Hannah Staab

6 days ago | vinepair.com | Hannah Staab

As the cost of high-end wine continues to climb, people are looking for strategies to score great bottles at lower prices. While many find success scouring auction sites or buying from underrated regions, there’s a new way savvy wine lovers are evading the whopping price tag on their favorite brands, and it bears an intriguing name. Shoppers might find these bottles listed under the title “NDA wines” on a retail site, which is short for nondisclosure agreement.

1 week ago | vinepair.com | Hannah Staab

A new territory has been conquered in the ongoing creativity arms race between the world’s top bars: the ice cube. Over the years, the search for garnish innovations inspired inventions like the classic cocktail pick, the cringey millennial-era tiny clothespin, or, more recently, the little spoon that can hold a small serving of caviar.

1 week ago | vinepair.com | Hannah Staab

Most discussions about wine corks typically concern the potential flaws the closure can impart on the liquid. (It doesn’t help that one of the most prevalent wine flaws is commonly known as “cork taint.”) But the cork doesn’t always have to be a negative influence. In fact, producers in Champagne have been experimenting with the idea of corks adding increased depth and texture to the final wine for decades with surprising results.

1 week ago | vinepair.com | Hannah Staab

King Charles III and Queen Camilla celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary at a state banquet in Rome on Wednesday evening and popped a surprising bottle to mark the occasion: the Ferrari Riserva Lunelli 2016. The sparkling wine from Italy’s Trentino region retails for approximately £60 ($78) per bottle in the U.K. — a shockingly approachable wine to toast the King and Queen.

2 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Hannah Staab

For the past several months, rumors circulated regarding Constellation Brands’ potential plans to exit the wine industry as the company continues to see the majority of its success in its Mexican beer brands. On Wednesday, the Rochester, N.Y.-based brand confirmed these rumors, announcing an agreement to sell a major portion of its wine portfolio to Livermore, Calif.-based The Wine Group. The deal is expected to close following the end of Constellation’s first quarter in fiscal year 2026.