William Rice

Malbec is best known in the Old World as a blending grape used in small quantities to strengthen the color and tannin content of red Bordeaux wines. It is rarely...

By and large, labels on wine bottles are more likely to be dull than droll. But I recently was present at a wine tasting for the ages: a French red...

There was a time, not so long ago, when those who can perform the difficult task of looking down their noses while lifting up a glass of wine dismissed Washington...

Even though Labor Day has passed, it's still summer. But the evenings are becoming cooler and the food at dinners and parties is becoming more substantial. Time, indeed, to consider...

How do you drink a wine named for one of the most vivid creatures in Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus? When the wine is approachable yet complex and fruity...

Many of us, no doubt, have heard the applause that has followed New Zealand wines around the world. Chardonnay and pinot noir wines from that distant nation are showing great...

You call it "shiraz," I call it "syrah" and what does it matter? In terms of quality, very little. It's the same grape, grown in different places: Australians call it...

In a time of anxiety, just about the biggest smiles you'll see in the wine industry are being worn by folks who produce or sell the wine called pinot grigio,...

Some of us are so conditioned to zinfandel that the smell of coals or wood heating in a back-yard barbecue is enough to summon up thoughts of the wine's peppery...

The time of profusion is upon us. Gardens and orchards will be producing more vegetables and fruit than we can eat during the month ahead. What to do with it?...