I cover alcohol, cannabis, and intoxicating travel and adventures. Tannins are often mentioned when discussing red wines, yet many people aren’t quite sure what they are or why they matter.

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 ...

The Russian president celebrated his 50th birthday at a winery in Moldova. After the invasion of Ukraine, it moved the bottles he was given away from public view. By Andrew Higgins Reporting from ...

Has there ever been a better time to drink boxed wine? Around the globe, winemakers are turning to box formats not just for convenience and value, but also for their environmental benefits. Since ...

Here’s a selection of 20 highly acclaimed Pinot Noir wines from Oregon and California, each awarded gold medals by Decanter and other international wine competitions. The West Coast Pinot Noir ...

Gorgeous vineyards, delectable food and (of course) top-notch vino – these are the essentials of a wine vacation. To help you plan a great trip (where wine tours and tastings are just the start ...

Think vinegary wines that wouldn’t stand up to even a mid-week Bolognese on the sofa. Or embarrassing bottles that looked too cheap to take to Friday night dinners with friends. Nowadays ...

The new Wine 10.0 release brings better-than-ever support for running your favourite Windows apps and games on Linux distributions like Ubuntu. But how to install it? It’s easy to install Wine in ...

In another apparent and overt example of South Africa’s pro-Russsia foreign policy, a military aircraft owned by Aviacon Zitotrans, one of the commercial airlines under sanctions by the US treasury, ...