Dessert wines get a bad rap, thanks in part to our grandparents’ drinking habits, and also to the fact that the term itself is, well, totally misleading. It wasn’t until I began working in the wine ...

New to wine? Skip the snobbery. These six simple tips—match intensity, balance acidity, align sauce with sip, use texture ...

SWEET WINES are not popular, retailers have told me over and over again. A few weeks ago, one even pantomimed a customer running away. I like sweet wines, even if I don’t drink them as often as I do ...

For occasions like a day that spotlights sweets, a special bottle of sweet wine might be the perfect ending. By Eric Asimov We all know that Valentine’s Day is simply a corporate money grab, a holiday ...

When you first “get into” wine, you develop your own signature set of gripes. Things that never used to irk you when you were a normal consumer, but once you’ve spent enough time in the minutia of it ...

Chefs have cooked with wine throughout history and, over the years, each type of wine has established its own unique ...

There was a time when sweet wines were embedded in the fabric of everyday American life. Madeira, a fortified wine that developed a tawny, caramelized character over the long, hot sea voyage from the ...