William Rice

Homemade treats, gifts of love, can perk up a dog's day and provide a pleasant addition to the regular diet. While relatively few owners prepare food from scratch daily for...

Australian winemakers have developed a signature red wine with their meaty, aggressive yet stylish shiraz (the grape known here and in France as syrah). On the white side of the...

This wine comes from one of two great white wine grapes of Bordeaux, semillon (sauvignon blanc is the other). This semillon has been transplanted to Washington State. The winemaker followed...

The dedicated biker intent on obtaining a personal best performance has no time for serious nourishment. To ward off dehydration, liquid is necessary, be it bottled water or something that...

The Raymond family stands out amid Napa Valley wine producers. Not for their bravado and ego, but for their lack of it. Their wines are solid, dependable and competitively priced....

Here's a brand new Olympic event, not on the formal schedule. It's the Down Under Dining Decathlon. Count one point for each event. The first competitor to consume 10 meals...

Sauvignon blanc from New Zealand rapidly is becoming the world benchmark for wines made from this complex grape. One example that strengthens the case for New Zealand primacy is the...

"Pinot grigio," sniffs British wine authority Jancis Robinson, "provides the most eloquent evidence of the theory that Italians do not like their white wines to be smelly." Evidently Americans feel...

Sometimes we take old friends for granted and have to be reminded that they are out of the ordinary. Such was the case recently when, in tasting a group of...

"Lots of ripe fruit flavor," "clean tasting," "long finish" were among the notes made after tasting this merlot. The winemakers refer to the texture of this wine as "velvety" and...