"It's like catching a falling knife," Sonoma-based agricultural land appraiser Tony Correia said of the collapsing vineyard market. "The market's moving faster than the appraiser does." Correia said vineyard owners across Sonoma, Napa Valley, Mendocino, and Lake counties are all feeling the squeeze as grape demand weakens and buyers gain leverage.
The inaugural Sligo Cup was held at County Sligo Golf Club, Rosses Point, bringing together golf clubs from across the county for a day centred on friendship, competition, and strengthening ties within the local golfing community.
If you store every second glass upside down, you can increase the overall capacity of your cabinet space by about 30%. All you need to do is alternate the glasses to face either up or down when stacking or lining them side-by-side in neat rows. This works really well with stemmed glassware and tapered glasses that have a wider rim than base - or vice versa. Most glasses should be safe to keep this way, depending on how sturdy they are, but there are some things to keep in mind.
While not super common, a handful wineries in Napa, Sonoma, Lake County, and Paso Robles offer accommodations on site, from hotel suites to spacious guesthouses to charming cottages. All you have to do is wake to the sun rising over the vineyards and spend the day sipping without ever worrying about the voyage home.
In 1969, when Buzz Aldrin and company landed on the moon for the first time, he had a special drink in the lander: wine. Despite Tang's reputation as the unofficial drink of the space age, Aldrin wasn't particularly sentimental about the stuff. What he actually brought to the moon - tucked carefully among his gear - was wine. Real wine, along with a small portion of bread.
A bottle of The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 60 Year Old sold for $2.7m at Sotheby's, becoming the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at auction. The sale smashed its pre-auction estimate by more than $1m and eclipsed the previous record by roughly $800,000 - a figure that, as of 2026, still stands untouched.
Beyond prices, the ultimate guide to buying olive oil involves factors like country of origin, how the oil is pressed, and individual tasting notes. We took these into account to find out which store brand EVOOs best balance value with quality. For Kirkland Signature's part, we looked at its Extra Virgin Italian Olive Oil (priced at $27.99 for two liters, or $0.41 per ounce) and 100% Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil ($24.99 for three liters; $0.25 per ounce). There are differences between Spanish and Italian olive oil, but both products are made exclusively with olives grown and cold-extracted in their respective countries.
“Star Hill has been a really exciting journey that has taken the focus out of the distillery into nature,” says Rob Samuels, the managing director of Maker's Mark (Rob's grandparents started Maker's in 1953). “And traceability and transparency are a very, very important part of the story.”
Rathfinny only produces vintage wines, choosing to reflect the character of each year rather than blending across multiple vintages for consistency like the big Champagne houses do. It gives their wines a bit more personality, even if it means each release is slightly different.
Chapel Down has sold more than a million bottles of English sparkling wine in a single year for the first time, a watershed moment in its bid to seize 1 per cent of the global champagne market by 2035.
Johnnie Walker came out on top yet again, coursing ahead of its nearest competitor by nearly double the volume, with 21.6 million cases sold, and runner-up Ballantine's coming in second with 9.3 million.
I remember noticing them drinking. I remember seeing that it changed them. Not because they were drunk (they weren't), but because they were at ease, happy, giggling maybe, smiling.
Lincoln reportedly said, 'I am entitled to little credit for not drinking because I hate the stuff. It is unpleasant and always leaves me flabby, undone.' This reflects his personal aversion to alcohol.
