Salvatore Maxia has spent more or less his whole life farming sheep and cattle in the hills around his native San Basilio. Now he is 90 and slowing down. “These days”, he explains with a gravelly ...
“The decision to sell was in full agreement with my wife and children,” commented Mario Pala, head of the winery, “we are proud to know that Pala will continue to represent Sardinian excellence in the ...
When the weather cools, it’s officially Châteauneuf-du-Pape season. But wines from the most famous appellation in southern France don't have to cost a fortune. Michel Tardieu of Tardieu-Laurent is a ...
While she writes about most things edible and potable (and accessories dedicated to those topics,) her real areas of expertise are cheese, chocolate, cooking and wine. She's a culinary school grad ...
With the colder days of winter upon us, now is the time to invest in a good red wine. Be it for quiet nights in huddled up under a blanket, or for toasting your friends at a festive function ...
Small tweaks can make a huge difference to your health and longevity, from the type of wine you drink, to the speed you walk. Here’s how to live better for longer, says Sarah Rainey ...
If you are a drinker, Sardinian wine Cannonau (£11 to £30 a bottle) contains the highest amount of antioxidants – more than three times any other red wine – in the world, so is most likely ...
Jonathan Cristaldi is a wine journalist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Napa Valley correspondent for Decanter, he is the founder of Cristaldi & Company, a creative content ...
The post-COVID decline in wine and spirits consumption appears to be accelerating. More troubling for the beverage industry is that premium-priced products, once a sales driver, are ...
In the mid 1800s an entrepreneur named Sam Brannan loaded up a ship and sailed to San Francisco with single men and families who would later settle in the north of Napa Valley. Sam, who became ...