Tag: wineries
The Best Boutique Wineries in the US Worth Going Out of Your Way For
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 9 min read The best boutique wineries in the US produce fewer than 5,000 cases per year, pour their…
What Are the Trending Wine Destinations for 2026? The Hottest Winemakers and Regions to Visit
VinePair's "15 Winemakers to Watch" highlights several must-visit producers creating the future of wine. In California's Santa Cruz Mountains, ambitious yo...
What Wine Regions Are Best for Beginners? Your Complete Guide to Accessible Wine Destinations
Choosing the right wine region as a beginner sets the foundation for lifelong wine appreciation. Below, we break down the key criteria for selecting beginn...
What Makes Boutique Wineries Worth Visiting for Wine Pairing Experiences?
Boutique wineries offer intimate, educational wine pairing experiences with direct winemaker interaction, limited production tastings, and personalized attention.
What Makes Boutique Wineries Special for Farm-to-Table Wine Experiences?
Boutique wineries specialize in small-batch production with intimate, farm-to-table dining experiences that combine locally sourced ingredients with artisan wines.
Westport Winery Wins Best of Class At West Coast Competition
2026 Update — New Ownership: Westport Winery Garden Resort is under new ownership as of December 10, 2025. After 17 years, founders Blain, Kim, and…
Explore Sonoita, Arizona’s Completely Underrated Wine Region
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · Arizona · 8 min read Arizona wine is no longer a surprise to the people paying attention — it’s…
Introducing the World’s Most Sought-After Champagne
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine · Champagne · 7 min read In two small walled plots in the grand cru village of Aÿ, in the heart…
What Is Wine Oxidation? And How to Stop It
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine · 6 min read Open a bottle of white wine, leave it on the counter overnight, and taste it in the…
Near Sedona’s famed red rocks, a wine trail in Arizona
Most Sedona visitors leave without knowing that 30 minutes south, along a winding creek road through oak-studded high desert, is one of the most genuinely…
Boxed Wine Gets Serious: What’s Changed and What’s Worth Buying
The rehabilitation of boxed wine is complete. Tablas Creek — an acclaimed, certified organic estate in Paso Robles — put a portion of its Patelin…
Driftless Glen Distillery: How Wisconsin’s Ancient Geology Made a Great Bourbon
Fifteen thousand years ago, the glaciers that flattened most of the Midwest stopped just short of a corner of southwestern Wisconsin. The ice retreated, the…
Italian Biodynamic Wine: What the Best Producers Are Actually Doing
Biodynamic wine sits at the intersection of serious agriculture and genuine mysticism — which is either its most compelling feature or its most off-putting one,…
Long Island Wine in 2026: How Cabernet Franc Finally Put the North Fork on the Map
In 2016, wine writer Lenn Thompson posed two questions about Long Island wine that he said might not be answered for decades: would the North…
The Cape Winelands: Why Your Friends Who Went to South Africa Can’t Stop Talking About It
The friends who come back from South Africa’s Cape Winelands all say the same thing: they knew the wine would be good, but they did…