The Zinfandel grape–currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine–has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status–in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of the mystery surrounding [...]

Initially composed for newspaper publication, and inspired by Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an Opium Eater, Baudelaire’s musings on wine and hashish provide acute and fascinating psychological insight into the mind of the addict. On Wine and Hashish asserts the ambivalence of memory, urging a union of willpower and sensual pleasure as Baudelaire claims that [...]

This is Whole Peach With Wine Syrup of El Sison (Spain). Click For More Details

Customer Review: Better than Great With Bill Bryson-like humor, Patrick Moon intertwines winemaking and history with a rollicking good tale. If you’re lucky enough to visit this fabulous wine-producing area of France, Virgile’s Vineyard will be even more entertaining. There is a not-so-subtle undercurrent of travel guide to this superbly fun story. Spanning one year, [...]

This is Whole Goose Micuit Foie Gras with Port-wine in Jar of Rougie (France). Click For More Details

Similar to our whole goose in Armagnac, the creamier and smoother goose foie gras is set in Aspic jelly, and then soaked in deliciously heady Port Wine, for flavor that is sweet, smooth, and utterly intoxication. By the masters of foie gras manufacture, the French giant Rougie. Click For More Details

The second edition of Wine Science: Principles, Practice, Perception updates the reader with current processes and methods of wine science, including an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various new grape cultivar clones, wine yeast strains, and malolactic bacteria. It also addresses current research in wine consumption as related to health. The many added [...]

Naples and Campania are home to one of the most vibrant, yet little-known cuisines of Italy. Now, the region’s government has commissioned this sequel to Carla Capalbo’s well-known Food Lover’s Guide to Tuscany. The Food and Wine Guide to Naples and Campania covers restaurants, trattorias, osterias, wineries, food shops, and artisan producers of cheeses, meats, [...]

Made with white Zinfandel wine, a very light taste. Try with cream cheese and crackers, as a cheesecake topping, on croissants, crepes or bagels with cream cheese. Click For More Details

Terrific as a glaze and dipping sauce for filet mignon and prime rib. Also wonderful on poultry and fish. A tantalizing spread for fresh deli sandwiches. Click For More Details