Perinet winery in Priorat, Spain Call it Carignan, call it Mazuelo, call it Samsó – no matter which guise Carinyena takes, it’s often dismissed as a blending grape, only included to add colour and structure. …

The Weitenberg. Credit: Vinea Wachau / Herbst The Wachau region along the Danube valley is surely one of Europe’s unforgettable stretches of vineyard, alongside the Mosel in Germany and Douro in Portugal. Most of the …

Bamboozles abound in the American supermarket. The fish counter is a vector of misinformation. The snack aisle is a hotbed of shrink- and skimp-flation. You are shopping for stories first, and products second. Sometimes they …

After placing a footed glass filled with frothy, pink liquid atop a thick marble bar, the bartender gently pours something glittery and purple over my drink from a tiny pitcher. Like sorcery, the shimmering liquid …

The much-anticipated summer Olympics are kicking off in Paris this week and, given the host city, there’s almost as much discourse around the event’s food and wine as the games themselves. That shouldn’t come as …

In the 3rd century, when Hannibal and his war elephants crossed the Alps and into Italy, his army was amazed by how much land was under vine. According to reports from that expedition, there were …

One of the reasons we love wine so much is the amazing diversity and opportunity to explore endless types of wine. One of the aspects of that is the range of grape varieties grown across …

On late Tuesday afternoon, a tragic explosion at Jose Cuervo’s La Rojeña distillery in Tequila, Mexico, killed six people and injured two others, “The New York Times” reports. The next morning, a fire broke out …

Walk through the nondescript door marked only with a creepy green glyph on Second Avenue in New York’s East Village and you’ll encounter the greatest entryway in modern bar history. Immediately, you’re bathed in neon …

A deli isn’t just a place to get a sandwich without breaking the bank. For many, the deli is a lifestyle: a place to build community, get a good meal made by someone who probably …

Winemaking in Greece goes back thousands of years. But although Greek wines were little more than a footnote for much of the 20th century — largely defined by an era of cheap, overly resinated Retsinas …