Wine
Free Wine Fountains and Other Bold Ways Wine Will Change in 2017
New regions, new bubbly, new bottles, and new attitudes
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Care for a “corta” bottle of Rosso di Napa?
If there are two words for wine in 2017, they’re experimentation and exploration. An unquenchable thirst for the new means wines made from less well-known grapes, such as Verdejo, and unfamiliar regions in Portugal, South Africa, and Arizona will gain buzz. (Hey, a wine from the Azores made my top 10 list for 2016.) The days when wine drinkers stuck with familiar brands, easy-to-pronounce grape names, and the standard bottle are gone forever.