William Rice

The food and wine link between California and Italy has been well established. Not only are Italian products and recipes featured in wine country restaurants, winemakers from the Old Country...

American wine lovers who visit South Africa usually return enamored with red wines made from the pinotage grape. As the name suggests, the pinot noir is involved. It was crossed...

Here's something special -- a California pinot noir so elegant and silky that it deserves the overused description "Burgundian." This pinot noir comes from Sonoma County's Russian River Valley, source...

Semillon is probably most familiar as a blending partner with sauvignon blanc. Here it solos in the spotlight. This is a dry semillon from Washington State's Chateau Ste. Michelle. It's...

Pinot grigio is well known to patrons of Italian restaurants. (As pinot gris, the same grape is a favorite in Alsace and Oregon, but that's another story.) Unfortunately, pinot grigio's...

Along with the rediscovery of the rustic foods of southern Italy by food writers and chefs has come a curiosity about the south's regional wines. Assumed to be rough blends...

It will come as no surprise that movie director Francis Coppola's California wines are crowd-pleasers. But his Rubicon and estate-grown wines are limited production and sell for $30 and more....

Sauvignon blanc and semillon, two white grapes that make very nice wines on their own, can produce memorable wine when blended. The famous whites of Bordeaux, sweet as well as...

Are you in need of a versatile food wine to pour at a festive gathering over the upcoming holiday weekend? Look no farther than the sauvignon blanc selection in your...

In the world of wine, big may not be better, but neither need it be banal or bad. Consider Jacob's Creek Semillon/Chardonnay. It comes from Australia's largest producer in the...