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Delta Unveils New Wine Offerings for Its Premium Customers
Delta Air Lines is refreshing the wine list aboard its most premium cabins, with more than a dozen new selections taking flight this fall. The Atlanta-based carrier says it evaluated approximately 1,600 wines before selecting 13 from 11 wineries. The collection emphasizes California producers, particularly those from Napa and Sonoma, while also incorporating wines from France, ...
Here’s How to Have the Ultimate Foodie Vacation
The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These 19 vineyards, tasting rooms, and eating places are the 2026 winners of the What to Do: Food & Wine Experiences category.
10 Of the Best Cabernet Sauvignons for Every Budget
Cabernet sauvignon is one of the few wines where a perfectly respectable bottle can cost less than your typical Starbucks order, and another can require a second mortgage. The range of quality can also be staggering, and price alone is often a lousy shortcut for deciding what to buy. Given this vast playing field, I’ve learned to look for different signals at each price p...
Travel: Napa Valley 2.0
Been there, done that? Think again. Offering expanded tasting opportunities, innovative experiences, and a remarkable array of dining options, Napa Valley is keeping things fresh.
The 2-Ingredient Cocktail I Turn to After a Long Day
I don’t want to write about white port. I don’t want to explain how it’s made or how it’s different from its ruby and tawny counterparts. I don’t want to engage with the performative exercise of a tasting note, boring myself with thoughts about a lemony nose this or a bitter finish that. I simply want to pop open a bottle and pour it over some fresh ice cubes in a hef...
Tannins Might Be the Most Misunderstood Part of Wine
What exactly are tannins? Where do they come from, and why do some wines seem to leave your mouth feeling like you licked a cotton ball while others feel soft and smooth? To get some answers, we tapped the winemaker for Sequoia Grove Winery, Jesse Fox, to break down everything you need to know about tannins.
Beaujolais’ Power Pair
While each of Beaujolais’ ten crus has its own distinct character, Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent have long stood apart for producing the region’s most powerful and ageworthy expressions of Gamay. Broadly speaking, Morgon is more fruit-forward and energetic, with a pronounced backbone of iron or graphite, while Moulin-à-Vent leans darker, with a chewier tannic structure complem...
The Story Behind the Champagne That Winners Will Spray at the 2026 World Cup
When the final whistle blows at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey today and the winning team retreats to the locker room, the champagne that gets sprayed across the walls will be Taittinger. The Reims-based house has been the official champagne of the FIFA World Cup for more than 12 years, a partnership now entering its seventh tournament. In that time, Taittinger has quietly becom...
These 12 Chablis Are Pure Cha-Bliss
While not explicitly written on the label, all wines from Chablis are made from 100% Chardonnay. No other grape is allowed in the four Chablis Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC), and no one has seen the need to change that. It is here, in the northernmost region of Burgundy, that some believe the grape is expressed in its “purest” form. These wines are crisp, texture...
7 Stellar Super Tuscans to Buy Right Now
Marchese Mario Incisa della Roccheta is widely credited for initiating the “Super Tuscan” movement. He and his wife carried Cabernet Sauvignon vines from Bordeaux when they moved to coastal Tuscany in the 1940s and planted them to make wine solely for personal family consumption. His wine garnered international acclaim when his relative Piero Antinori convinced him to sell ...
