Portuguese red wines from the Douro, Dão, and Alentejo offer depth and complexity that rivals France and Italy at a fraction of the price. The tariffs just removed the last excuse not to look.

The American wine industry lost a winery a day in 2025. Behind the closures, a structural reckoning that may reshape the business for a generation.

Wine tells you less about its contents than orange juice. The EU now mandates full ingredient disclosure. The United States has not followed, and the gap is widening.

The room-temperature rule was written for stone-walled rooms and fireplace warmth. Modern kitchens have made it a quiet disservice to every bottle of Gamay sitting on the counter.

The classic wine pairing rules were built for French and Italian tables. Tonight’s dinner is Thai, Korean, Mexican, Indian, or Japanese — and the old axioms have nothing useful to say about any of it.

Etna’s wines have earned comparisons to Burgundy — not for their flavor, which belongs entirely to the volcano, but for the precision of a classification system that maps each lava flow to a distinct wine. An introduction to the contrada revolution.

A 15% tariff compounds at every tier of distribution. TERROIR examines how wine tariffs are reshaping prices, consumer habits, and the wines themselves.

Before the sun has cleared the trellis line, a viticulturist in Fresno walks the headland to the irrigation controller mounted…

The first time a wine chemist isolated the molecule responsible for the green-pepper aroma in Cabernet Franc, the gas chromatograph…

Walk into any working vineyard in Val do Salnés in late spring and the first thing you notice is that…