Wine

What to do with that leftover bubbly? Some ideas

From early December through Jan. 1 (or beyond, depending on how fervently you hang on to the holidays), the pop of a Champagne or sparkling wine cork ...
23:28 30 December 2022

Warren’s souvenir wine bottle pops up in big-donor debate

WASHINGTON — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen....
0:05 22 December 2021

Buttigieg backers defend ‘wine cave’ fundraiser

RUTHERFORD, Calif. — The California winemakers who hosted a dinner at a “wine cave” for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are defending t...
5:13 21 December 2021

Swarovski crystals, $900 cabernet and a Buttigieg fundraiser

WASHINGTON — The Hall Rutherford wine caves in the hills of California's Napa Valley boast a chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals, an onyx banquet...
0:10 14 December 2021

Celebrities are deep into liquor, wine with their own brands

NEW YORK — From Kate Hudson’s new vodka to Dylan Sprouse’s Brooklyn-made mead, celebrities with their own brands of spirits and wines can make drink-l...
13:40 22 November 2021

Wine woes: Tariffs, Brexit cloud French Beaujolais season

CHATILLON, France — Celebration is the mot du jour in France’s Beaujolais region on the third Thursday of November, when winemakers and sellers uncork...
9:47 20 November 2021

Sour grapes: Trade war puts cork in US wine sales to China

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, U.S. vineyards are struggling to sell Syrah in Shanghai ...
16:30 13 November 2021

The ideal wine for Thanksgiving dinner? It’s complicated

For many of us who love to cook and host on Thanksgiving, one central mystery remains: What to pour?
14:00 11 November 2021

Despite fires, California wine is doing just fine - for now

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — If you're worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California's 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just impa...
15:05 9 November 2021

Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science.
21:48 4 November 2021