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The Highest-Rated Beer in Every State (2026) [MAP] vinepair.com/articles/highes…
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We Asked 15 Bartenders: What’s the Best Gin for Beginners? See the #gin list: vinepair.com/articles/wa-bar…

We Asked 15 Bartenders: What's the Best Gin for Beginners? (2026)

Gin was somewhat of a tough sell in the early days of the craft cocktail revival. Consumers were more reluctant to dive into the botanical booze like they had for brown spirits. This sometimes...

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The 30 Best Rye Whiskeys to Drink in 2026 vinepair.com/buy-this-booze/…

The 30 Best Rye Whiskeys to Drink in 2026

Every year, with every new list of the best rye whiskeys, every booze writer out there tries to convince you that this (this!) is finally rye’s time to shine again. By now the story is well-told...

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🫒 A Visual Guide to Europe’s Most Popular Olive Oil Varieties, From Koroneiki to Picual [MAP]
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Before grabbing any olive oil off the grocery store shelf, read on to discover which cultivars produce the oils best suited to your needs: vinepair.com/articles/common…

A Visual Guide to Europe's Most Popular Olive Oil Varieties, From Koroneiki to Picual [MAP]

Throughout Europe, there’s a rich diversity of olive varieties. The continent’s warmer, Mediterranean regions are especially abundant in the crop, with a number of notable varieties coming from...

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The 20 Best Merlots for 2026 vinepair.com/buy-this-booze/…

The 20 Best Merlots for 2026

Merlot is thought to be named after Merle (or Merlau), a local bird in the Bordeaux region of France. Whether this is true or not, it can be helpful to think of Merlot as the little blackbird of...

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The Bull Case for Sierra Nevada’s Under-the-Radar ‘Hype Brewery’ Line vinepair.com/articles/hop-ta…

The Bull Case for Sierra Nevada’s Under-the-Radar ‘Hype Brewery’ Line

A problem — the problem? — for first-generation craft breweries is as follows. 1. Everybody knows your iconic beer. 2. Everybody loves your iconic beer. 3. Nobody buys your iconic beer. We have...

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The 10 Most Expensive Bourbons in the World (2026) vinepair.com/booze-news/10-m…

The 10 Most Expensive Bourbons in the World (2026)

Dank cellars are a gold mine for some drinkers. Rather than opening a bottle of wine — or, in some cases, a can of beer — right away, some hobbyists let their alcohol sit on racks for many years to...

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🍺🍺🍺 A Timeline of Craft Beer’s Darling Styles At one point or another during these three decades, certain styles have bubbled up to the craft beer scene’s forefront as the industry’s darling brews. Sometimes their stars burn brightly before quickly fading.
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Occasionally, the “it” status gains a sense of anchoring permanency within the scene. There’s also the rare times when a style hatches its own subcategory of darlings, not unlike a beloved sitcom paving the way for successful spinoffs.
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What follows is a rough timeline of the rise, fall, and occasional stability of these darling craft beer styles: vinepair.com/articles/craft-…

A Timeline of Craft Beer’s Darling Styles

Over the past 30 years or so, craft beer evolved from a semi-obscure curiosity to a known commodity. Perhaps more importantly, it’s made this journey without the sector ever fully selling out to the...

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We Asked 11 Sommeliers: What Cabernet Sauvignon Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2026) vinepair.com/articles/wa-som…

We Asked 11 Sommeliers: What Cabernet Sauvignon Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2026)

You don’t have to pay top dollar to get an excellent Cabernet Sauvignon. This may not always be easy to mentally reconcile. Even though it’s common practice in most states to pick up a bottle of...

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Ever wonder how Parker’s Heritage is picked every year? I went deep on this one. Go inside the innovation panel and the latest release! vinepair.com/articles/heaven…

Parker's Heritage Is One of the Most Compelling Lines in Whiskey. What's Next for the Label?

With roughly 2 million barrels aging in Kentucky, Heaven Hill is one of the Bluegrass State’s biggest whiskey producers. And after 90-plus years of operations, the company has started — or acquired —...

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We Asked 16 Bartenders: What’s the Best Bourbon for Beginners? (2026) vinepair.com/articles/wa-bar…

We Asked 16 Bartenders: What’s the Best Bourbon for Beginners? (2026)

Like any new hobby, getting into bourbon can be fun and exciting. The category presents a wide swath of delicious expressions for novices to try, and discovering a bottle that particularly grooves...

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We Asked 9 Wine Pros: What’s the Most Underrated American Wine Region? (2026) vinepair.com/articles/wa-win…

We Asked 9 Wine Pros: What’s the Most Underrated American Wine Region? (2026)

Scanning the shelves at a standard wine shop might make you think California is the only state making wine worth sipping. And while it’s true that Napa Valley and Sonoma County have some of the most...

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🚩We Asked 8 Chefs: What’s the Biggest Red Flag When You Sit Down at a Restaurant? vinepair.com/articles/wa-che…

We Asked 8 Chefs: What’s the Biggest Red Flag When You Sit Down at a Restaurant?

From line cooks and expeditors to chef-owners, back-of-house employees see how a restaurant runs from the kitchen standpoint. That behind-the-scenes knowledge gives them a unique perspective and can...

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Every Dry County Left in America, Mapped — And the Reasons Over a Million Americans Still Can’t Buy a Drink
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A “dry” county, meaning it prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages, could neighbor a fully “wet” county, one that permits the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Ninety-three years later, some counties across the U.S. are still dry, and the reasons behind the abstinences range from historic to religious: vinepair.com/articles/dry-co…

Every Dry County Left in America, Mapped — And the Reasons Over a Million Americans Still Can't Buy...

In some parts of the United States, it still feels like 1920. When the federal government repealed Prohibition in 1933, it left the decision on how to legislate the production and sale of wine, beer,...

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