Legend has it that a black rooster represents how Florence took control of the Chianti Classico wine region, and today the animal emblem indicates red wines of high quality and great value.

I looked high and low but found only one (not-so-great) wine whose label featured a dog. As the owner of two Pembroke Welsh ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing ...

Y ou're looking for a delicious wine. You walk into the store and head straight for the sections for countries that you know will have a terrific selection. You're hoping to find something on sale.

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. Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who ...

Enigmatic names and high-art labels; small producers, single vineyards, wine for girls, for animal lovers, for locavores; box wines and bio wines, cult wines and the Next Big Bargain wines. “So much ...

Wine labeling can be confusing to many consumers. Most Americans are familiar with California wine labels that prominently display the grape varietal with the general region as secondary. Other new… ...

Nothing beats a slow scan of great reds and whites at your local wine shop, but not every run of errands allows for it.When you're busily prepping for a backyard barbecue or dinner party, picking ...

Despite Napa Valley being largely considered America’s wine capital, nearby San Jose is typically more associated with rows of code than rows of grapevines. Shaun Coleman, founder and proprietor ...

On Wine; Wine Snobs, Don’t Let a Cute Critter on the Label Come Between You and a Great Bottle For a couple of decades now, oenophiles have turned up their noses at the many ‘critter wines ...