Robert Parker wine notes will grace tray tables on US Airways aeroplanes next month as part of a joint scheme between the airline and BusinessWeek magazine.

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Bordeaux En Primeur is a con trick perpetrated on a gullible public by wine merchants, chateaux and journalists, wine writer Stephen Brook argues in the latest issue of Decanter magazine.

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Although many people are convinced that older Parmigiano Reggiano is better, there’s a limit to this elegant cheese’s useful life. I discovered this fact at a Slow Food guided tasting in Italy several years ago, when the 4-year-old cheese failed to deliver…

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EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has cancelled a peacemaking trip to the Languedoc after being told to remain in Brussels, it has emerged.

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The recent record sale of a case of Burgundy wines is a reflection of the massive increase in US interest in the region, say auction house Christie’s.

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The European Union has officially recognised California’s Napa Valley in a new ruling announced in San Francisco last week.

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I love German wine and food so much that I am doing a series on the typical and special wines and foods of Germany’s thirteen wine regions. This article records the results of tasting a Deutscher Tafelwein (German table wine) with food. Was it a bargain?

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I am just old enough to remember going out on dates where someone brought a bottle of Lancers. We’ve come a long way, baby! Served chilled, dry rosés are perfect for warmer weather. These refreshing wines are best when young. Because of their abundant…

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I love French wine and food so much that I am doing a series on the typical and special wines and foods of France’s eleven wine regions. This article explores the Alsace region of northheastern France and reviews a white Pinot Gris wine. Was it a bargain? I’ll make specific recommendations, and won’t be silent if I’m unhappy with a wine.

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Wines are wonderful accompaniments to food, good company, special occasions and events. For all of these the wines that you should drink should be very tasty. While the many wine experts will be able to say which wine should be drunk when and with what, the rest of us will just choose one that has been recommended or one that we recognize. This way of selecting your wine is quite alright but you may want to have form tasting wine selections on hand as well.

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We like to believe we enjoy rosé. We tell everyone we do. Then we tasted 72 imported rosés from 14 countries and had to face a cold, hard choice: Either we don’t like pink wines as much as we thought, or many just aren’t very good. Any notion we may…

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For years, I took the New World’s thirst for vineyard irrigation for granted. I believed what I was told: Napa Valley was a desert and needed its 100 to 200 gallons of water per vine per season. I never realized how complex an issue water was until I…

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I love German wine and food so much that I am doing a series on the typical and special wines and foods of Germany’s thirteen wine regions. This article records the results of tasting a fine Riesling wine from the Pfalz region of southwestern Germany, both on its own and with food. Was it a bargain?

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Coming soon: a new addition to our Bargain Wines literary series. Film trailers are a rarely used art form. For big-budget action films, they’re often nothing more than a three-minute plot summary, allowing you to save the $10 admission fee and spend…

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As English wine week draws to a close it has emerged that UK consumers know and drink very little when it comes to wine produced in their own country.

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A good wine is one that has aged well and you can taste the smooth flavors that are present in the wine. With the many different wines that are available you should be able to find one that will appeal to your taste. You will be able to see the various good white wines and the red wines that are available. Before you decide to buy any of these wines though you will need to have some information that will let you know the various wines and what you should expect from these.

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For the aspiring bartender it is very important these days to enroll at a reputed bartending school. Now depending on where you live you might want to see what are the various bartending schools that are near you.

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From the very start, it’s been about food and wine for Wilfred Wong. You might better know Wong, 56, as the “WW” on nearly every shelf at Beverages & More. As BevMo’s cellar master and “extreme researcher,” as he puts it, Wong makes big choices about…

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Mustard is a versatile plant with a long history of use for both culinary and medicinal purposes. Find out more about this spice which is used the world over.

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“Is the mail here yet, Cindy?” the Boss asks the woman who’s currently filling in for the Professor, our cocktailian bartender. “Sure is, Boss Man. There’s a postcard from the Professor in there, too. Seems he made it to Peru,” Cindy tells her…

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California is one of the must-visit places at the moment for so many reasons. You can experience so much from just one place that it is impossible to get bored. However, you will not have experienced California properly until you go on a wine tour.

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