Some years ago I was invited to a dinner party for Oregon natives in suburban New York. The Oregon-born host had erroneously assumed I was Oregonian, because, months earlier, I’d brought a bottle of ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Over the years as a wine writer I have suggested an alarming number of wines in my equally alarming number of “what to drink for Thanksgiving” columns. But somehow, shockingly, I managed to never ...

When James MacPhail sold MacPhail Family Wines in 2011, he never expected the brand to return like a boomerang. But 13 years after selling his eponymous winery to The Hess Collection (now Hess Persson ...

People love pinot noir for its elegance and soft fruits but the range of quality and taste can be daunting—as winemaker for Black Kite Cellars Jeff Gaffner likes to say, “Pinot is the great amplifier.