If you’ve ever experienced a @rayisle wine (sometimes whiskey) tasting- you’ve been schooled & dazzled & thoroughly entertained 🍷✨
Another event that makes our festival so special, these intimate times with absolute legends of their craft ✨
📸: @ryanbelk
#florencesc #flowineandfood #winetasting #rayisle
The wine tasting that shocked France… and changed wine forever. 🍷
Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the legendary Judgment of Paris with an immersive live tasting experience at City Winery NYC on Tuesday May 26th.
Featuring insights from Ray Isle and an all-star panel of judges, wine experts and special guests, this is more than a tasting, it’s a live rematch of one of the most important moments in wine history.
Will France reclaim the crown?
Or will America surprise everyone again?
You decide.
🇫🇷 vs 🇺🇸
May 26 at City Winery Pier 57. Link in bio.
The Ultimate Wine Tasting. Join Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor of Food & Wine Magazine, as he steers us through a curated tasting of history, depth, and adventure.
Tickets: nwfest.net
#NWF2026 #winetasting #winelover #nantucket #ack
I had the controversial - because wtf isn’t controversial these days - $40 half chicken at @gigi_greenpoint and you know what? It’s fantastic. You want to eat a $7 chicken raised in a wire box that’s pumped full of antibiotics and had its feet pecked off by other chickens, go for it. This ain’t that, and bravo @gigi_greenpoint . AND I also had - because apparently I am put on this earth to eat chickens - the equally stellar chicken at @eatwitharthur down the block, which is totally different but just as good, plus the rest of the food there from @kg.finch is great. As is the vibe. As is the wine list. Check these two places out, seriously. And, I am so getting a blowtorch to crisp chicken skin going forward—swipe over to see what I mean. (I mean, sorry, chickens, but dominant species and all that.) 🐓🐓🐓🔥
Counting down to Nantucket’s most iconic weekend 🍷✨ @nantucketwineandfood | May 27–31, 2026.
As a WSET Level 3 sommelier and wine communicator, I’m thrilled to partner with the festival to highlight a few unforgettable moments that showcase the island at its most delicious—world-class pours, fascinating people, and stories in every sip.
On my radar: a globe-trotting journey in a glass with @rayisle , the legendary Dames Déjeuner lobster luncheon (as fabulous as it sounds 🦞), and the Captains Tasting—an insider’s dream for rare, remarkable wines. Plus, a global Pinot Noir exploration with @winedinewanda . 🍷
I can’t wait to raise a glass with you on the island. 🥂
[NELSON MELIER’s WINE BOOK CLUB 📚🍇 Vol. XV]
Ray Isle brings an extensive (720-page) account of differentiated wine producers around the world, particularly in France, Italy and the U.S., with a focus on high-quality sustainable (but not necessarily strictly organic) winemaking. The rich detail comes out of the pages like a virtual visit to each of the vineyards, with minute commentary on terroirs and production methods, quick bios of the owners and vignerons, and highlights of key wines available for sale. A fun, amazing read for curious wine travellers when not travelling. Also available as audiobook 🎧. @rayisle
#winebook #vineyards #winesoftheworld #winetrip #winetour
From bungee jumping w New Zealand winemakers to a near helicopter crash in VA wine country (w @chefjoseandres !) to an ear on the ground listening to the vineyard at a biodynamic winery in Austria, to the birthplace of wine in ancient Georgia, Food & Wine Executive Wine Editor and author of “The World in a Wine Glass” Ray Isle has seen and done a lot! And he’s just as curious today as he’s ever been. Also? He’s a really cool guy! Join us and this amazing storyteller as we traverse years and vineyards to hear his Stories in a Glass.
Cheers to @robinepp of @saltbirdcellars for the Saltbird Migratus, Jeff White and Cassie Gonce of @glenmanorvineyards for the 2023 Cabernet Franc (and Jenn Rogers for being videographer extraordinaire!)
✨Announcing this EXTRAORDINARY group coming together for our Saturday AM VIP Wine Seminar- a rare opportunity to hear from some of the most influential wine industry voices in one room✨
Moderated by Antonio Galloni (@vinousmedia ), with leading panelist Ray Isle (@foodandwine ), joined by Maya Dalla Valle, winemaker at @dallavallevineyards ; Michael Silacci, winemaker at @opusonewinery ; Tom Gamble, owner of @gamble_estates ; and Bruce Phillips, owner of @vinehillranch ✨
An insider’s look at Oakville, with wines selected by each panelist- offering a firsthand experience of the people and wines defining the AVA🍷
@rayisle@antoniogalloni@mayadv@opus_one_winemaker
Don’t miss World in a Wine Glass at NWF 2026! Moderated by the one and only Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor, Food & Wine Magazine!
Get tickets - Link in bio!
#winefestival #winelover #wineandfood #nwf2026
Think “sustainable wine” just means organic grapes? Think again. 🍷
In this episode of The Sipping Point 🎙️, I sit down with Ray Isle, author of The World in a Wineglass, and we unpack what sustainability in wine really means—and why it matters way beyond the label.
From farming practices to the people behind the bottle, Ray breaks down the buzzword and makes it make sense (finally 🙌).
🎧 Want the full conversation? Comment PODCAST and I’ll send you the link!
Because if you’re going to drink the world… you might as well understand it. 😉
#winepodcast #thesippingpoint #wineeducation #winecoach #sustainablewin
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