BATTLE OF THE SOMMS
Adam Thomas2025-02-21T12:34:52+00:00One offers efficiency and accuracy; the other passion and curiosity. Who will win in the clash between AI and human sommeliers, asks Lawrence Ulrich
PITCH PERFECT
Adam Thomas2024-12-29T18:10:02+00:00What makes for the best restaurant soundtrack and what does this say about the place, the wine, the menu? Can it be too loud, too quiet, too generic, too exclusive, too experimental? Jason Barlow investigates the politics of the ideal score
COCKTAIL HOUR
Adam Thomas2024-12-12T12:36:54+00:00A host of excellent new cocktail bars and craft distilleries is shaking things up in California’s Napa Valley, discovers Virginie Boone
TEAM SPIRIT
Adam Thomas2024-12-12T12:38:26+00:00Vibrant, welcoming and inclusive, Atlanta’s wine bar scene brings together talented experts set on forging their own unique paths in the industry, finds Cathy Huyghe
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Adam Thomas2024-11-20T11:26:43+00:00How do recipes, passed on from generations and traveling across continents, help preserve cultures, share histories, and deal with loss and love, wonders Lilah Raptopoulos
AGENTS OF CHANGE
Adam Thomas2024-11-05T20:06:21+00:00Jordan Mackay speaks with Stevie Stacionis about Bâtonnage, the multifaceted organization the wine shop owner co-founded with writer and educator Sarah Bray in Napa in 2018 to support women in wine
STILL SHE RISES
Adam Thomas2024-08-19T14:30:05+00:00Sommelier Tahiirah Habibi worked her way up to top jobs in hotspots such as Michael’s Genuine, while simultaneously raising her daughter. Here, she tells us how joining forces together is the only way to break the glass ceiling and bring about lasting change
NATIVE WISDOM
Adam Thomas2024-08-01T16:52:57+00:00With Indigenous cuisine experiencing at last a much-needed renaissance across the US, Stephanie Gravalese meets three chefs leading conversations around the movement’s ties to cultural preservation and culinary innovation
MADE NOT BORN
Adam Thomas2024-09-10T13:31:13+00:00Rebecca Fineman meets a passionate group of winemakers who against all odds, with no family ties to the wine world, have set up their own wineries around the world
HOUSTON CALLING
Adam Thomas2024-09-04T09:35:19+00:00Jessica Dupuy visits Bludorn to see why the Texan restaurant’s winning blend of approachable Southern hospitality and cleverly curated wine list could only exist in Houston