Sommelier Roundtable: What's the Hardest Part of Your Job?
From diners suspicious of being ripped off to cellar-management tedium to working past midnight, every night—these 8 wine …
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Sommelier Roundtable: What Are You Drinking—Besides Wine?
These 10 wine pros also know their way around bottles—or cans, cups, tumblers and carafes—of everything from stout beer to …
Sommelier Roundtable: What's in Your Personal Cellar?
These 9 wine pros sell bottles for a living, but here's what they collect on their own dime and time
Sommelier Roundtable: Wine-Inspired Pet Names
We asked 9 wine pros if they have dogs, cats—or kids—they named after grapes, regions, wine labels (or snacks) that are …
Sommelier Roundtable: Your Wine Predictions for 2019
New Year, new wine trends! We asked 9 wine pros what regions, styles and philosophies will reign in 2019—and what fads they …
Sommelier Roundtable: How Do You Stay Fit and Healthy?
In a job that involves a lot of drinking, eating, stress and unusual hours, these 11 wine pros stay in shape—here's how
Sommelier Roundtable: New World Alternatives for Old World Palates
Bordeaux and Burgundy may be benchmarks, but we asked 8 wine pros to share picks from California, Australia, Chile and …
Lessons in Sommelier 'Swagger': A Day in the Life of Brooklyn Restaurateur Alex LaPratt
The co-owner of Atrium Dumbo and Beasts & Bottles teaches Burgundy at the International Culinary Center, hosts "wine …
Sommelier Roundtable: What's Your Biggest Pet Peeve?
From bad attitudes at the table to "grape-haters," 14 wine-and-food pros tell us what's bugging them in restaurants right …
Sommelier Roundtable: What's Your Go-To Wine for a Barbecue?
From chilled reds to Champagne, here's what these 10 wine pros are drinking by the grill, pool and patio
Sommelier Roundtable: What's Your Favorite 'Against the Rules' Wine and Food Pairing?
They say rules are meant to be broken. We asked these 9 wine pros which unexpected and unconventional flavor matches hit …
Two Days with the 'Wine Guy' for the Capital Grille, Seasons 52 and Olive Garden
Darden Restaurants' national wine director Brian Phillips navigates 22 interviews before lunch, a Champagne vending …