Fun with wine clubs; the unusual, experimental and limited

Wine adviser Paul Gregutt says if you're tired of the same-old, same-old varietal wines but don't know how to explore more unusual, experimental and limited offerings, the wine club of your favorite winery is a good place to begin the hunt.

Fresno nightlife sees shift to mellower wine bars

Like a wine lover's palate, life after dark in Fresno is changing as some 20- and 30-somethings trade the rowdy bar scene for buttery chardonnay and earthy syrah sipped in a calmer, quieter setting. The wine bar -- sometimes called the "anti-bar"-- is catching on with Millennials.

Local business owners concerned about direct wine shipping

New Jersey residents will now have the ability to have wine shipped directly to their doorsteps.

Wine with words

Time Warner struck again the other day. I’ve been having problems, but this was a neighborhood-wide outage, taking with it the land line (no biggie), the computer (much more of an issue) and, of course, the TV. Which meant no CSI, no Law and Order SVU , no Criminal Minds , Zombieland , or Warehouse 13 . What’s a guy to do? Oh, what about read a book? Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table , a ...

On the menu at more Starbucks: Wine and beer

Starbucks Corp., the company that proved there's no such thing as paying too much for a cup of coffee, is expanding its experiment with two other elixirs that Americans love, wine and beer.