William Rice

The road has not been easy for American winemakers trying to create wines with the grapes native to Italy. Sangiovese, the red wine grape of Tuscany's Chianti and a good...

The people who work for Gallo are noted for their ability to sculpt wines to order, preserving grapes' characteristics wherever they might have grown. Consider Turning Leaf, a Gallo brand...

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The improvement in wines coming to us from South Africa is palpable. It seems that even an estate founded a couple of hundred years ago can benefit from replanting now...

With all the gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands at the uncertain state of the wine business, it's a pleasure to find a classy-tasting, handsomely packaged, bargain-priced wine from...

Hugel's Gentil has been a wine of the week before, and no wonder. This is a lovely wine for late summer sipping. Light but not too light, flavorful but not...

Although the Napa Valley receives the most attention for California wines made with the classic Bordeaux grapes merlot and cabernet sauvignon, other regions are capable of turning the same varieties...

The bottle holding this wine may receive more attention than its delightful contents. Kim Crawford's sauvignon blanc from New Zealand's Marlborough region is sold only in a screw-top bottle. So...

For those of you who pucker up at the tart taste of many dry white wines, here's something different. Callaway's California chenin blanc is so pleasantly sweet that it seems...

It's a pleasure to recommend a charming summer wine from a favorite Northern California winery. The grape is gewurztraminer, the winery is Handley and the price is $15. The teasing...