Wine news from Wine Spectator
October 30th, 2025
The 44th annual Wine Spectator event demonstrated the power of wine to unite people from around the globe in divided times
James Wellesley and Stephen Burton offered unwitting investors the chance to make high-interest loans backed by rare wines, but both the wines and the borrowers proved fictitious
More than 265 vintners came to pour wines rated 90 points or higher at the opening night of the annual Wine Spectator three-day tasting event
Inside the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip, the new location of the wine and steak trendsetter is stacked with big bottles. Plus, José Andrés opens his own steak house, Txula, in New York City, and Che Fico expands in San Francisco
He was forced out of his family’s namesake winery after leading a shift to high quality, but went on to start Viansa and La Chertosa
