What Wine to taste tonight with friends ?

Our annual panel of the pink was a blitz this year: nearly 100 wines from the 2011 vintage, with a full 30 making my final rundown. While rosé can occasionally shine with age - Spain's Lopez de Heredia frequently makes...

You don't have to be Catholic to appreciate this wine.

Here are a few rosés among the new arrivals that stand apart from the crowd for their refreshing balance of acidity and fruit.

'I'm sure the habitual pinot grigio drinker would be perfectly happy with a falanghina,' says Fiona Beckett...

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Cote Du Rhone.

Egg-based recipes have a bad rep as being hard to match with wine, but the problem is over-rated, says Fiona Beckett...

Easter meals or brunches can mean a change for traditional wine selections. Some people serve ham, pork, lamb or poultry dishes along with fresh salads and sides, so your choices for wines can be as fun as the menu.

Remember cava? It was the affordable alternative to champagne that everyone was happy to be seen with before the general (and, it has to be said, mainly female) obsession with prosecco set in. Well now, I think cava – Spain's national sparkling wine – still beats the one from Italy hands down. In general, the brut (dry), white cavas are crisper, more refreshing, more versatile with food and better value for money.

The wine is produced by Michel Chapoutier out of rocks, schist and clay. Michel is a genius wine guy. A dark garnet-colored Syrah with a pronounced cherry nose, some plum and raspberry. Nice structure with dark chocolate and a hint of smoke; drink now. Short window - about two to three years. Folks, you can't buy much 92-point wine at this price.

What are you drinking?Jeremy Parzen at Sotto...

Spain's Rioja region produces some of the best red wines in the world. And most have a terrific price-quality ratio. That holds even for some of the most famous wines, like López de Heredia's Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja.

Two excellent $10 wines are notable not only for what’s inside the bottles, but for what’s on the outside – some of the more creative labeling I have seen. The wines are from Austria, a grüner veltliner and a zweigelt.

It's a good bet that your wine store does not have a dedicated aisle for wines from Southern Oregon.  Sure, everyone knows about Willamette Valley and their lovely Pinot Noirs, but...

As the rest of the world feasts on ham and chocolate Easter eggs, Jews relish the week of Passover as an opportunity to contemplate the Exodus from Egypt and the significance of unleavened bread at the Seder meal.

With Passover starting at sundown Friday, April 6, there’s still time to lay in wines for the seder meal. And whether you’re of the Jewish faith or not, you may be fascinated by the origin of kosher wines and blown away by their quality.