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Wine & Beer Tasting

Producers, pours and the events that bring them together

About

A journal of producers, pours and events

Wine & Beer Tasting reports from the tastings, trade tours and festivals where wine and beer are poured, and talks to the people who make them. The journal holds 53 stories from 2009 to today, all searchable by event, wine, producer and date.

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stories
53
event reports
10
wines scored
602
producers named
76

What we cover

Event coverage. Trade tastings, regional showcases and festivals, filed with where and when they happened and the producers who poured.

Interviews. The Interview Series puts one clear question to each producer: label and bottle, the interview, the pour, and what to look for. Every event becomes a set of short producer clips and a written report.

Tasting notes and desks. Reviews, wine regions, winemaking, beer and aging, from the cellar to the taproom.

Editorial independence. Coverage is editorial and never guaranteed. Producers and organizers can ask to be featured through the form on the front page.

Tasting notes

13 stories

Scored tasting notes from the cellar door, the trade table and the tasting room.

Winemaking

11 stories

How wine is made, from the vineyard and the press to the barrel.

Events

10 stories

Trade tastings, regional showcases and festivals, with the producers who poured.

Wine Regions

10 stories

Where wine comes from, from Bordeaux and Tuscany to Oregon and the Central Coast.

Aging

4 stories

Cellaring, old vintages and what time does to a bottle.

Beer

4 stories

Brewing, lagers and ales, and the people pouring them.