Wine News

Australia's McGuigan Wines has been named Winemaker of the Year at the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition.

An entrepreneur has bought the assets of Central Otago Vintners winery in Cromwell, placed in receivership last year.

The past 12 years here in the Rt. 50 Corridor/Dulles South exurbia area of Northern Virginia's Loudoun County have been an exercise in waiting - waiting for a real local music scene, waiting for decent restaurants, waiting for more upscale martini bars and brewpubs, waiting for the traffic, schools and economy to improve....Basically, waiting for ...

Paris - The Associated Press Published on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 2:03PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov.

It is rare to get a chance to see one of your favorite musicians play at a tiny little venue, in a tiny little town.

According to recent research ,British women choose and buy eight out of every 10 bottles of wine that are drunk at home.

Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands.

A bottle of red; a bottle of white. On Thanksgiving, what wine you choose to complement your gobbler all depends upon your appetite.

Beaujolais Nouveau is released on the third Thursday of November each year, making its arrival just in time for Thanksgiving.

It goes with almost any red; a full-bodied white will work, too. But add in dishes like tart cranberry sauce and sweet candied yams - well, you see the problem.

What you want: a holiday get-together with friends over a cheering glass of wine.

I try to serve a red as well as a white wine with my Thanksgiving meals, and the red recommendations from my wine-tasting panel usually come down to two varietals - pinot noir and gamay Beaujolais.

Some people think the most important part of a traditional Thanksgiving meal is the turkey, but others argue it is dessert and the best wine to go with it.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the state dinner at the North Portico of the White House on Tuesday.

Struggling to pair wine with your Thanksgiving spread? Consider looking to that jiggling cylinder of cranberry sauce - or even your horn of plenty centerpiece - for inspiration.

Indiana has its first signature wine, just in time for Thanksgiving. And it goes well with turkey.

Even non-wine drinkers find themselves with a glass of wine around the holidays.

South Africa winemakers mix and match grapes with success on par with that of the French.This according to the wine writer of Forbes.

No need to stick to water. Chez Papa Resto is continuing its wine nights, Mondays and Tuesdays from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Corkage is waived, and top-shelf bottles selected by wine director George Aknin are up to 55 percent off -- ask for advice, should you feel shy about which one to spring for.

A Texas AgriLife Extension Service-sponsored 'Prospective Wine-Grape Growers Workshop' is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Dec.