Down with Boring Pinots

Some American growers are embracing genetic diversity and making better wines for it.

Advice for Despised Laptop Users

How to avoid dirty looks in coffeehouses.

Fighting Wine Snobbery

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

You Say Syrah

Australia says Shiraz. But New Zealand? It’s Syrah.

Fashionable Food: Sausage-Stuffed Dates

Who’s making it and how you can make it yourself.

On Tomatoes and Wine

Slice ’em if you’ve got ’em.

Fishing with Rick Moonen

The chef and author talks about sustainable seafood.

Bacon at the Beach

Ben Barker of Magnolia Grill relaxes with CHOW.

What's the Difference Between Lox and Gravlax?

It’s in the cure.

Whiskey Primer

Watch out for the revenuers.

Raiding Harrison Ford's Liquor Cabinet

Table 8’s Govind Armstrong still makes time for friends (and mischief).

White-Collar Moonshine

Urbanites flout federal law with their new favorite hobby: home distilling.

More Champagne!

Behind the expansion of the Champagne AOC.

Oh, that Eau!

Old-world fruit brandy gets Americanized.

What's Killing Australian Wine?

Jam overdose poisons a national industry.