Not long ago, American Chardonnay was little more than buttery, over-oaked liquid mass produced in California. The stuff ...

Turkey’s mild flavor makes it an accommodating partner for most wines, save for the heaviest reds like cabernet sauvignon or ...

The wine featured in this installment of the column has me thinking about a couple of things: jumping through hoops and balance. No, I am not at the circus, but I am delighted. The first one has an ...

Tasmania’s Tolpuddle Vineyard earned top honors at the 2025 International Wine Challenge, with its 2023 Chardonnay scoring 98 points and winning multiple trophies including Champion White Wine and ...

Color coding isn’t a foolproof strategy for pairing wine and food, but it’s easier than studying wine’s organoleptic qualities and a lot more accurate than choosing wine by its label. “Red wine with ...

Which butter dish is best? Room-temperature butter is always easier to spread on bread, rolls, and bagels than butter that’s come right from the fridge, making a butter dish a handy accessory for your ...

Peanut butter is America's favorite spread; is there anything more American than a PB&J or a fluffernutter? Along with homemade snacks and sandwiches, peanut butter is the subject of many candy bars.

If you haven’t heard of this butter, you might want to try it. When you think of the most popular brands of butter out there, usually Country Crock and Kerrygold come to mind, with the latter having ...

Surprisingly, I also liked many of the Chardonnays. The trend here seemed to go away from the heavy oak and buttery Chardonnays to a more refreshing and light steel-aged or light oak finish like the ...

Although California’s Napa Valley wine region has a rich history in wine making dating back to the mid-19th century, the American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Napa County wasn’t established until 1981, ...

There’s something about summer in New York that practically begs for sipping a glass of wine outside. Whether you’re soaking up the seaside breeze in the Hamptons, people-watching on a city sidewalk, ...