The Definitive Guide to Fine Drinking & Dining

Professional blind tastings. Expert judges. No pay-to-play. When a bottle earns a Fifty Best medal, it earned it.

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Double Gold and Gold medal rosé winners from the 2026 blind tasting

WINE · 2026

Best Rosé Wine

DOUBLE GOLD Château d'Esclans Garrus Rosé 2024
DOUBLE GOLD Domaine de l'Olivette Bandol Rosé 2025
GOLD Whispering Angel Rosé — 20th Vintage

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Double Gold and Gold medal mezcal winners from the blind tasting

SPIRITS · 2026

Best Mezcal

DOUBLE GOLD Bozal Mezcal — Cenizo
DOUBLE GOLD Bozal Mezcal — Ensamble
DOUBLE GOLD Hedonistas de la Fe — Cuishe
DOUBLE GOLD Del Maguey Chichicapa

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Double Gold and Gold medal reposado tequila winners from the blind tasting

SPIRITS · 2026

Best Reposado Tequila

DOUBLE GOLD Mar Azul Reposado
GOLD Humano Reposado
GOLD Padre Azul Reposado
GOLD Biatch Reposado

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BEVERAGES · 2026

Best THC Beverages

Our newest tasting category — cannabis-infused drinks, evaluated blind by the panel like everything else we rate.

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Upcoming Tastings

NEW YORK CITY

14NOV

Irish Whiskey Tasting

Single pot stills, blends & single malts — judged blind in NYC.

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05DEC

World Whisky Tasting

Scotch, Japanese, American & beyond — the global showdown.

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16JAN

Vermouth Tasting

Sweet, dry & bianco — the aromatized wine awards.

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06FEB

American Malt Whiskey Tasting

America's answer to single malt, ranked by the panel.

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How a Fifty Best Medal Is Won

No advertising buys a medal. No brand buys a ranking. Every product is tasted blind by a panel of wine & spirits journalists, retailers, bartenders and connoisseurs — scored 1 to 5, highest totals win.

BLIND TASTING

Judges never see the bottle. Only what's in the glass counts.

EXPERT PANEL

Journalists, retailers, mixologists and spirits professionals.

1–5 SCORING

Every entry scored on aroma, palate and finish.

MEDALS AWARDED

Double-Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze — at the judges' discretion.

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