Some interesting meditations by Bonny Doon’s irrepressible Randall Grahm on the nature and achievement of terroir (along with some pretty hippy-dippy stuff on biodynamic methods) ->...

The epicentre of the cuisine du terroir movement has long been Toqué! but you’ll find it to a greater or lesser extent at any number of self-styled “market driven” restos, including Au Pied du Cochon, Cocagne,...

Order raw and game: fois gras, tuna and tartar, venison and caribou – the young and talented chef is enthusiastic about the terroir aspect. Good wine list over $60 and I’m told responding to Leslie’s Gazette...

Sure, the great ones are expensive. But you can find good, inexpensive bottles.

This week’s mission: single-origin candy bars.

It used to be that mezcal was thought of as a poor man’s tequila. No more. Great mezcal is now being imported into the United States.

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

Notes on the Brunello wine scandal.

The oft-maligned grape, with a little work, can make good wines.

Riesling satisfies all tastes, but is there enough of it to go around?

Marsanne, the ignored little sister of the Rhône whites, has good bones.

A map of farm subsidies in Manhattan.

Why a $40 bottle is not better than a $10 bottle.

That loud, blowzy wine gets tamed.

South African Sauvignon Blanc is part new and part old, but all good.