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The Jackson family at their La Crema winery in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley (from left): Hailey Hartford Murray, MacLean Hartford, Don Hartford, Jennifer Jackson Hartford, Barbara Banke, Chris Jackson, Katie Jackson and Julia Jackson.

Jackson Family Wines Succeeds Across Generations

Jess Jackson’s children and grandchildren plot a trajectory for the California powerhouse

From the Dec 15, 2025, issue

For Abe Zarate, integrating nonalcoholic wines on a wine list is essential to high-level hospitality.

Meet the Sober Somm, Abe Zarate

For the wine director at New York City’s Crane Club, sobriety is a superpower that deepens his love of wine

Jan 16, 2026

The Three Musketeers harvesting Grillo for Officina del Vento: Andrea Lonardi (standing), Gabriele Gorelli (wearing hat) and Pietro Russo (driving)

Italy’s Three Musketeers and Their Island Wine

Friends and Masters of Wine come together to preserve vineyards and create vino in an oft-forgotten area of Sicily

Dec 18, 2025

After his father purchased an estate between Florence and Arezzo, Salvatore Ferragamo convinced him to plant about 10 acres of vineyards to try making an estate wine.

A Tuscan Fairy Tale

How the Ferragamo family turned a forgotten spot in Tuscany into a luxe wine destination

Dec 8, 2025

The Gotts purchased Napa’s historic Edge Hill winery in 2022. The property’s six acres of vines will anchor a line of premium wines.

All that Glitters Is Gott

Joel and Sarah Gott have built a million-case brand on a blend of winemaking skill and creativity

Aaron Romano

From the Dec 15, 2025, issue

While Brunello is Caprili’s flagship wine, Giacomo Bartolommei doesn’t treat the estate’s other reds as lesser bottlings.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Montalcino’s Millennial Leader

From his family’s Caprili estate, a rising wine star responds to climate change and his generation’s indifference to wine

Robert Camuto

Nov 19, 2025

From Lambrusco to Riesling Sekt, from Santa Barbara Pinot Noir to Beaujolais, these are the wines sommeliers are bringing to the Thanksgiving table.

Sommelier Roundtable

28 Top Budget Wines Under $30 for Thanksgiving 2025

Sommeliers pick the best bottles for your holiday table, including sparkling, reds and whites

Julia Larson

Nov 13, 2025

Pascale Peyronie is the seemingly tireless owner of the estate acquired by her grandfather and father in the mid-1900s, investing in its wine quality and infrastructure.

Comeback at Château Fonbadet

In Pauillac, Pascale Peyronie is revamping her family estate

James Molesworth

From the Nov 30, 2025, issue

Artificial intelligence is helping and hindering sommeliers with the more human aspects of their jobs.

Sommelier Roundtable

Is AI Changing Restaurant Wine Service? We Asked Sommeliers

Nine wine pros shared how artificial intelligence and other technologies are impacting dining and hospitality

Julia Larson

Nov 7, 2025

Marilisa Allegrini has owned Villa Della Torre since 2008, but only recently introduced a line of wines, which has now been revamped and expanded.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Show Time (Again) for Marilisa Allegrini

After the Allegrini company split in two, an Italian legend debuts a new line of wines from the Valpolicella area

Robert Camuto

Nov 4, 2025

Andy Robinson took meticulous measures to craft Seghesio’s Wine Value of the Year, aging the wine for 10 months in a combination of American and French oak barrels, with only a small amount of new oak.

Honoring Wine Spectator’s Wine Value of the Year for 2024

An under-$30 Sonoma County Zinfandel shines brightly among the world’s top names in wine

Olivia Nolan

Oct 29, 2025

“[Castello della Sala] has been, let’s say, my ‘castle’ along the way,” said Renzo Cotarella at the 2025 Wine Experience.

Wine Star: Renzo Cotarella

Marchesi Antinori’s longtime CEO celebrates nearly 50 years behind the Tuscan powerhouse with an Umbrian white of great personal significance

Robert Taylor

Oct 27, 2025

Though Johann Rupert oversees a portfolio of luxury goods, he describes wine as a lifestyle rather than a business.

Wine Star: Billionaire South African Vintner Johann Rupert

The mogul behind Anthonij Rupert Wyne shared how his interest in wine has led him to be a better businessman

Julia Larson

Oct 22, 2025

Asani Swann and Carmelo Anthony co-founded VII(N) The Seventh Estate, naming it with two references to Anthony’s iconic number seven jersey from his time playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New York Knicks.

Wine Star: Carmelo Anthony

From All-Star to wine star, NBA legend-turned-vintner Carmelo Anthony presents his wine brand’s high-scoring Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Olivia Nolan

Oct 21, 2025

With Illumination, Quintessa winemaker Rebekah Wineburg seeks to create a white wine notable for its texture and ageability.

Wine Star: Quintessa’s Rebekah Wineburg

The Napa winemaker crafts one of the world’s great Sauvignon Blancs in Cabernet country

Dana Nigro

Oct 20, 2025

Castello Romitorio's modern winery is disguised by an ancient-looking facade decorated with sculptures by owner and renowned Italian artist Sandro Chia.

Robert Camuto Meets...

Great Art and Wine in Montalcino

At Castello Romitorio, painter and sculptor Sandro Chia and his son Filippo created a stellar Brunello estate around a castle purchased with paintings

Robert Camuto

Oct 16, 2025

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