This Portuguese wine from the Vinho Verde region is a blend of 40 percent borraçal, 30 percent espadeiro, 20 percent amaral, 10 percent vinhão — told you you probably wouldn’t know the grapes — and ...

When the thermometer keeps shooting skyward, heavy red wines are as appealing as a steaming bowl of chili by the fireplace. Beat the heat with light-bodied reds: They’re lower in alcohol and a good ...

Summer picnics, hot afternoons, light meals, finishing up a bike ride or taking in a just mowed lawn – all invite a refreshing wine. One of the best aspects of wine culture is switching up what you’re ...

How can you not like vinho verde? It’s a low alcohol, easy drinking, inexpensive white from Portugal. If it made its trip to the U.S. under ideal conditions in refrigerated containers, like this ...

One of the nicest white wines for a spring quaff comes from the Portuguese region of Vinho Verde (veen-yo vare-djay). If you imagine the Iberian Peninsula as a head, the Vinho Verde region is at the ...

A few weeks ago—in light of Earth Day—I wrote about green wines. That is, wines that are produced in an ecologically responsible manner. This week, the topic is a different kind of green wine: Vinho ...

Editor’s Note: “Through the Grapevine” is a semi-regular wine review where I discuss all things on the topic of different affordable wines. Rating: C “Oh no, I’m turning into my mother,” I thought, as ...

We start, as it is always appropriate to do, with something light and fresh, perhaps with some sparkles. A unicorn? Well sure, that would qualify, but let’s not forget that this is a wine column. I ...

June 10 is National Rosé Day. Appropriately scheduled as summer nears, it used to be a wine that primarily was consumed during the calendar’s warmest months. These days, with more styles and shades of ...

While most of the country is still struggling through snowdrifts, we're basking in warmth and breaking out the sandals. It's time to think about those green (some literally), clean wines that put the ...

One of summer's most refreshing wines is Vinho Verde, the cool, crisp and zesty white wine from the northwestern corner of Portugal. Usually light in body and low in alcohol, it has a knifelike ...