There’s a highball at NYC’s Lola’s, the latest restaurant from celebrated chef Suzanne Cupps, that might have you scratching your head: It’s listed as an M&M. But, no, don’t expect it to taste like a chocolate bolus. In fact, an M&M is currently a trending cocktail style, and what is in it couldn’t be more straight-forward: In its simplest iteration,...

For United States Postal Service (USPS) home delivery, a six-pack of Syrah is as forbidden as a handgun. But Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon recently introduced the USPS Shipping Equity Act to change that (the wine delivery, not the guns). Dating back to Prohibition, Title 18 of the U.S. Code has prohibited the USPS from delivering wine, beer...

Despite Champagne’s ubiquity, the casual bubbles appreciator may not be so familiar with one of its most delicious styles—and French wine pros think that should change.  Blanc de noirs, which means “white from blacks” in French, is a sparkling wine made from red-skinned grapes. Often golden in color, due to minimal skin contact during the wine-making...

Does this sound familiar to all you collectors out there? You have your bottles resting peacefully in a storage facility, or maybe a home wine cellar. You go to pull out a 20-year-old Grand Cru Burgundy, and because that bottle is just a little bigger than the shelf or wine rack allows, it skims the bottom part of the shelf and leaves just enough of...

For Tom Klein, who has helped build a sustainable future, success in the wine industry comes down to good dirt and investing in people. Tom Klein isn’t the sort of guy to brag about his accomplishments. He likes to get his boots dirty. Raised in his family’s agricultural business, Klein harvested produce, drove trucks and did whatever else was...

Many bakers attribute their passion to childhood years spent sitting atop the kitchen counter, where they watched their mom, grandma or another family member mix ingredients while rocking a flour-stained apron. Not Jessie Sheehan. “That was just so decidedly not my experience,” says Sheehan, a four-time cookbook author, recipe developer and podcast...