William Rice

The prices of French wines are out of sight, if you insist on sticking to names enshrined in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855. Look elsewhere, though, even within Bordeaux, and...

Greg Norman Estates Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot Whatever golfer Greg Norman may know about wine, there's little doubt he can afford to drink the best. The Australian wine that bears his...

Way back in the mid-1970s, word came that there was a winery in Idaho. "Do they make their wine from potatoes?" joked the wine snobs. No, the folks at Ste....

Surely there is nothing complicated about making a Bloody Mary mix. Countless home bartenders perform the rite regularly prior to a weekend brunch: Tomato juice is poured from a can...

Les abeilles is French for "the bees" and, with no apology for the pun, Les Abeilles Rhone wine is a honey of a wine. Jean-Luc Colombo, the producer, blended syrah...

Intensity is often lacking in merlot, all too often a red wine of compromise. Well, there's no compromise in Freestone's Napa merlot. The rich, ripe berry fruit flavorcherries and raspberries-is...

With so much fine wine coming at us from new wineries in this country and abroad, it's easy to let old favorites slip out of sight. Fetzer Vineyards' Sundial Chardonnay...

Sometimes a wine can be less than great, but so much better than you expected it to be that you sip it in gratitude. That was the case with Domaine...

Poor pinot blanc. Pegged as an under-developed relative of chardonnay (not true), it has struggled to clear the twin hurdles of recognition and respectability in this country. This wine should...

After years of raising Styrofoam apples that looked great and shipped well, apple growers are beginning to realize that great flavor and firm texture may be the qualities Americans want...