School’s in session, on your terms: We’re asking the Valley’s top wine gurus to answer all your wine-related queries, tackling them one at a time each Wednesday, so we can all stress less and pour ...

You’ve heard it before: Wine is like a metaphor for life. As cheesy and pompous as it sounds, it’s actually kind of true. Take the same exact grape, grow it in different terroir — that’s wine-speak ...

You’ve tasted most of the varieties–Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Merlot–and heard the terminology–dry, sweet, misty–but wrapping your head around the basics of wine can seem like a daunting task. Yet, ...

Over the nearly dozen years I’ve been writing this weekly column, we’ve explored together various aspects of wine appreciation. What do the bottle and its label say about the liquid inside? What does ...

A stuffy tasting room with snooty suits pouring expensive wine can be intimidating and make tasting wine feel seriously inaccessible. But no one started out an expert. When the lady next to you at the ...

Have you ever wondered how people come up with tasting notes on the back of a wine bottle? The ones that read something like, “Full-bodied with aromas of green peppercorn, graphite, dark chocolate and ...

As much as I feel I’ve learned about wine, I still feel like I know nothing. Some of the etiquette basics still stump me. So Ereka Vetrini, lifestyle host, and a contestant on the first season of The ...

Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's compact enough that even if you only have an afternoon, you can still get ...

NAPA, Calif. (AP) Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's compact enough that even if you only have an afternoon, ...

Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's compact enough that even if you only have an afternoon, you can still get ...