Yes, It’s OK to Heat Premium Sake
Breaking the hot sake taboo, a growing number of restaurants are serving their high-end bottles warm
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Beyond High-Profile Scandals, Wine Fraud Is Rampant
How the pandemic-fueled increase in online sales and decrease in vetting has led to more counterfeit bottles—and how wine professionals can spot them
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Understanding the wine specialist’s real impact on restaurant revenue
Tracking the Career Transitions of 3 Top Somms
Catching up with Cristie Norman, Rebecca Flynn, and Harry Ballmann about their pandemic-influenced job moves
5 Tips for Optimizing Your in-House Alcohol Delivery Service
Retailers share best practices for delivering beer, wine, and spirits to homes across your state—where it’s legal
How One Distillery Turned a Coffin Shop into a Bar
Durham Distillery’s Melissa Katrincic on the success of her gin-focused Corpse Reviver Bar & Lounge
How Bars Are Surviving the Pandemic
Bar owners from across the country share strategies for staying in business
Will Biden Remove Wine Tariffs?
Despite sudden additional tariffs, industry groups are organizing with optimism that the incoming administration could issue a game-changing executive order
Why ‘Active Agers’ Could Help Drive Post-Pandemic Sales
Consumers over 50 are drinking more, spending more, and embracing innovation more than past generations. The industry should stop ignoring them
New Year’s Resolutions from Industry Leaders
Drinks professionals share their 2021 goals—and how they plan to achieve them
Wilmington’s Robert Kidd on Reinvigorating a Historic Hotel Bar
How the head bartender built a local following at newly-opened Le Cavalier in Delaware’s iconic Hotel du Pont
What Corks Will Wine Pros Be Popping on NYE?
We asked 14 industry insiders to share the bottle of sparkling wine they’ll be opening to toast 2020’s end—and why it’s the right wine for this moment