Wine educator Dominique DeVito reminisces over summers in France for this week’s bottle crush + makes a case for a classically French Kir cocktail.

Sommelier Val Feldman, owner of Stable Gate Winery, Barn + Vineyard in Castleton, talks natural wine, fermentation, inclusivity + expanding her family’s four-generation business.

A collaboration between Val Feldman of Stable Gate Winery in Castleton + Italian bartender Francesco Dionese, based in New York City, means the Capital Region is home to Dionese’s Bitter Aperitif wine, a remarkably good alt to Campari, and a sibling for their Dionese’s sweet vermouth. Made in New York, baby.

Topped with Cava sparkling wine, Klocke Estate’s bittersweet vermouth spritz is a low-ABV summertime sipper.

Curious Elixir’s Adaptogenic Curious Red is Founder @susiedp’s Non-Alc Feel Good Sipper for Summer 2026

May is for women, wine + the start of summer. We ask 5 women in the wine industry for their current wine crush.

At Mirador in Kingston, Nick Africano, a musician, certified sherry educator + restaurateur, talks art, hospitality + Andalucía.

🫒INTEL — NEOVISTA OPENS ITS VAULT at 60 STATE

Chinese wine has made its way upstate. We chat with wine importer, Lila Holland, the founder of the Hudson-based Peripheral wine fair about the growing interest in Chinese wine.

Wine importer Lila Holland pairs a versatile Chinese pét-nat wine for this week’s bottle crush.

Veronica Agama—Latina, mother, entrepreneur + chef—talks food trucks, the diversity of Latin cooking + moving her Viva Empanadas business upstate.
— We also have her exclusive announcement of a new third location!

In Kinderhook, Isola is equal parts wine bar + community hub with Hillary Zio’s curated focus on boutique, coastal European wines.

Exec. Chef Dan Bagnall talks native American heritage, the meaning of Sonder + why wine is here to stay.

Winter’s here, now what? We have 7 cozy wine bars where you can hunker down.

Inspired by a wine bar in Troy, Schenectady finally has a natural wine bar of its own. We dish the early intel with owner Tina Riggi.

BOTTLE CRUSH — We ask the experts: Does it turkey? Four wines to get you through Thanksgiving 2025.

Where to eat in Kinderhook: 3 spots to know — The Aviary, Isola Wine Bar + Saisonnier

3 spots you need to know in Rosendale: Bistrot Le Chat Barbu, Well Nice Wine Bar + Montauk Catch Club.

INTEL: New York’s Finger Lakes is the 2025 American Wine Region of the Year. We have 5 New York wines you need to try.

With the Finger Lakes named 2025 wine region of the year, the waterfront Lake House on Canandaigua is ideal in summer or a winter getaway with friends.