The best tool I have to help with this tricky process is knowing how to decipher the label on every bottle of wine. Wine labels can feel like a foreign language. Between terms like "terroir," "Old ...

The result is that French wine labels, which are ostensibly meant to communicate to consumers what’s inside the bottle, have become a jumble of often confusing terms. The best way to buy wine ...

ask someone what kind of wine label he (or she) likes and you’re guaranteed to get a reply. From occasional imbibers to serious oenophiles, just about every wine drinker I know cares about ...

To make wine, you need grape must. That’s freshly crushed grape juice with solids containing the skins and seeds. Certain acids are added to a wine for various reasons. For example, tartaric ...

I have always been under the impression that federal regulations require a winery to print a wine's alcohol content somewhere on its label. But last night we enjoyed a bottle of 1993 Spottswoode ...

If you're new to drinking wine or simply can't decipher what those frilly words on the label mean, here's a quick guide to explaining everything.