Royal Family To Make Own Wine

The Royal Family has plans to plant 16,700 vines of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier in the Windsor Great Park estate to make an English sparkling wine (we're thinking all that champagne from the Royal Wedding must have served as inspiration). It will take at least three …

Romanian Authorities: Birds Drank Themselves to Death

At least we have one explanation for all the strange occurences of massive bird deaths, these were wine loving birds.

Twin Cities Foodies Rejoice in Heat of Summer

OK, so you missed the Irish Fair, the Pizza Luce' Uptown, the Rib Feast, Britstock, the High Heel Dash and the Complete (abridged) Works of William Shakespeare – DO NOT FRET! There are still some Fests and food Orgies still to come in the dwindling days of Midwestern summe …

Israel discovers large Byzantine-era wine press

JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists said Monday that they've discovered an unusually shaped 1,400-year-old wine press that was exceptionally large and advanced for its time.

Dick Vermeil's new passion: Winemaking

Robert Parker Jr., the renowned critic for the Wine Advocate, said Vermeil's first bottled effort was remarkably precocious by Napa Valley standards.