Wine
Wine coverage from CrushBrew — boutique wineries, varietals, tasting guides, and the winemakers shaping American wine from vineyard to bottle.
Seneca Lake Wine Trail
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 7 min read The Seneca Lake Wine Trail, in New York’s glacial Finger Lakes region, is the largest wine…
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 7 min read The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, in New York’s Finger Lakes region, is the first organized wine…
Temecula Valley Vineyards
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 7 min read The Temecula Valley is Southern California’s wine country, a warm, dry region just east of Interstate…
Cayucos Cellars – Family Owned Winery by the Sea
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 6 min read Cayucos Cellars is a small, family-owned natural-wine producer on California’s Central Coast, making wild-yeast-fermented wines from…
The Wine Tasting Rooms of Los Olivos – Forty Strong
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 9 min read Los Olivos is a tiny wine-country town in the Santa Ynez Valley, less than an hour…
San Diego’s Highland Valley Wine Trail Catching the Rhythm of the Valley
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 7 min read Thirty minutes north of downtown San Diego, tucked into the hills above San Pasqual Valley, Highland…
Building Your Own Wine Collection
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 6 min read Starting a wine collection doesn’t require a fortune or a sommelier’s credentials — it requires a…
Farm-to-Glass Cocktails with Flavorful Shrubs and Bitters
CrushBrew Editorial · Food & Spirits · 7 min read Shrubs and bitters have moved from obscure cocktail-bar curiosity to something you can find on…
The Hues of Red Wine
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 7 min read You’re standing in front of a wall of red wine — a hundred bottles from cabs…
Pop the Sparkling! But Which One? Champagne vs. Prosecco vs. Sparkling Wine
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 6 min read All Champagne is sparkling wine — but not all sparkling wine is Champagne. That one sentence…
Il Palagio Vineyard – A Piece of Paradise in Firenze, Italy
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine & Travel · 9 min read There’s a 16th-century estate on a hillside in Tuscany’s Chianti Colli Fiorentini, and it belongs…
Red, White and Orange (?) Wine
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 6 min read People in the wine world go back and forth on it. It’s been called the “hipster…
Acidity, Tannins, Finish, Terroir: The 14 Wine Words Every Drinker Should Know
Wine tasting has its own language — and unlike most specialized vocabularies, this one is genuinely useful. Knowing the difference between acidity and tannins, understanding…
The Great Debate – Oak Wine Barrels or Stainless Steel Wine Drums?
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 8 min read Ask any winemaker whether they prefer oak barrels or stainless steel and you will get a…
San Diego’s Oldest Vineyard and Winery
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 7 min read Nestled 25 miles north of downtown San Diego in Rancho Bernardo, Bernardo Winery is Southern California’s…