This is a time to search for restaurants with a crackling fire. It is also time to enjoy hearty but well balanced red wines. Consider the bottles below, from five producers within five Italian ...

There are numerous interesting, mostly white varieties but also interesting local red varieties. Though, I have become partial to the merlot-based wines produced by Cotarella. Like the 2020 ...

Big and bold red wines are commonly found in hotspots such as California as opposed to Canada’s cool-climate vineyards, but there are pleasing homegrown substitutes if you know where to look.

Chocolate—like all sweets and sugary desserts—can be tricky to pair with wine because its sweetness can linger in your mouth and make pretty much anything else seem bitter in contrast. That especially ...

Low and no-alcohol “wines” are thin and taste nothing like wine that contains alcohol. However, in conventional red wines, with alcohol strength between 12.5 per cent and 14.5 per cent ...

Gorgeous vineyards, delectable food and (of course) top-notch vino – these are the essentials of a wine vacation. To help you plan a great trip (where wine tours and tastings are just the start ...

Here's the thing: No open wine lasts more than a week without turning on you, but if you learn the best way to store red, white and sparkling wine, you can extend the life of an open bottle by ...

Washington is the second largest wine-producing state in the country and can trace its earliest winemaking roots to 1860 when German and Italian immigrants planted grapes here. Fast forward to ...

Pour the sauce over the pears and serve alongside custard or ice cream. A fruity red wine is best for poaching pears. If you don't want to use wine, use a sugar syrup made by dissolving 300g ...

1. The two greatest Granges - 1952 and 1953 I have tasted these wines on many occasions over the past 35-plus years, their colour, richness of berry (sometimes red, more usually black) fruit, plush ...