Wine News

Take the A51 autostrada out of Milan, and half an hour later you'll arrive in the small town of Brugarolo.

Long before the 2003 movie "Under the Tuscan Sun," Americans had a love affair with Tuscany, the Italian region that is home to Florence, Siena and a hundred charming less-famous hill towns.

Not to put too fine a point on it - or encourage excess - but by far the best way to learn about wine is to drink it.

Historically, French wine has dominated the Russian import market. In 2012, 37.4 million bottles of still wine from France were imported into Russia - 20.25 percent of all imports.

Except for the color, a deep rose, the 2012 A Cote Rose is reminiscent of a Bandol rose.

London luxury department store Selfridges has officially launched a new bar and relocated, redesigned wine shop with more space than ever before.

The discovery of wine is one of the most compelling aspects of this business, and in fact of the whole wine enthusiast culture.

Larry and Lenora Woodham planted grapes in this small East Manatee town, preparing for the day when they were mature enough to be used for wine.

Mike Dunham didn't plan to get into the wine business. But when it happened, he embraced the Walla Walla wine scene - and it loved him back.

If wine lovers could picture an eco-friendly and very modern-looking wine house on a sunny vineyard, this design by Michael Jantzen would be it.

The owner of a winery in Grindstone is looking forward to the exposure he'll get at the New Festival of Wines Grand Tastings today and Saturday at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

Treading Art has been putting together an amazing list of weekend events around Pittsburgh.

ASC Fine Wines, one of China's biggest importers, has just opened a new club or 'Wine Residence' in Shanghai.

China's Chateau Hansen is to launch a luxury label called Red Camel with a retail price of a 500 in its domestic market.

Dozens of Napa Valley's winemakers gathered this month at the Rudd Centre at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone for the first of The Winemakers Tasting, an event in response to this curious group's desire to see what vinous innovations and experimentations are happening in wine cellars around the valley today.

A rise in spirits consumption in the US is posing a threat to wine sales in the country, according to Joe Cafaro from Napa's Cafaro Cellars.

Irene Virbila recommends a red wine that is "intense and concentrated, with a seductive tonal palate" while Sandra Silfven picks a "bold wine with power and restraint." Writing in the LA Times , Virbila's choice is "a great red for barbecue season, with the stuff to stand up to smoke and char." She added: "Think bistecca or any big old steak, pork ... (more)

Sara Sakellakos, Jessica Padilla and Melissa Beard enjoy a glass of wine together at a recent Southern New Mexico Wine Festival.

On spring evenings, the Temecula air seems a just a bit more magical. The warmth of the sun is tempered by gentle breezes that carry the sounds and smells of wine country.

This time of year can be tricky when it comes to picking a wine to suit the teetering Chicago temperatures.