Jon Fine

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Ghostwriter and Media Consultant at Freelance

Editor in Chief @newwinereview. Ex @Inc/@bitchmagnet. Won a James Beard Award, wrote Your Band Sucks. And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.

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DENHAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IS ON THE AIR!

Mar 31, 2025 | livingstonparishnews.com | Jon Fine

Posted 3/31/25Jon Fine (Sports) Productions will be airing a select slate of Denham Springs HS Baseball and Softball games and all playoff games in 2025! These broadcasts can be seen on You Tube @dsjacket …This item is available in full to subscribers.
The Week in Wine: March 14, 2025

Mar 14, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Renske De Maesschalck |Jon Fine

Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:3️⃣ “Along with Sangiovese and Nebbiolo, Aglianico is considered one of the big three when it comes to Italian grapes. Yet it definitely isn’t as well known as the other two.” Why? 🏅 7 don’t-miss bottles from Montrachet. 🫧 Quality domestic sparklers to consider if this trade war gets even rowdier. (Paywall – WSJ)☀️ How to spend three delightful days in Ojai⛱️ A better way to go to Ibiza. 🇳🇿 Wairarapa: a New Zealand wine gem.
Aglianico Is Italy's Most Underrated Grape

Mar 13, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Renske De Maesschalck |Jon Fine

Along with Sangiovese and Nebbiolo, Aglianico is considered one of the big three when it comes to Italian grapes. Yet it definitely isn’t as well known as the other two. Maybe it’s just geography. Aglianico is found in Southern Italy, particularly in Campania and Basilicata, and there are vast differences between Italy’s South—which encompasses everything below Rome—and its North.
The Week in Wine: March 7, 2025

Mar 6, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Fintan Kerr |Jon Fine

Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:🍇 The most exciting grapes in Italy aren’t the ones you’re thinking of. 🧠 A smarter guide to Napa’s classic Cabernets. 🥩 Non-obvious pairings for that big, juicy steak. 🇮🇹 Chianti Classico is still a tremendous value, even if prices are rising. 🦫 Vogue’s guide to the Willamette Valley. ⚽ Jancis Robinson says the young wine scene in Manchester is a total delight. 🥾 NatGeo finds gold in New Mexico’s vineyards and Gran Canaria’s wine route.
The Taster’s Guide To Classic Napa Cabernets (And Some Other Wines, Too)

Mar 4, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Jason Wilson

Stating the obvious: Serious Napa Cabernet ain’t cheap, and many highly-coveted wines from highly-prized estates are only available via allocation lists—which have long waiting lists themselves. While the number of unavailable wines herein may frustrate, a good chunk of the below are still easy to find. This may also state the obvious, but when dealing with Napa Cabernet, it’s a good rule of thumb here to assume that pricing is far more a function of market demand rather than pure quality.
Stalking The Traditionalists In Napa. (Yes. They’re Still There.)

Feb 27, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Susannah Skiver Barton

Today, it is entirely possible that two full generations of younger, savvy wine drinkers find Napa Valley monumentally uncool: luxury-oriented, points-chasing, boring. Clearly, none of them have met Ketan Mody, the founder and winemaker at Jasud Estate and Beta Wines. Mody, who’s 43 and whose father from India, is perhaps best understood as a punk-rock fusion of Sisyphus and the Japanese farmer-philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka.
How About We Stop Calling These Wines Feral And Savage?

Jan 23, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Susannah Skiver Barton

A few months ago, I visited the (very) low-key Northern Rhône superstar Agnes Levet at her family’s domaine, Vignobles Levet. She is rightly celebrated for her uncompromising, almost alarmingly pure Côte Rôties, which manage the neat trick of being benchmark expressions of Syrah, and their region, while remaining distinct and singular. These are wines that are unapologetically what they are, and they take a long time to come around.
7 Bottles That Explain Australian Wine Right Now

Jan 22, 2025 | newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Susannah Skiver Barton

I could, I guess, try to act like I know a lot about Australian wine. There’s Wendouree, which has produced singular, structured, and very slow-to-develop reds in the Clare Valley for more than 100 years. There are the stunning Reserve Rieslings made by Crawford River in the far Southwestern reaches of Victoria, or those made by Grosset, which is also in the Clare Valley. There’s Rockford’s legendary Basket Press Shiraz, which harkens back to an earlier, pre-Parker time in the Barossa.
The Basics of Blaufränkisch

Nov 11, 2024 | newwinereview.com | Jason Wilson |Jon Fine |Sarah Parker Jang

While Grüner Veltliner has experienced an up-and-down popularity with American wine drinkers, Austrian red wines have struggled to find love, and remain relatively obscure. Certainly, you’ll see ageworthy Blaufränkisch on more contemporary wine lists, and a good wine bar may offer an entry-level Austrian red by the glass. But there’s rarely much buzz, and little understanding or interest outside the wine-geek bubble.
The Week in Wine: November 8, 2024

Nov 8, 2024 | newwinereview.com | Jon Fine |Sarah Parker Jang |Jason Wilson |Susannah Skiver Barton

Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:🦃 26 wines for Thanksgiving dinner. 🧀 But first: what to drink before the meal. 🙊 And what to drink afterward. 🥪 And, hell, what to drink the next day. 🛒 Quiet changes at much-beloved K&L. (Paywall – SF Chron)☕ One way to make it as a top-tier somm: start in a diner. 🌤️ Amid plummeting wine sales, where are the bright spots? Margaret River, Prosecco, and Oregon Chards, to name a few.