Flavored Wines Are Leading Key Industry Trends in 2026
The growth of flavored wine offers lessons in accessibility, flavor, and meeting evolving consumer demand
Emily Saladino is a writer, editor, and recipe developer based in New York. Previously a culinary editor at Food Network, she reviews wines from Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, and Lebanon for Wine Enthusiast, where she used to be a managing editor and remains a writer at large. She writes a monthly column about wine for The Washington Post, and her work has been published in BBC, Bloomberg, Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, and others.
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