Opening a Bottle's Wines to Admire wine reviews with Lushy the Fox. Illustration: ©Chris Gregori.

Wines to Admire

Our wine review section emphasizes the unique qualities and stories behind individual wines you really ought to know. And we try to keep it to less than 500 words (... but sometimes, our enthusiasm gets the best of us).

Each year, we will profile around 50 of these singular wines on a nearly weekly basis. These reviews are available to paying subscribers only.


Illustration by Chris Gregori.

Wine corks on white background ©Kevin Day/Opening a Bottle

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