Even as their own restaurants face financial disaster, chefs all over the world, including
@chefjoseandres
,
@Chefbianco
and Andrew Wong are mobilizing to feed schoolkids, the vulnerable and overworked first responders. We've got updates.
Almost immediately after the
#KincadeFire
broke out the night of Oct. 23 in northern Sonoma County, chefs from near and far sprung into action. Here's how they've been helping.
Just announced! Jon Bon Jovi and his son, Jesse Bongiovi, will be pouring their
@HamptonWater_
#ros
é for a special Wine Star seminar at the New York Wine Experience this October! Tickets:
#NYWE2018
Wine Spectator website members: While Hall of Fame rocker
@jonbonjovi
is still making hits,
#wine
and charity also take center stage in his life, with
@JBJSoulFound
helping to feed and house thousands and
@hamptonwater
becoming a
#ros
é sensation.
Wrestler
@IAmJericho
is making a bubbly
#wine
called A Little Bit of the Bubbly. But what does the reigning villain of wrestling-winemaking, Niles Plonk, think of that?
Singer and newly minted Netflix star
@JoshGroban
on how he got into the
#wine
game for a good cause, and what he won't be drinking much of on his upcoming
#Bridges
tour:
A Mexican immigrant who started as a vineyard laborer, Ulises Valdez became one of Sonoma's most renowned vineyard managers and a winery owner. He died early this morning of a heart attack.
Portland
@trailblazers
guard
@CJMcCollum
talks regularly about his
#wine
favorites and his 600-bottle cellar, and it seems like his employers have been listening. Here's how they are honoring the
@NBA
team's 50th anniversary.
Don’t miss your chance to see the legendary
@JonBonJovi
present Diving Into Hampton Water rosé with his son, Jesse, at the 2018 New York Wine Experience! Tickets:
#NYWE2018
The November 2018 fires in Butte County and Malibu have displaced tens of thousands of people, and members of the
#wine
and food industries are stepping up to help.
Wine Spectator website members: While Hall of Fame rocker
@jonbonjovi
is still making hits,
#wine
and charity also take center stage in his life, with
@JBJSoulFound
helping to feed and house thousands and
@hamptonwater
becoming a
#ros
é sensation.
Opening today in San Diego! The fourth location of International Smoke, the barbecue restaurant from
@ChefMichaelMina
and
@ayeshacurry
. This news and more in our latest edition of Turning Tables.
NEWS: Dozens of scientists in multiple countries analyzed grape DNA and discovered humanity's relationship with grapegrowing and wine goes back much further than expected.
@WineSpectator
reports.
#wine
The
#NewYork
wine scene is getting a fresh infusion of star power. ABC News chief legal analyst, author, Mediaite founder and longtime
#wine
lover
@DanAbrams
has purchased the 40-acre Laurel Lake Vineyards estate on Long Island’s North Fork.
Steven Spurrier, the British
#wine
expert, writer, educator, merchant and even vintner who was famous for having staged the 1976 Judgment of Paris, died at his home in Dorset, England, just after midnight this morning. He was 79.
Brad Pitt is getting into the Champagne biz. The superstar team behind Château Miraval
#ros
é in
#Provence
has put their efforts towards a new
#wine
, a
#Champagne
. Get the details!
What's on the mind of Argentine
#wine
pioneer
@alevigilmalbec
?
@WineSpectator
shares his takes on "putting the landscape in the bottle," his winemaking destiny and the future of Mendoza.
The Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation, dedicated to furthering
#wine
and hospitality, has donated $250,000 to the hunger relief organization
@WCKitchen
. Thanks
@chefjoseandres
and team for your dedication and compassion!
An open letter on
#wine
tariffs from
@WineSpectator
editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken: Everyone in the wine business, and anyone who loves wine, should take the time to share their comments with the government.
We have revealed the Top 100 Wines of 2019—our editors' picks for the most exciting
#wine
releases of the past year! Check out the full list of first-rate wineries, new discoveries, comeback stories and terrific values.
#WSTop100
BREAKING NEWS: The chairman of the Court of Master Sommeliers-Americas (CMS-A) stepped down yesterday and the
#wine
group announced plans for an overhaul, following accusations of sexual harassment against several Master Sommeliers.
It's
#BlackHistoryMonth
! Celebrate the
#wine
industry's Black winemakers, educators, leaders and luminaries with stories and interviews in our Black Voices section.
Prosecco joins
#wine
regions such as Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux's St.-Emilion in France, Germany's Rhine Valley and Tokaj in Hungary in earning
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status:
"He was an exceptional human being ... One of the great storytellers of our time who connected with so many." – French chef Eric Ripert speaks about his close friend, Anthony Bourdain.
New Netflix
#wine
movie out today is the story of a Memphis kid who dreams of becoming a sommelier, while his father is adamant his son take over the family barbecue joint instead. Great cast, lots of wine cameos and scenes filmed on-site in Chablis!
In the past few decades, many pioneers have helped put
#Argentina
's wines on the world stage. One of them is
#wine
pioneer
@alevigilmalbec
. Get his takes on "putting the landscape in the bottle," his winemaking destiny and the future of Mendoza.
Brother-sister writing team Shin and Yuko Kibayashi didn't think a graphic novel about
#wine
would have a big audience. But the
#manga
artists still wrote it, to wild acclaim! Read our full interview with the
#DropsofGod
authors,
@agitadashi
!
Don't miss tomorrow's "Straight Talk with Wine Spectator" on IG Live at 7 pm ET. We'll be chatting with Mac McDonald, owner and
#wine
maker of Vision Cellars. He is also the founder and chairman of the Association of African American Vintners (AAAV).
"It's not a matter of a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label was $50 and now it will be $100," says Sherry-Lehmann president Chris Adams. "No. It just won't be here."
As an editor's son and a student, Anthony Bourdain learned that "words were dangerous weapons. I learned to use words to get myself into trouble, out of trouble, and to get people to give me what I wanted." Remembering a fellow wordsmith on
#BourdainDay
: