Talia Baiocchi is the founder and general manager of Punch. She has spent her career specializing in wine, restaurants, and culture. Previously a columnist at Wine Spectator, she went on to become the ...

The critically acclaimed Wine School of Philadelphia (WSoP) in mid-August is offering a one-week, on-site sommelier course. The official name of the program is the Accelerated Core Wine Course. It ...

For the past five years, wine has been at the forefront of Melissa McAvoy’s life. She studied wine regions, memorizing information as detailed as the type of soil in each; opened the Swirlery wine bar ...

Massage therapists, bellmen and valets aren’t the people you’d expect to sit through a rigorous 10-month wine course. But in Southern California, the race is on to gain certification as a sommelier ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, the prestigious Wagyu Sommelier Level 1 Certification Course will be held in Los Angeles, hosted by the Institute of Culinary Education ...

“The way I operate is to be dynamic. The old guard of the industry has its set ways of operating. But young collectors — they tend to dabble in a wider range of things,” says Thatcher Baker-Briggs. In ...