Blog Posts by Snooth Media

A glass of red wine is seen on a table.Wine lovers are tired of getting told what to drink. But now they're getting the chance to decide what's best!

This week, Snooth launched the People's Voice Wine Awards, inviting all wine drinkers, from the connoisseurs to the novices, to choose the best wines of the year. Since then, voters from around the world have already come to voice their opinion. The first round of voting runs through August so get your votes in now!

Nominees include wines from all over the world and across many different categories -- and price points -- of wine. Even the more budget-friendly (or "value") wines are represented and getting quite a bit of attention.

We wanted to highlight those wines that are currently leading in the more popular categories. So let's check out the leader board:

Leading Value Rosé: Isabel Mondavi Deep Rosé
Made with Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, this Sonoma County rosé tastes of dark fruit and many drinkers find it enjoyable. It's a great complement to a beautiful summer day and

By Gregory Dal Piaz

A glass of rosé, like that pictured here, is a refreshing drink for the summer.I often get asked what the best wines are. In all honesty, that is a question without an answer. I can tell you which I think are the best wines of any given category, but even there you have producers who shine some years and stumble the next, and others who sporadically make exceptional wines.

How can you build an answer? You have to take two criteria into account: quality and consistency, with maybe a bonus point or two thrown in for style. Then you build a list based on probability. So, that's what I've done.

While I'll have tasted about 100 rosés by the end of this week, the results of this year's tastings only yield a best rosés of the year list. I can't and am not able to taste every rosé each year, but over the years I've found that certain producers do tend to shine with some regularity.

I've built three lists based on these producers, one each for France and Italy, with a third hosting a mixed basket of regions. I'm not saying that you are guaranteed to

By Carly Wray

Several glasses of Champagne are served.Here's a confession: I served terrible Champagne (sorry, "Champagne") at my wedding. I was too young to know better and my guests were too Baptist to drink it, anyhow. If anyone was offended by the sweet, gold, fat-bubbled juice in their glass, they held their tongue. I blame those bottles in part on youthful ignorance, and in part on the sick, lightheaded feeling I'd gotten looking over the caterer's liquor prices. When you're mentally adding up those bills, it's easy not to care about wine. All you want is whiskey.

In the years since, I've bulked up on both wine and wedding knowledge, and I've seen the question of what to serve for the toast cause more than one bridal panic attack. The good news? It can actually be one of the easiest, most cost-effective decisions you make. Here are five mantras to help stay relaxed in the process.

No One Needs to Remember the Wine
I realize that's a bold thing to say to an audience of wine lovers, but unless you're a wine connoisseur