Germany’s updated wine law—which is mandatory from the 2026 vintage—introduces PDOs, PGIs, and stricter regional control, but understanding the new hierarchy won’t necessarily be ...

Wine can be confusing, especially when it comes to the laws and classifications around it. In the United States, they’re relatively straightforward — we have the American Viticultural Area (AVA) ...

The Crus Bourgeois wine classification of Bordeaux in France—originally initiated in 1932—was relaunched in February this year on the date of 02/20/2020. It covers only red wines produced in eight ...

A few years ago, at a tasting at Grand Cata, a shop in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a producer described one of his wines to a group of customers as “masculine.” Pedro J. Rodríguez, ...