THE first week of November signals the Irish Sun’s annual review of this year’s wine books – just in time to decide which ...

The best gifts for wine lovers strike the perfect balance between thoughtful and functional, elevating and celebrating their beloved pastime. Suppose the recipient could practically be a sommelier ...

From classic Chianti to the innovative “Super Tuscans,” these vineyards help define Italy's oenological identity. Here are ...

Wine lovers often reduce regions or entire countries to a single top-reference wine as if there aren’t any others worthy of ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. In Australia alone, producers such as Torbreck, Bass Phillip ...

These longer-aged wines were once notable for being too oaky and powerful. Now, producers are letting the gorgeous purity of the sangiovese grape shine through. By Eric Asimov I could not have ...

The bones for the film “Sideways” are in Rex Pickett’s novel. Alexander Payne adapted it because he enjoyed wine (Like Maya, he was forever changed by a 1988 Sassicaia), but also because he thought it ...

We usually follow the adage “if it grows together, it goes together,” but there are too many wonderful wines in the world to just focus on Italy when pairing pasta dishes. Every now and then ...

When the weather cools, it’s officially Châteauneuf-du-Pape season. But wines from the most famous appellation in southern France don't have to cost a fortune. Michel Tardieu of Tardieu-Laurent is a ...

In October 2020, Italian police broke up a ring producing counterfeit Sassicaia wine, a variety considered among the finest in the world, which sells for hundreds of euros a bottle, Reuters reported.