David Chan, a concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and also a wine lover and Burgundy fanatic, sees a crucial similarity between his twin passions.

A small group of vintners is ditching the countryside and opening wineries in old factories and industrial showrooms in cities across the country.

For Thanksgiving, the wine-selection task couldn’t be simpler: versatility and plentitude.

Anselme Selosse believes the magic of Champagne takes place deep underneath the region’s chalky soil, where the vines take hold of what he calls the essence of the earth.

The craving for cheap wines may be surging, but merely cheap is no bargain. That’s where montepulciano d’Abruzzo comes in.

A longtime family dairy farm has been converted to a vineyard that now produces 7,000 cases of wine a year.

A comic-book figure, the hero of the manga series “The Drops of the Gods,” has quickly become the most influential voice in Asia’s wine markets.

The continued fascination with the arcane issue of grape clones hints at the desperation of consumers to gain some sense of control over where their wine dollars are going.

An auction lunch by Acker Merrall & Condit was a reminder that reports of a sagging economy should be kept in perspective.

Paso Robles, a huge viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County, has not gotten as much attention as a source of fine zinfandel as maybe it should.