La Fête du Champagne returns to New York City October 14 to 17, 2026, with producer dinners, masterclasses, the Apéro au Champagne, and the Grand Tasting and Gala Dinner on Saturday, October 17. The Wine Centric Show is a proud media partner of La Fête du Champagne.

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La Fête du Champagne returns to New York City, October 14 to 17. Meet the families and winemakers behind the world's great Champagnes, in person.

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Offers to buy Chappellet? The family has said no, and CEO Cyril Chappellet explains why the land is worth more than the income it earns. Cyril Chappellet, CEO and Chairman of Chappellet, talks with Matt Weiss about Robert Mondavi's party line call, Napa's five First Growths, why 100-point scores are not the goal, and what it costs to stay family owned in Napa Valley. Chappellet was founded on Pritchard Hill in 1967 by Donn and Molly Chappellet. It was the second winery established in the Napa Valley after Prohibition.

Nicole and Xavier Rolet transformed a 900-year-old ruin in Provence into Chêne Bleu, a pioneering “Super Rhône” estate in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on Mont Ventoux. Discover their journey into organic and regenerative winemaking, chemical-free vineyard farming, age-worthy rosé, Viognier, and the fascinating medieval love story behind Abélard and Héloïse.

Rudi Pichler cut 70% of his own harvest on purpose the year his twins were born, to save enough fruit for a wine they wouldn't taste for thirty years. Rudi and his daughter Theresa run Weingut Rudi Pichler, one of the most respected estates in Austria's Wachau, where the family has grown grapes since 1731. Falstaff named Rudi Winemaker of the Year in 2010, and a Burgundy legend once told him he didn't need a single new oak barrel. In this conversation, Rudi and Theresa walk through the estate's toughest vintage, the grandmother who told him which "impossible" vineyard to buy, and the 370-million-year-old rock that still shapes every bottle they make.

Madeline Puckette, co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Wine Folly, built one of the most recognized names in wine education from a lost job and a stack of secondhand textbooks. Now she's facing something new: AI using her own work to answer the questions she built a career answering.

The people behind Château Margaux tried to buy Altesino. The woman next door beat them to it and kept it Italian. Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini and her daughter Alessandra tell the story of how they built one of Tuscany's most quietly powerful wine families.

Josh Daiter was building apps, not collecting wine, when a broken bottle changed the trajectory of his career. His father, a retired doctor turned collector, spent eight minutes searching for one bottle in his fridge, found it, and watched it roll off the shelf and shatter across the floor. The next morning he called Josh, fed up with a problem he was sure someone should have solved by now. Josh's first instinct was that no market could possibly exist for it. He was wrong, and within a year he was building InVintory, now one of the most talked about names in wine cellar management. He joins Matt to trace the whole arc: the 3D mapping that came out of that broken bottle, the sommelier-guarded database, the pricing sources the trade has never heard of, and the AI feature that has become the most divisive thing he has ever built.

A British tech billionaire ordered Burgundy twice at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, got it wrong both times, and ended up with a glass of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that changed everything. That accidental tasting set Sir Peter Michael on the path to build one of California's most celebrated wineries. Forty years later his son Paul and daughter-in-law Emily are carrying that legacy forward, one vintage at a time.

Pepe Raventós walked away from the appellation his grandfather helped build. Not because the name wasn't beautiful — but because it was already too late to save what it once meant. This is the story of what he built instead.

Bobby Stuckey has spent twenty years telling Americans that the most important wine region in Italy isn't Tuscany. It isn't Piedmont either. It's Friuli. As co-founder of Frasca Food and Wine and one of the most respected Master Sommeliers in the country, Stuckey has watched food journalists question whether fine dining still has a place in American culture. He has a clear answer: they don't know what they're talking about. This conversation covers the wines and producers that put Friuli on the map, the real story behind orange wine, why Merlot and Chardonnay belong in Friuli just as much as Ribolla Gialla, and what it actually takes to build a restaurant culture around a region most Americans have never heard of. One question runs through all of it: how long does a grape need to grow somewhere before it becomes part of that place?

When illegal wine tariffs threatened to destroy his business, Victor Owen Schwartz did something almost no one else in American commerce was willing to do. He sued the federal government. As lead plaintiff in VOS Selections v. Donald Trump, he took the fight all the way to the Supreme Court and won 6-3. On the morning this episode was recorded, his tariff refunds hit his bank account for the first time. This is the full story.

Bruwer Raats built South Africa's most iconic wine from land nobody wanted. The story starts with granite soil, a braai, and a question about a wine genie.

In this deeply moving and insightful episode, we sit down with legendary wine educator Kevin Zraly, the visionary behind Windows on the World and author of the iconic Windows on the World Complete Wine Course.

Napa didn’t all go in the same direction. Cathy Corison built her winery on restraint, long before it was popular. From old vines to Kronos Vineyard, this episode explores a style of Cabernet rooted in balance, longevity, and place.

Napa Valley is entering a new era, one defined not by power, but by precision. In this conversation with Carmel Greenberg of Clos du Val, we explore how elegance, restraint, and terroir are reshaping the future of Napa wine. It’s a fresh perspective on what great wine can, and should, be today.

At High Hampton, wine becomes an experience shaped by hospitality, storytelling, and intention. Tyler Wesslund shares how he builds a wine program that balances depth with approachability — where curiosity replaces intimidation and every guest feels at ease exploring the world of wine.

In this engaging conversation, wine titan Kevin Zraly shares his extensive journey through the wine industry, from his early days as the founding Cellar Master and Wine Director at Windows on the World to his current role as an internationally acclaimed wine educator and consultant.

The Supreme Court has ruled on wine tariffs — but the fight isn’t over. In this special bonus episode, we unpack what the decision means for U.S. importers, the three-tier system, and the future of American wine trade.

One of the leading voices in modern Argentine wine, Sebastián Zuccardi shares how high-altitude vineyards in Mendoza’s Uco Valley are redefining Malbec, and why terroir, not technique, shapes truly great wine. From parcel-by-parcel precision to the rise of Chardonnay, this episode explores how place is transforming Argentina’s global identity.

Legendary Master Sommelier George Miliotes shares how Wine Bar George became Disney Springs’ go-to wine destination — blending hospitality, bold pairings, and a no-snobbery approach that’s changing how we experience wine, one glass at a time.