A wine barrel is much more than simply the work of a cooper turning up the heat to medium or high on American or French Oak. It really comes alive when the wine comes into contact with it and stars...

Chocolate is one of the most sensual foods out there in the world. And if you were to say it were to have a liquid counterpart, wine would be it. But with so many wines and so many chocolates out...

If you had a hankering for Zinfandel, ZAP's annual Grand Tasting would have definitely quenched your thirst. Held in two halls at the Fort Mason center in San Francisco, Zinfandel producing wineries lined the room, eager to pour their precious...

While I had read on ZAP's website what flights! was about, I truly was unaware of just how euphoric the event turned out to be. I use that term because being able to taste five different winemakers' wine, all...