Few wines can match Côtes du Rhône in exemplifying the myriad changes that have transformed the French wine industry in the last 20 years.

How a battle over the ranking of St. Émilion chateaus may change the way we value wine.

Champagne has no need to jump on the easy-drinking bandwagon; it’s a recession-free zone.

Families in a village that produces some of Bordeaux’s finest wines have been set against one another by a court ruling challenging the way their wines were classified.

Marguerite Bruno, the 87-year-old matriarch of Chez Napoléon, will open her 44-seat, white-tablecloth universe of French delicacies for Bastille Day.

The world of St.-Émilion wine was thrown into turmoil when a local court ruled that the latest reclassification of these Bordeaux wines, made in 2006, was not impartial and should be annulled.

With global demand for sparkling wine soaring, the French authorities are opening what could be the largest wave of expansion of Champagne vineyards in nearly a century.

From Macedonia to France, syrup-soaked semolina cakes share a rich tradition.

From the smallest growers to the biggest houses, the standards of grape-growing and winemaking in Burgundy have surpassed anybody’s expectations.

Barely recovered from the imposition of a smoking ban this year, the French are bracing for the next novelty in their favorite bistros: a Breathalyzer.