Rightly or wrongly, when most Americans think of wine country — a vague term at best — they mean the Napa Valley and...

The contemporary wine world largely defines quality in terms of varietal typicity, the ability of a wine to taste of the grape...

The history of the official alphabet of stratification of Italian wines--VdT, IGT, DOC, or DOCG (Vino da Tavola, Indicazione...

Many red grape varieties, especially the important ones such as Cabernet Sauvignon, thrive in wine regions throughout the...

Across the globe many wine regions seem intent on carving themselves up, whether wine drinkers are interested or not. How many...

Our exceptional bus driver and guide, Matt Wentzell, assured us that he could make it up the steep twisty and bumpy dirt...

When it comes to writing a wine list for a restaurant, the challenges are wide and varied.  In countries such as France,...

The Beaujolais district lies directly south of Burgundy’s famed Côte d’Or and the Macon district, and north of...

What’s the deal with the way critics talk about wine?  Otherwise sensible people become astonishingly fanciful when...