Wine

Big all-American Zinfandel is not just the best pair for your craziest and most full-throttle summer barbecue recipes, it's also the easiest good wine to find in average American supermarkets.

Txakoli isn't just delicious, it's one of those rare wines that you can buy like a branded product. Pick up any Txakoli you can find in America, any at all, and it'll probably be pretty great.

Cremants tend to be of very high quality; they're brisk, fruity, bubbly, and well made. They're also somewhat baffling to world consumers, so they're underpriced. Expect to pay $15 to $30 for a bottle of something very nice--a price you'll never see good Champagne going for.

Rosé is a good food pair and an easy pick for parties when you want to please both red-wine and white-wine drinkers.

Vinho Verde is delicious, zingy, lively, clean, and cheap. Stick a couple of bottles in your cooler next to the beer; it's a perfect waiting-for-the-grill-to-heat-up barbecue wine.

You don't have to be a high roller to sample the fruit of the world's most legendary producers. Here's how.

We want to know: Would you buy boxed wine, or does the idea of the stuff make your sick?

A Masters of Wine student's guide to remembering grape varietals.

While the elite bottlings of Champagne are unbeatable, so are the surprisingly elegant sparklers coming out of the Wild West.

Here are twelve of the most bewitching bottles I've tasted over the past year. If you're feeling really generous, treat your favorite drinker to all twelve. But even one of these bottles will make the season festive.

Everyone knows how to open a bottle of wine, you say? Master Sommerlier Richard Betts has seen it done the wrong way a million times. Watch this video for how to do it properly.

Rose is the official wine of summer--fresh, crisp, and just the right match for salads, pizzas, and almost anything off the grill.

Gamay--the grape responsible for Beaujolais Nouveau--also produces sophisticated, light-bodied, fruity reds that are ideal warm-weather sippers when chilled.

We've got our eye on this wine tote from Anya Hindmarch.

Biodynamic farming, a holistic approach that bans the use of pesticides and artificial additives, produces wine in a sustainable way.

Dear BA Foodist: I love wine, but I hate buying it. Most wine stores, with their enormous selections and often unknowledgeable staffs, can be intimidating. Any tips for navigating a wine store?

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Serving red wines too warm will emphasize the alcohol rather than the flavor and aroma nuances.