SAN FRANCISCO — John Fox, the man behind the now shuttered Berkeley wine store Premier Cru, was sentenced to more than six years in prison on Wednesday for cheating more than 4,000 customers out of ...

Still today, a lot of people talk about “l’échelle des crus” with its labels “grand cru” and “premier cru” in Champagne. You still see it frequently mentioned in wine media, hear it talked about by ...

The owner of bankrupt wine outlet Premier Cru may have significant jail time in his future. Wine Spectator reports John Fox will plead guilty to wire fraud this week, and he faces up to 20 years in ...

A languorous afternoon of gamay and jazz at an annual festival belies the serious quality of wines produced in Moulin-à-Vent, Beaujolais. Here’s why you might want to invest now. In late May, the ...

If you want a straightforward document about the wine you’re about to drink, its label may not be that helpful. As we’ve discussed before with the opaque world of “reserve” and “grand reserve,” “grand ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Premier Cru went belly up after their co-founder admitted ...

As Gin Month at Paste marches proudly past the halfway point, with more gin content still to come this March, we find ourselves diving into yet another new gin review. Bombay Sapphire is of course one ...

Beaujolais wants to show you its serious side. For decades, this region between Burgundy and Lyon was known for juicy, grapy Beaujolais Nouveau, rushed to market after the harvest for a global party.