Sparkle Motion

Standout bubbly from a most surprising place: Illinois

We sniffed, sipped and were surprised. Yeasty aroma, bright green apple and grapefruit flavors, nice weight and depth: It was a sophisticated, Champagne-style sparkling brut from...

Wine Finds

Winestyr offers daily deals of the drinkable variety

"Another week, another daily deal site," you might think. But save the eye rolls, because Winestyr is nothing like the worst of that genre. The brainchild of a Chicago-based...

Cheers to That

Noteworthy new wines from across Lake Michigan

There's a new winery in our midst, and it's providing compelling reasons to give Michigan wine a fresh look. Over the holidays, we clinked glasses of Verterra's newly released...

Drink Smart

Jeremy Quinn's winter wine picks at Telegraph

Logan Square wine bar Telegraph is our standard destination for unusual, interesting by-the-glass offerings. This time of year, though, we turn to Telegraph's wine director,...

Take Note

Scribe wines debut in Chicago

New wines come into Chicago on a near-daily basis. But here's a name to be particularly excited about: Scribe Winery, a young, ambitious Sonoma upstart that has been making waves...