Jonathan Cristaldi

Cristaldi is the Northern California editor-at-large for The SOMM Journal and The Tasting Panel magazines. He is a regular contributor to Food & Wine magazine and acting editor and contributor for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s “Pouring Points” blog. He is also the founder and content director for Cristaldi & Co, a creative-content agency servicing the beverage industry and cannabis community. His work has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and LA Mag’s Liquid LA blog, Vivino.com, Liquor.com, First We Feast, Thrillist (National Edition), Tasting Table (National Edition), Time Out LA and Psychology Today. Cristaldi was named a "Wine Prophet" by Time Out New York for his avant-garde approach to wine education and events a decade ago as the host and co-founder of The Noble Rot. Follow him on Instagram @jcristaldi

Memorial Day Rose

Memorial Day: Skip the Red the White and Go Rosé

The thought of imbibing on rosé year-round once raised eyebrows by the wine elite–it was a sure sign of the amateur wine consumer. But, as with most things, the times they have a-changed. It’s no longer a faux-pas to crack open a bottle of your favorite Provençal rosé in the dead of winter–hey, if you’ve …

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100 Points

Why The 100-Point System of Rating Wine is Irrelevant [via FirstWeFeast]

This article originally appeared on FirstWeFeast.com. Back in September of 2013, I penned an opinion article for First We Feast, on the 100-point system of rating wine, and concluded that the future of wine ratings and recommendations will rely largely on friend recommendations and approval. Nearly two years since this article was published, that prediction …

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Frederic Barnier

Q&A with Frédéric Barnier, Winemaker, Maison Louis Jadot

When Frédéric Barnier, Technical Director of winemaking of the iconic Maison Louis Jadot winery in Burgundy, France visited Los Angeles earlier this year, I had the chance to meet with him over lunch at Gracias Madre. We enjoyed an array of haut vegan-Mexican fare along with a range of wines from Jadot’s entry-level offerings from Chablis, …

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FurmintUSA

Furmint: Dry Whites of The Tokaj Wine Region in Hungary

The Tokaj Wine Region in Hungary is a two hour drive, east and a bit north, from the country’s capital city of Budapest. To the north of Tokaj is Slovakia, east is the Ukraine and south is Romania–an area besieged by wars and subject to Mongolian influence for centuries before Ottoman control, followed by a …

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