The 2021 vintage produced a style of Burgundy wines that some will love and others won't recognize. It is entirely unlike the three prior vintages (2020, 2019, 2018) as well...
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Christy Canterbury MW
Christy Canterbury MW is a Brooklyn-based journalist, speaker and judge. She also writes for Decanter, Wine Enthusiast and Wine Searcher (among others). In 2014, she was short-listed for the Roederer Award of Online Wine Communicator of the Year. Her recent and upcoming speaking appearances include Chief Wine Officer events, ProWein, VinExpo and TEXSOM. A shopping fanatic, Christy previously guided beverage programs across the US for Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group and around the globe for Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. She also directed wine purchasing at New York’s Italian Wine Merchants and Zachy’s. Christy covers the US market for timatkin.com.
Articles by Christy Canterbury MW
Burgundy 2020 Special Report
£20.00Burgundy may be an ancient winemaking region, but it feels like the pace of change has never faster than it is today. Ten years ago, the ladies at the boulangerie might...
Add to basketFacing The Fires
by Christy Canterbury MW
During Napa’s intense “fire season” last year, I wondered what locals have been doing about this menace since 2017. Napa is a moneyed wine region. Surely it has the funds...
Armenia: Making Wines Its Own Way
by Christy Canterbury MW
Armenians are a fiercely proud people. They claim many firsts and many more “bests”. When you visit Armenia, as I did just before harvest last year, everyone you meet reminds you...
Going off the radar
by Christy Canterbury MW
I am dreading a big COVID cull when my next NYC’s Best Wine Bars and Best Restaurant Wine Lists are published. In some cases, the establishments will be gone for good....
#WTFWines: from reflections to resolutions
by Christy Canterbury MW
Sangiovese is coursing through my veins. Not just any Sangiovese, mind you, but Chianti Classico Riservas, Brunellos and Super Tuscans. I’ve been lucky to drink a lot of nice Italian wines...
Why rosé is a wine for all seasons
by Christy Canterbury MW
We – the wine trade – convinced wine lovers around the globe that sparkling wine isn’t just for celebrations. (Or, maybe wine drinkers just fell in love with Prosecco and...
The US Wine Apocalypse: It Could Still Happen
by Christy Canterbury MW
“Excellent!”, tweeted Donald J. Trump. That is all that it took for many in the US wine business to begin spewing soundbites like, “Disaster Averted” and “Panic Over”. Such nonsensical...
White wine rising
by Christy Canterbury MW
Though the “ABC”, or “Anything But Chardonnay” campaign continues to rail against it, Chardonnay remains the favourite white grape of USA wine drinkers. It is also the planet’s most planted,...
Challenging Convention
by Christy Canterbury MW
The Japanese saying, “He who runs after two hares will catch neither”, explains the nation’s resolute pursuit of quality. It not unusual to hear of a chef in a family...
Where next for women in wine?
by Christy Canterbury MW
Bright lights are shining on women’s issues today. From April’s high profile Women in the World summit to the rise of The Wing’s women-only work and community spaces to podcast...
Eras of constant readjustment
by Christy Canterbury MW
“The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings,” wrote Kakuzo Okakura. Internationally best known for his work “The Book of Tea”, this Japanese art maestro worked fervently to educate...