California

Wildfires Trample California's $58 Billion Wine Industry

The fires ravaging Northern California stand to leave the area’s renowned wine industry with damage that will be felt long after the final flames bur...

Fires in California's Wine Country Kill 10, Damage Vineyards

Wildfires tore through northern California’s iconic wine-growing regions of Napa and Sonoma, causing evacuations of more than 20,000 people, killing...

Avocados Could Get A Lot More Expensive Under A New NAFTA

One day, an avocado's a buck-fifty. The next, it's twice that. And this week, just days after a much-ballyhooed markdown at Whole Foods, wholesale avo...

Avocado Obsessed Finally Get Relief as Prices Drop From Record

Americans' obsession with avocados sent prices to a record, but there’s good news for guacamole fans: relief could be on the horizon. A confluence...

The 15 Best Chardonnays Under €50

If you’ve been avoiding chardonnay on the grounds that too many examples are garish and overblown, stop. It’s the most popular white in America...

Cabernet Who? The Hot New Wines Out Of Napa Are White

When a collector friend offered me a glass of Screaming Eagle recently, I automatically pictured the cult winery’s polished, pricy red. Instead, I go...

Your Next Beer Might Be Made by Artificial Intelligence

Beer has a rich history in London. Even before the British Empire, Shakespeare or Buckingham Palace, people were crowding into pubs to gulp down local ales...

The 21st Century's Best New World Chardonnays Are From Ontario

The Kingston, Ontario, town crier, in fur-trimmed tricorne hat and bright, red coat, rang a brass bell and shouted “Hear ye, hear ye” as the le...