William Rice

The Spanish invasion of American retail wine shelves and restaurant wine lists is bringing us fresh red wines with considerably charm. Even in Rioja, a bastion of conservative winemaking, experiments...

Here's a bandwagon to jump aboard in the gentle temperatures of late summer. The riesling grape is making a comeback. Where has it been? Obscured by the flood of chardonnay...

Well, we've made it to the cusp of the red wine season, though many of you doubtless have discovered the charm of lighter-bodied red wines drunk lightly chilled in summer....

The name Robert Mondavi shows up on an astonishingly broad range of wines, from the modestly priced Woodbridge line to the rare and costly Opus One. Equally astonishing is the...

We have come to take for granted the exceptional value for money represented by wines that come to us from vineyards in the Pays d'Oc region of southern France. In...

Taking a hint from the bold winemakers "Down Under" in Australia, the folks at Firestone Vineyard in California's Santa Ynez Valley have combined cabernet sauvignon with syrah to their mutual...

Iced tea is not difficult to make. Simply steep enough tea bags to provide an extra-strong brew. While still hot, add sweetener of choice and refrigerate until serving time. Serve...

Pinot gris has been something of an underachiever except in Alsace and some vineyards in Italy, where the grape is widely planted and known as pinot grigio. In this country,...

Fetzer is one of California's largest and best known wineries. But it started small, in the late 1960s, and it started with zinfandel. Despite growth and diversification, Fetzer still has...

Despite uneven weather, Burgundy made some very attractive white wines in 1998, and not all of them are in the forbidden-fruit price category. Take, for example, Les Setilles. It is...