The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.

The Minoans made wine here in the 20th century B.C.,” said Ergin Ince, the guide that one of my hotels, Six Senses Kaplankaya ...

However, most of our early known wine history seems to be condensed into Jerusalem. A key figure in our understanding of the time was British financier Sir Moses Montefiore. This is where it all ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the ...

The modern-day glass as we know it probably emerged around 1400 in the city of Venice. People have been using glass to drink wine for a lot longer, even in the ancient world, but the design we ...

Bordeaux wine seems to have fallen into relative obscurity after the Roman Empire’s fall.During the Early Middle Ages, there wasn’t much of an international market for French wine. That would ...

Old-world grapes meet new-world technology at the Unified Symposium this January. Corrales, New Mexico ——The New Mexico Wine & ...

Benchmark Wine is pleased to announce that it achieved record sales in 2024. In an environment where many wine companies are ...

Wine carries history and culture. Most of all, it connects us to those with whom we share it. As I step away from this column, I’d like to reflect on how wine, and our perspective of it ...

So I love forks in the road. At Michelin-starred Esmé in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, the 50-strong wine list is as considered as the restaurant’s vibrant food menu—boasting ...