Wine

59 days ago - One of the most popular white-wine grapes these days is albariño. I don’t mean in the sense that everyone who comes into my restaurant sits down and says, “I’ll have a glass of albariño,” but it is the one white-wine grape that just about everyone, including red wine drinkers, seem to appreciate, if not love.

205 days ago - Oenophiles and casual wine drinkers alike are finding many more places to indulge in Northern Virginia.

297 days ago - The holidays are upon us, which means wine lovers and gift givers are raiding the shelves of sparkling wines. And deservedly so. For making merry, you can’t do much better than the punctuated pop of the cork and bubbles in the glass (which happily help the alcohol along on its way to your brain). In addition, few wines are as versatile: Sparklers are equally at home with a honeyed ham and mashed potatoes as they are with chocolate cake.

394 days ago - Here in Mexico tequila is the native drink. Beer is extremely popular, too, but tequila, made from the agave plant, and mescal, its relative, are the pride and joy. Mexican wine exists and over the years I’ve had some that has ranged from abysmal to quite good. Most have been somewhere between not drinkable and “eh,” yet they seem to be improving. As our neighbor to the south takes winemaking a bit more seriously, we might have more of its wines to enjoy in the future.

401 days ago - few weeks ago I wrote about Spanish white wines. Today, we’re jetting off to another southern European country that, though better known for its reds, has also made great strides with its white wines — Italy.

570 days ago - Has everyone finally recovered from the big wine festival and barrel tastings of two weekends ago? Good. There’s plenty of pouring scheduled for the coming

571 days ago - As Passover begins the evening of April 2, Jews will recount the biblical story of the exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land while enjoying traditional festive food and kosher wine.