Summer parties swing sans big wine budget

By Ben Giliberti
WASHINGTON POST
Theoretically, five different wines are needed for a full menu at a graduation party, anniversary celebration or June wedding. These are a red and white wine for the cocktail hour, two reds for the dinner (a light red to go with poultry or salmon, and a heartier one for meats), plus a full-bodied dinner white to go with seafood or cream sauce entrees

A Wine-Tasting Trip That Goes The Distance

By Paul Gregutt Special to the Seattle Times
The sign posted in the winery tasting room, I have been told, reads: "No kangaroos, no koalas, no boomerangs, no newcomers. Evans & Tate since 1974."

Wine competition pits France v US

The tasting is rematch of a competition 30 years agoWine experts in London and California are preparing to hold a blind tasting to decide who makes the best wine: France or the United States.