Champagne Physics–or What Science Can Tell You About Drinking Your Bubbly
Sparkling wine is serious business, but it’s also serious science.
A Compromise to End the War Over the 100-Point Scale
Compromise is in the air these days. The rockets have quieted in the Middle East. Republicans are talking about taxes while Democrats entertain cuts in entitlement spending. President Obama is having lunch with...
Yeast Martyrdom: Toasty Flavors in Your Sparkling
Today, we’re far more likely to find toasty, bready flavors in a more fashionable (and still seasonally appropriate) beverage: methode champenoise sparkling wine. How those characteristic flavors get there has nothing to do with actual toast and everything to do with yeast.
Best Wines for Comfort Food
Tips on choosing affordable wines to pair with comfort food—from mac and cheese to meatloaf, beef stew to bacon, mashed potatoes to roast chicken to ragù.
Wine and Turkey: Not a Thanksgiving Story
Turkish wines are historic, interesting and in many cases pretty good. And the Islamic ruling party would be happy for you to take more of them away from the country.
Merlot and Cabernet of Italy
Once upon a time, there was a young Italian nobleman who loved two things: racehorses and French wines.
In Defense of the Wine Spectator Top 100
Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of the Year will soon be unveiled, serving to make good wines unavailable or, if they're available, unaffordable. It's the time of year when interesting wines dry up for the avera...
Five Reasons to Love Austrian Red Wines
Austrian red wines are refreshing, food-friendly, and reasonably priced. Fans of cool-climate red wines should take note.