Winner Ai Fiori in New York. Best of Award of Excellence winner, Marea, located on Central Park South, is the company's first restaurant and its flagship.

1 month ago | winespectator.com | Collin Dreizen

The U.S. wine landscape has shifted: On Feb. 26, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves approved a bill permitting wineries to ship wines directly to consumers in the Magnolia State. The law takes effect July 1, 2025. Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island and Utah are now the only states not to permit direct-to-consumer (DTC) winery shipping or to limit it to just in-person, on-site purchases. But some direct-shipping advocates worry the bill has too many limitations to truly open Mississippi's wine market. On Feb.

2 months ago | winespectator.com | Greg Warner |Julia Larson |Collin Dreizen

Who's behind it: Earlier this year, chef and restaurateur Michael White opened Santi in Midtown Manhattan. Located on the ground floor of Tishman Speyer's 520 Madison Avenue, this is the latest restaurant-and the first in New York-from BBianco Hospitality, which White co-founded with business partner Bruce Bronster in 2020. But this isn't White's first venture within the building: The same space formerly housed Alto, one of the chef's earliest successes, before it closed in 2011.

2 months ago | anglican.ink | Collin Dreizen

As with other Christian denominations, one of the most important sacraments within the Church of England (C of E) is consuming consecrated wine and bread for the Holy Communion, aka Eucharist, aka the Blessed Sacrament (religion gets complicated fast). But what if a member of the C of E can’t drink wine and/or eat gluten? Does it still count? Last week—amid wider conversations about non-alcoholic wine—that question once again came before C of E leaders.