Bill St. John

Everyone knows about the red wine Chianti. The elders of the tribe remember the spaghetti scene at Tony's Restaurant in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp." The tribe's juniors know Chianti...

OK, so I stole this idea from Eric Asimov, who writes on wine for The New York Times. But I did it for you. It's just too cool an idea...

Why do so many cultures dine on fish for dinner on New Year's Eve? Some say because fish prefigure prosperity (their scales resemble coins and they travel in multitudes called...

I infrequently write about or recommend very expensive wines. They may be worth both gestures, but I feel it is more my job to help you find wines that you'd...

When bringing a wine to table, of all elements to consider in a dish and its preparation, the most important is how much salt it contains. A bit of salt...

It took me a while to figure out why sangiovese is the most-planted red grape in Italy. At 155,000 acres of vine, it accounts for about 8 percent of all...

Try something refreshingly different with this soup — a fortified wine from Spain or Portugal. Broth-based soups are notoriously difficult with wine. (It's mere liquid with liquid and little contrasting...

Back in October, I conducted two wine tastings using a set of wine glasses dyed with cobalt so that the blown crystal is completely opaque. The glasses forestall any prejudice...