Tips from the pros on how to drink well in leaner times
If dinner and drinks at your favorite restaurant tugs a bit harder on your wallet these days, you're not alone. Whether in Los Angeles, New York or Chicago, the cost...
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6 red wines to keep you cool during a red-hot Chicago summer
The dog days of summer are high season for thirst-quenching white and rosé wines — but many Chicagoans remain loyal to reds year-round. "In Chicago, no matter what the season...
Rosé fatigue? 5 intriguing bottles that’ll have you swooning this summer
The season of #yeswayrosé descends each summer onto Instagram feeds and retail stores in a dramatic wave of pink. Rosé is, after all, more than just a tipple. In every...
Up your holiday wine game with 9 perfect picks for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve
There's nothing more festive than that pop of Champagne and a resounding clink of glasses to ring in the holiday season. But with Thanksgiving just days ahead and Christmas and...
These aren’t your bubbe’s kosher wines: 8 bottles perfect for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
For many Jews the High Holidays — a stretch of days from Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, through Yom Kippur, the day of atonement — are an especially meaningful...
10 spicy, lush and intensely fruity wines to fall in love with this autumn from Chicago sommeliers
Whether a subtle whiff of campfire on a cool autumn breeze or the less-than-subtle lure of a pumpkin spice latte, the spicy, savory harbingers of fall spark a shift in...