American wine buyers frequently look for wines on retail shelves labeled with a specific varietal: Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet, etc.

Opening a bottle of wine should not be a frustrating experience. But, too often, it is. Raise your hand if you’ve ever struggled for far too long to remove a cork? Or if you’ve ever broken the cork?

Sommelier André Hueston Mack answers the internet's burning questions about wine. Why do people swirl the wine glass before drinking it? What's the difference between sparkling wine and champagne?

Alcoholic beverages are made by fermenting different types of grains, fruits, and vegetables. This process creates ethanol, an ingestible type of alcohol. Some alcohols go through an additional ...

Canned wines, though different from boxed wines, also tend to share some negative press among the public, often regarded as cheap and inferior in quality. On occasion, that might be the case, with ...

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