The Future Of Wine: 3 Hot Trends You Need To Know About

Wine trends fluctuate pretty often, with new favorites appearing as if over night while old favorites will suddenly be deemed unpopular—only to have the roles reversed soon after. Sometimes a movie will change minds (like how Sideways suddenly made it cool to hate merlot and love pinot noir back in 2004) and other times it will be a few excellent vineyards that begin to blow everyone's taste buds away. But with wine, it's always a swinging pendulum and you should really only drink what you enjoy. That said, it's fun to keep up to date on trends just to see what else is out there, so here are some three of the hottest trends emerging in wine this year.