Wine Spectator

1 week ago | winespectator.com | MaryAnn Worobiec

You could almost imagine the aspiring winemakers studying. On April 9, a group of Napa Valley College (NVC) donors known as the President's Circle Giving Society took part in a hard-hat tour of the Wine Spectator Wine Education Center. Funded by a $10 million dollar gift, the largest donation ever made by the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation and the largest gift NVC has ever received, the center will offer hundreds of students the chance to pursue a career in wine.

1 week ago | winespectator.com | Mitch Frank

You can be forgiven if the current financial markets are making you want a glass of wine. Trouble is, that wine might soon cost more. While the threatened tariffs of 20 percent on all European Union wines and 30 percent on all South African wines lasted less than one day before President Donald J. Trump paused them, tariffs of 10 percent remain in place for almost all wine-exporting nations. With all the changes in trade policy since February 3, it might be easy to get confused.

1 week ago | winespectator.com | Robert Camuto

The 14th edition of OperaWine kicked off Vinitaly, Italy's signature wine fair in Verona, on April 5 against a backdrop of uncertainty and fear of a trans-Atlantic trade war sparked by President Donald J. Trump's tariffs on European products.

2 weeks ago | winespectator.com | Daniel Marsteller

Constellation Brands has taken another big step in streamlining its wine stable to focus on luxury brands, selling a 12-million-case portfolio of mostly value-priced brands to The Wine Group for an undisclosed sum. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is slated to close immediately after the end of Constellation's fiscal first quarter ending in May. The news was first reported by Shanken News Daily (SND), a sister publication of Wine Spectator.

2 weeks ago | winespectator.com | Aaron Romano

Andy Nusser, chef and partner at Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence–winning restaurant Casa Mono in New York, can’t stop talking about his fascination with pimentón, a seasoning essential to Spanish cuisine.