Erin French, the chef-owner of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, is shown at a cookbook-signing event in Freeport, Maine. Portland Press Herald via Getty Since opening her restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, in her hometown of Freedom, Maine, chef Erin French has become well-known for her cooking, her personal story of…

Domaine Histoire D’enfer, L’enfer Du Calcaire Pinot Noir 2019, Six Pinot Noir wines won Platinum medals at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The competition is the largest wine competition in the world and is considered among the most prestigious. Over 18,000 wines were entered in the recently completed…

Domaine Histoire D’enfer, L’enfer Du Calcaire Pinot Noir 2019, Six Pinot Noir wines won Platinum medals at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The competition is the largest wine competition in the world and is considered among the most prestigious. Over 18,000 wines were entered in the recently completed…

Best sparkling wine, overall: Best sparkling wine, runner-up: Best budget sparkling wine: Best splurge-worthy sparkling wine: “`html Indulging in a tall glass of chilled sparkling wine can be a blissful experience. Refreshing, refined and crisp all at once, a good bubbly is bound to elevate any meal or celebration. That’s…

Maria Concetto Winery won’t have to pay $1,800 in fines for pouring wine at its outdoor tables in front of its Calistoga tasting room. But the issue prompting the fines has not been fully resolved. The winery, known for its robotic server, was fined for promoting and serving wine on…

Preston Mohr, Managing Director, Wine Scholar Guild Like many who move to Paris, Preston Mohr found himself besieged by people asking him for advice on where to eat. At the time, says Mohr, it felt like you had to be part of a secret club to crack the code. Officially…

Corporate owner Treasury Wine Estates will begin a multimillion-dollar project to protect and modernize the original 1885 building in Rutherford where André Tchelistcheff worked. Few Napa wineries have the history of Beaulieu Vineyard. In 1900, Georges de Latour founded the winery when he purchased a four-acre vineyard in Rutherford. His…

Study finds that shared alcohol consumption benefits our overall health and longevity For many wine aficionados, sharing a glass or two with someone they love is one of life’s great pleasures. That can be especially true with a spouse or partner. A new study, led by researchers at the University…

There are people who like bookshops. Then there is Andrew Sivak, who once used a bookshop — Santa Cruz’s now-shuttered Logos Books & Records — to run an underground and only one-year college he claims had a 100 percent success rate in placing people into graduate schools. Bad Animal’s name…

California’s top name in Zinfandel will cease production with the 2024 harvest The owners of Carlisle, California’s leading producer of quality Zinfandels, will call it quits after the 2024 vintage, Wine Spectator has learned. Co-founders Mike and Kendall Officer informed their wine club members of their decision today. “It was…