Interviews

How to build a successful wine menu with Samantha McCrimmon

Samantha McCrimmon shares her journey as a Wine Director and Sommelier and spills the tea on how she created and currently leads a successful wine program.

Interviews

Driving wine sales with Vincenzo Arnese

Head Sommelier and wine buyer Vincenzo Arnese gives us the skinny on how to bring in wine sales at the restaurant.

Suppliers Spotlight

2019 Poet's Leap Riesling Wins Best Wine By Glass

Wine Of The Year By The Glass— A prominent award which was given to the 2019 Poet's Leap Riesling crafted by Long Shadows Vintners at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards.

Suppliers Spotlight

2021's List of Best Wines for Restaurants Is Out

2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards unveils the best wines that consumers can drink at restaurants, bars and hotels.

Suppliers Spotlight

2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards Announces Winners

The highly anticipated winners of the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards are out now!

Suppliers Spotlight

2020 Baron De Ley Rioja Rosado: Rosé Wine Of The Year

2020 Baron De Ley Rioja Rosado wins the top score for a rose at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards making it Rosé Wine Of The Year. The wine is made by Baron de Ley in Spain and imported by Carolina Wine Brands in the USA.

Suppliers Spotlight

2018 Persistence By Reynolds Family Winery Gets Red Wine Of The Year

Red Wine Of The Year crowned to 2018 Persistence By Reynolds Family Winery with a classic score of 96 points secures second spot in the winner's list of Sommeliers Choice Awards.

Menu Intel

New horizons: How Covid-19 affected America's sommeliers

From online boot camps to fast food, these are the pivots that kept wine bars in business during the roller-coaster ride that was 2020.

Operations and Management

Wine Purchasing and Inventory: Monitoring, Systems and Guidelines

There are now plenty of wine inventory management systems available – some of them created by sommeliers.

Operations and Management

Server Wine Training: Content, Organization and Implementation

Overview of the content of any server wine training program, together with its organization and implementation.

Menu Intel

From Penn's Vineyard to Pinot Noir: How Pennsylvania became one of America’s most fascinating wine regions

Grapes have been grown here for centuries, but it’s only now that Pennsylvania’s vinous potential is shining through. Here’s the lowdown on the Keystone State

Menu Intel

Samples, Flights and Some Very Unusual Matches: How The New Breed of Food Halls Are Making Wine More Accessible and Fun

From San Francisco to Shanghai, casual eating in food halls is all the rage. What can sommeliers at more traditional outlets learn from how they serve wine?