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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on alcohol and cancer during his final weeks in office.

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on All Alcohol

Despite evidence of benefits to moderate wine drinking, Vivek Murthy’s advisory argues that links between seven types of cancer and alcohol consumption justify labels and new dietary guidelines; Labels would require an act of Congress

Mitch Frank

Jan 3, 2025

Clockwise from top left: Williams Selyem’s Sonoma Pinot Noir vineyards, Christian Moueix, a St. Patrick’s Day Irish cheese and whiskey pairing plate and Guy Fieri

Top Wine Videos of 2024

Wine Spectator’s most-watched videos of the year included exclusive interviews, a thrilling musical number, behind-the-scenes winery tours and more

Olivia Nolan

Dec 31, 2024

The year’s top health stories showed that despite growing skepticism, moderate wine consumption can contribute to good health.

Top Wine and Health Stories of 2024

From weight-loss drugs and alcohol to long COVID to the health benefits of drinking together, we covered an exciting range of topics this year

Kenny Martin

Dec 31, 2024

Clockwise from top left: Howard Backen, Eleanor Coppola, Barbara and Warren Winiarski and Terry Robards

2024: In Memoriam

American winemaking icon Warren Winiarski, Barolo legend Enrico Scavino, educator Terry Robards and influential Napa architect Howard Backen were among the wine industry history makers we lost in 2024

Robert Taylor

Dec 30, 2024

Clockwise from top left: The 300,000-bottle wine cellar at Paris’ La Tour d'Argent; an illustration of the planned renovations for Napa’s Beaulieu Vineyard; grapes in Lodi, California, shrivel on the vine; Mike and Kendall Officer of Carlisle in Sonoma.

Top Wine News of 2024

What were the year’s biggest headlines in the world of wine? Read our most popular stories

Olivia Nolan

Dec 26, 2024

More than 2,500 revelers attended the biggest event of the Festival, the Grand Tasting, where they enjoyed wine from leading winemakers like James Hall (left) of California's Patz & Hall.

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival Grows Even Bigger and Better

Benefiting the Els for Autism Foundation and sponsored by Wine Spectator, the Festival’s Grand Tasting paired superstar chefs with amazing wines

Jeffery Lindenmuth

Dec 23, 2024

A panel of experts found that wine's relationship with health is complex, but that a glass a day is linked with lower mortality rates.

U.S. Scientific Panel Reaffirms Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking

Advisors for the U.S. Dietary Guidelines find that moderate alcohol drinkers have lower all-cause mortality than nondrinkers

Mitch Frank

Dec 20, 2024

One of the auction’s top lots featured nine magnums of the celebrated super Tuscan from successive years.

A Super Auction for a Super Tuscan: Tignanello Attracts Big Bids at Christie’s

Bottles of the Sangiovese blend, sourced straight from Antinori’s cellars, raised nearly $150,000 in a sale celebrating the Chianti Classico estate’s 50th anniversary

Kenny Martin

Dec 9, 2024

Flora Springs Winery has a striking tasting room on Highway 29 near St. Helena.

Jean-Charles Boisset and Gina Gallo-Boisset Buy Napa’s Flora Springs Winery

The industry veterans begin their first winery collaboration with the St. Helena estate

Tim Fish

Dec 6, 2024

Aglianico grapes from Southern Italy are full of polyphenols such as resveratrol and quercetin, proven to have many medicinal properties.

Wine Grapes Could be the Key to Treating Vision Loss from Diabetes

A recent study by Italian scientists suggests that a supplement made from Aglianico grapes could help treat diabetic retinopathy

Olivia Nolan

Dec 6, 2024

While trends can be hard to predict and legislation on the horizon may present some challenges, senior editor Mitch Frank believes that the best is still yet to come for the wine industry.

Cheers to 2025

Senior editor Mitch Frank predicts a new year of changing trends for the wine world

Mitch Frank

From the Dec 31, 2024, issue

Alison Napjus, senior editor and lead taster for Champagne, highlights that both grower producer and big house Champagnes have merit on the market and in your glass.

Champagne’s Great Debate Is Not So Great

Rumors of rivalry between big houses and growers have been greatly exaggerated

Alison Napjus

From the Dec 31, 2024, issue

Château du Moulin-à-Vent’s Edouard Parinet (at left) organized the auction to support Wine on Wheels, a nonprofit led by sommelier and disability advocate Yannick Benjamin.

Rare Large-Format Wines—Plus a Signed Bob Gruen Photo of Bob Dylan—Up for Auction to Support Wine on Wheels

Château du Moulin-à-Vent’s Edouard Parinet rallies winemakers to support sommelier Yannick Benjamin’s disability nonprofit

Kenny Martin

Dec 3, 2024

Left to right, Jean Reno (left, with microphone), Eva Longoria, Zabou Breitman and Dominic West (at the podium), joined auction officials onstage to stoke the crowd during bidding on the auction’s top lot.

Burgundy’s Hospices de Beaune Auction Raises Over $15 Million for Health Charities

Dominic West and Eva Longoria encouraged the bidding on a special barrel of white Burgundy for Doctors Without Borders and the Global Gift Foundation

Kenny Martin

Nov 26, 2024

Turn that boat around! Last time Donald Trump passed tariffs on wine, many bottles got more expensive halfway across the Atlantic.

Wine Merchants Are Right That Tariffs Hurt Americans—Does Donald Trump Care?

Restaurants, retailers and importers are gearing up for more trade battles, but the White House could enact across-the-board duties on all foreign goods

Mitch Frank

Nov 22, 2024

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