Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

Tasting 150 liquors in two days at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

The Colonel's Got Competition

Great eats in Louisville, Kentucky.

Serve Wine, Make Wine

Sommeliers leap from restaurant floor to vineyard.

Derby Cocktail

Great preparation for your next Roller Derby competition.

Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.

Spanish Wine Primer

From Albariño to Ribera, better and better wines are arriving from Spain.

Race to the Bottom

Is Charles Shaw Chardonnay the triumph-despite-adversity fairy tale of the wine world?

Celebrity Booze

Drink what famous people are drinking, and making.

Old Beer Is New Again

Aging suds in oak casks comes back in style.

Thankful for Burgundy

It’s a special treat to taste these Thanksgiving-friendly wines in their true habitat.

California Terroir

Wines that taste like they’re from somewhere.

Ditch the Filters

Murky, cloudy wine might just be delicious.

Our Maine Man

Sam Hayward of Fore Street on unpretentious, unctuous eats.

What's an Angus Burger Anyhow?

This week’s mission: stylistic departures from fast-food chains.

Sweet, Sour, Salty, What?

Americans have historically hated bitter tastes, while other cultures loved them. Until now. Chefs are playing with bitter in new ways, and U.S. diners are finally appreciating it.