I'll spoil the punchline: the news on wine and cancer is mostly good. Wine is going to kill you or wine is going to save your life: the expert answer seems to flop between one answer and the other whenever the daily news gets too quiet. Or maybe I'm getting

Even for people who love the wines of Bordeaux, a map of the region could substitute the words “Terra Incognita” in place of “Entre-Deux-Mers” and few would notice the change.  Indeed, the only time most Americans visiting Bordeaux spend in Entre-Deux-Mers is the 20 minutes on N-89 as we race

In search of fine white wines, I always look forward to the northern vineyards of Europe. There the wines have bracing liveliness, and the local foods are a perfect match, whether simple mountain fare or delicate seafood from a nearby coast. My latest trip was to a far northern area

Last week, the Smithsonian broke conceptual ground on a frozen “botanical garden,” storing samples of current plant life for future eventualities. I wish someone had thought to do the same for wine over the centuries, but freezing wasn't invented early enough. Even the glass bottle wasn't invented in time for