If the British weren’t feuding with the French in the 17th century, we might not have Port wine. It happened…
The challenge was laid down: find three wines for a large party, but none of the “usual suspects,” and nothing…
Back in 1621, the Puritans held a celebration in Plymouth to mark the success of their first harvest; although it…
You don’t normally think of Veterans Day and Champagne together, but there is a connection. Although Champagne typically calls to…
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it has also made for some pretty good wine. Beginning in the 1980s,…
The Central Loire Valley appellation of Vouvray produces the world’s most distinctive, rich Chenin Blanc wines. These are floral, fruity…
No, this isn’t about a cigarette-smoking cowboy on a horse – it’s about New Zealand’s Marlborough region and its signature…
In the late 60s and early 70s, some Californians looked north and decided that Oregon’s Willamette Valley would be…
Sometimes it pays to challenge the rules. Mario Incisa Della Rochetta had his own ideas about how to make a…
Bordeaux is France’s largest wine region — it has about 300,000 acres of vines (by comparison, Napa Valley has about…