California's new wave of sparkling wines is hitting its stride. These bubbles are rising to the top not because they taste ...

Mulled wine is fairly easy to make with just a bottle of wine, spices, citrus peels, and sugar. But the choice of wine may ...

The 2021 vintage for California Merlot showcases powerful performers boasting high ratings and stylistic successes. Read senior editor Tim Fish’s tasting report to get scores and tasting notes for ...

Grocery and household retailer Aldi has introduced a new line of discount wines — the California Heritage Collection — to compete with Trader Joe's Charles Shaw wine, aka Two Buck Chuck.

Until recently, neither could California sparkling wines compete, by and large, except as poor stand-ins for Champagne. But no longer. In the last decade a new breed of California sparkling wine ...

It has also gained an international presence, with a notable boom in California in the mid-1990s, both as a single-variety wine and as part of a blend. While France and California are the most ...

2019 Ancient Peak ‘Oyster Ridge’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Margarita Ranch, Paso Robles, California: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot and 2% Malbec.