The secret to a successful holiday doesn’t lie within the exact dishes you serve or wine you pour, per se, but in the lasting ambiance and experience you create. In other words, a holiday is only as good as the sum of its parts and finding that sweet spot between planning the perfect get-together and allowing things to naturally unfold is what will have your guests recounting the holiday for years to come. One of those ‘parts’ is the wine.

Whether you are dining on turkey, ham, or a vegan feast for the Thanksgiving holiday, there is always room for several bottles of wine at the table. And given the current trends for wellness and transparency, organic and other “green-label” wines may be the best choice. But how do you track down wines produced organically, and what do all of the certifications really mean?

Though nearly extinct at the turn of the century, kisi has made a comeback in the past few years, and this wine is a terrific example of what’s driving that interest: Fermented in qvevri for six months, it’s super juicy, brimming with notes of pear and white cherries that get spicier and redder with air. Floral scents add delicacy, but there’s lots of substance here, proven in

If you’ve toed a foot into any wine bar lately, you may have noticed a new category crowning the menu: pét-nat. “It’s the nickname for pétillant-naturel, a sparkling wine made from just organic grapes — no added yeasts or sugars, and no sulfites,” describes Rachel Signer, author of You Had Me at Pét-Nat.

Whether amber-colored skin-contact wines pique your interest, or a full-bodied Saperavi sounds more your style, Georgian wine has something for every wine lover. The country has all the makings of a

There isn’t a lot of wine from the Republic of Georgia on the U.S. market yet. But American wine lovers who look closely may start to see them showing up on the shelves of their favorite retailers and the wine lists at top restaurants. As the oldest wine-producing country according

When I visited winemaker Levan Andronikashvili a few weeks ago, his cellar sounded like a dozen cauldrons of soup boiling simultaneously. The sputtering from the fermenting vats was so feverish I could hardly hear his instructions

Jeanette emailed, “What about ‘Orange wine,’ McD? Try to stay current. It is very popular.” OK! So-called “orange wine” has captured the “utes,” most of whom think it is something new. Truth be told, it may be one of the oldest-known wines, dating back several thousand years to Georgia, a USSR satellite

We always love your questions, whether you’re looking for a special bottle of wine or you are confused by a label. Keep them coming. Here are a couple of questions that may resonate with you

Some would say there’s a time and place for bubbles. Typically, that instance is a bottle of Champagne opened for a celebratory occasion. But we’d argue there’s a bottle of bubbles to fit every mood. Hanging out