Winter Winemaking

In spring and summer, places like Napa Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley are thick with tourists. At harvest time in the fall, laden trucks ferry tons…

Perfect Pairings: White Wines

We’ve all been spending a lot of time in the kitchen lately, seeking out perfect pairings for everything in the pantry. Whether you’re grilling up tomahawk…

Q&A with Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin

On Thursday our Head of Wine Vanessa Conlin received the call of her career: After four intense years of study, countless blind tastings, and walks through…

Q&A with Arietta’s Fritz Hatton

Fritz Hatton is the opera-loving, Beethoven-playing proprietor of Wine Access member-favorite winery Arietta, which (for more than two decades) has produced some of the most elegant,…

Sicily's Ancient Winemaking Traditions Meet Modern Luxury

July on the Wine Trail

The wine comes in. We head out. That’s been the theme of our summer season: Just as we were basking in the excitement of our latest…

How to Buy Wine for Anyone

Drinking wine is easy. Communicating about it, not so much. It doesn’t matter how experienced you are. If you’re new to wine, the terminology can be…

BLICCA

Our wine team put together a (really fun) short film to help you learn technical tasting skills and impress any (and every) person around the table.…