Wine fads come and go. A few years ago it was chardonnay. Now it's "ABC"—anything but chardonnay—if you want to be in fashion. For a... More >>

The winter just ending has been comparatively mild on both sides of the mountains, but one good freeze the night of Jan. 4 sent shivers down the... More >>

"Gee, it must be great, getting invited to all those wine tastings," people say. And OK, it is pretty great, particularly when there's a posh... More >>

Women have been able to vote for more than 80 years, but apparently we only got our right to drink and understand wine last year, with the... More >>

Most of the chocolate Americans eat isn't chocolate but hydrolyzed cocoa powder suspended in corn syrup–laced saturated fat. But among... More >>

Everybody agreed, after last years edition of Taste Washington: The annual food-and-wine extravaganza sponsored by the Washington Wine Commission... More >>

Just after New Year's, I visited the beer case at my neighborhood minimart and discovered that one of my favorite brews had gone up 50 cents in... More >>

Rum, with its associations with pirates, reggae, and spring breaks spent on sunny beaches, may not seem to you a winter drink, or a drink for... More >>

You've surely heard the hype about the 2000 Bordeaux wines: the best vintage since 1961; the greatest vintage of the 20th century, if not all... More >>