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- Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2021
- Eight of Our Favorite Nonvintage Champagnes For Every Budget
- Wine Enthusiast Podcast: Love Hard Seltzer? Have We Got a Wine for You!
| Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2021 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:25 AM PDT  Meet the people shaping the future of wine, beer, cider and spirits. This is Wine Enthusiast's 40 Under 40 Tastemakers. These industry innovators challenge preconceptions, misconceptions and the status quo. They lead dialogues and amplify the voices of others. Plus, they inspire everyone around them to make the drinks business a better place. This year's list includes boundary-pushing brewers, sommeliers who became digital superstars and community organizers, plus educators, bartenders and a soil scientist. All these forward-thinking individuals redefine hospitality as the pandemic continues to upend the industry and make us reconsider what we think we know about wine, beer and spirits. We're proud to share their stories and honor their work. For the second consecutive year, the honorees were photographed remotely by the talented Matt Sayles. All were encouraged to bring their authentic selves to their virtual shoots, and Matt captured them beautifully. It’s an especially momentous chapter for us. Given the realities of creating and sustaining careers in the drinks industry, this is the final year Wine Enthusiast will highlight 40 Under 40 Tastemakers. In 2022, the feature will evolve to encompass qualified professionals of all ages. That decision in no way undermines the immense accomplishments of these 40 individuals or those celebrated in our pages in years’ past. These are extraordinary people whose accomplishments speak for themselves. Here's to all of Wine Enthusiast's 40 Under 40 Tastemakers. We raise a glass to these worthy recipients today, and we can't wait to see what tomorrow holds. |
| Eight of Our Favorite Nonvintage Champagnes For Every Budget Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:30 AM PDT  To help keep the cost of a daily celebration down, reach for a bottle of nonvintage Champagne. These blends of multiple vintages also allow wineries to have a consistent style and profile year after year, which is a boon for those who want to be sure they’ll love what they’re buying. Here are eight nonvintage Champagnes to keep chilled in the fridge. AR Lenoble NV Terroirs Extra Brut Mag 14 Rosé (Champagne); $63, 93 points. Following the practice of this producer to age reserve Champagnes in magnum bottles before blending, this is a beautifully crafted rosé. It has depth and good balance between age and fruit. Drink now. Massanois Imports. Editors' Choice. —Roger Voss Bollinger NV Special Cuvée Brut (Champagne); $79, 92 points. Dominated, as always, by Pinot Noir and with wood fermentation and aging, this Champagne has a great poise between freshness and richness. It is intense and ripe, with apple and minerality coming together. The bottling is ready to drink. Vintus LLC. —R.V. Nicolas Maillart NV Platine Brut Premier Cru (Champagne); $40, 92 points. From premier cru vineyards on the Montagne de Reims, this Champagne is driven by the Pinot Noir in the blend. It is a dry style, packed with apple and citrus fruits and a youthful vivacity that might be even better after some more bottle age. Drink from late 2021. T. Elenteny Imports. —R.V. Arlaux NV Premier Cru Brut Grande Cuvée (Champagne); $50, 90 points. From a vineyard with records going back over 1,000 years, this nonvintage cuvée is balanced and rounded, with harmony between the apple and tangy fruits and a touch of toastiness from bottle aging. It is ready to drink. Misa Imports. —R.V.   Billecart-Salmon NV Brut Réserve (Champagne); $50, 90 points. The cuvée from this great Champagne producer is dry, fruity with a fine line of minerality. That is balanced by the apple and crisp citrus-fruit flavors coming together in a vibrant, textured wine. Drink now. Billecart Salmon USA. —R.V. Boizel NV Brut Réserve (Champagne); $45, 90 points. This is Boizel’s cuvée, an attractively balanced wine with ripe apples and perfumed acidity. Like all Champagnes from this producer, it has a majority of Pinot Noir in the blend bringing richness and a fine texture. Drink now. Taub Family Selections. —R.V. Bruno Paillard NV Première Cuvée Extra Brut (Champagne); $60, 90 points. This is the producer’s nonvintage cuvée, dry in the house style and with good balance between freshness and fruitiness. Lightly textured and with taut acidity and crispness at the end, the Champagne is ready to drink. Verity Wine Partners. —R.V. Gremillet NV Sélection Brut (Champagne); $35, 90 points. From a producer based in the southern Aube region, this Pinot Noir dominated Champagne has good acidity that streams through the white fruits. Lively and vivacious, it is ready to drink. Golden State Wine Co. Editors' Choice. —R.V. |
| Wine Enthusiast Podcast: Love Hard Seltzer? Have We Got a Wine for You! Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:15 AM PDT  Over the past few years, hard seltzer has taken over the drinks world. Has the bubble burst? Or, is it about to take a different shape? Say hello to wine-based seltzers. While most hard seltzers are made from fermented sugars, specifically malt, these drinks use wine as a boozy base. And more winemakers are getting into the seltzer game. To explore this space, Managing Editor Lauren Buzzeo speaks with Andrew Nelson, Managing Partner and President at War Room Cellars, a company that produces the wine seltzer Bubble Butt, among others. For more about the rise of hard seltzer, check out this story. Wine Enthusiast's Beer Editor, John Holl, looked at hard seltzer's intersection with craft beer in this podcast. He also examined early adopters in the wine and beer worlds here. |
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