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,…

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.…

The En Primeur Primer

Why do thousands of wine industry professionals descend upon Bordeaux each year for en primeur to taste wine from barrels? It’s not just about tasting barrel…

New Years Wine Resolutions

“Drink More Wine,” doesn’t top Google’s list of top New Year’s Resolutions, but around the Wine Access judging table our goals for 2020 are 100% wine-driven.…

Our Favorite Super Bowl Pairings

“Super Bowl Sunday is a national holiday,” declared Master Sommelier Sur Lucero this week, and the crowd went wild. Then our team went back to placing…